Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd stop on the CMA Awards red carpet to talk to the Tennessean's Cindy Watts and Dave Paulson. Nashville Tennessean
Maren Morris started writing her new single “Girl” as a message to other women. After years of conversations about the lack of women on country radio and then the #MeToo movement, she wanted to be a forward-reaching voice. Quickly, Morris said, she realized she was writing the song to herself.
“Girl” is the lead single from Morris’ highly anticipated second album that will be in stores in the coming months, reports The Tennessean, which is part of the USA TODAY Network.
The song will be premiered on country radio at 4 p.m. today – the same time it will be available on streaming platforms. In addition, Morris revealed plans for GIRL: THE WORLD TOUR.
Maren Morris released 'Girl,' the first song from her second album, on Jan. 17 2019. (Photo: photo by Jamie Nelson)
“I was trying to encourage myself to stop seeping into the misery that is right now and look to the future and stop questioning why things aren’t working out the same way they are for the boys,” she said of the new track. “I am obviously well aware of the lack of representation women have at country radio, but being one of those women at country radio, I want to say something that is looking to the future and not waiting in the present.”
Morris wrote “Girl” with Sarah Aarons and the song’s co-producer Greg Kurstin. Lyrics include:
Girl won’t you stop your crying / I know that you’re trying / Everything’s gonna be okay, baby /Girl don’t you hang your head low / Don’t you lose your halo / Everyone’s gonna be okay, baby
“As we were writing, ‘Girl’ had all of the qualities that I was needing to hear myself,” Morris said. “And if I need to hear it, I figured a lot of girls and boys need to hear this, too. I think that’s what made it so powerful.”
Morris said she thinks “Girl” is “the song for the future,” but when she heard the first recording of it, she struggled to believe they wrote it. In the midst of writing the song, she said, she lost perspective because she was too close to it. But, when she heard “Girl” with fresh ears, she said it “knocked me backwards.”
“I think a lot of people … are over talking about the same things and hammering away and away at them,” she said. “You just want to find a solution, to figure out how to move forward, and I think that’s what ‘Girl’ is to me. It is saying, ‘It’s going to be OK.’”
The New Artist of the Year nominee joins us live from the red carpet Time
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