<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> sits down with Kelleigh Bannen for a special episode of <em>Today’s Country Radio</em> for <em>The Deeper Well Interview</em> on <em>Apple Music Country</em>. Throughout the hour of music and conversation, the two dive into the themes and inspirations behind <a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> new album <em>Deeper Well</em>, including anxiety, death, nature and rebirth, and she shares her grandma’s reaction to her bearing it all on the alternate album cover.</p>


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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Tells Apple Music About Her Grandma’s Reaction to Her Bearing It All on the Alternate Cover of ‘Deeper Well’…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I just randomly had this idea… Because it was a big, wide open green space. And I was like, &#8220;What if I was just really small?&#8221; Like in the fetal position, sort of, into the earth… And it&#8217;s just sort of vulnerable and almost like rebirth, I guess. But yeah, I was showing my parents and my grandparents the photos that my sister had taken. And then the naked one came up and Nana was like, “<em>Gasp!</em>” Like she just saw a car wreck, basically. And she was like, &#8220;No!&#8221; She was like, &#8220;That&#8217;s not… that’s a cover?&#8221; And I was like, &#8220;Yeah, it&#8217;s one of the covers.&#8221; And she was like, &#8220;Kacey, you&#8217;re a singer, not a stripper.&#8221; And I was like, &#8220;Well, you know what? You can be both.”</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Video courtesy of Today’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Details to Apple Music What Inspired the Music on ‘Deeper Well’…</em></strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There wasn&#8217;t like some aha moment that inspired it but I think just, over the years, getting older, relationships, friendships transitioning, changing. And then therapy, learning a lot about yourself through that. And you&#8217;re kind of gathering these ideas, and they&#8217;re sort of making this broader picture. And then zooming into the little moments of all of that, I think… It’s very warm and vulnerable. There&#8217;s a lot of open space. It really just cuts to the core of the human experience for me. And this album, I would say it&#8217;s human as f***, it&#8217;s organic. I think it&#8217;s rooted in nature. But there&#8217;s little modern bits and bobs throughout the record.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Tells Apple Music What Inspired Her to Write “Sway”…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There&#8217;s been times in my life where, due to whatever, the relationship I was in this, that, or the other, I felt out of control or I felt like the situation was just going down a road that I wasn&#8217;t sure about. And so I think that when you&#8217;re fearful, you control more, you dig in more. And I think the happiest times in my life have been when I&#8217;ve felt like I didn&#8217;t have to do that and I could just flow and roll with whatever nature is bringing up next and not worry so much about what&#8217;s ahead. And I think it&#8217;s a work in progress… “Sway” isn&#8217;t saying, &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;ve nailed it. Now I&#8217;m this Jedi Zen master and anything that comes my way, I&#8217;ve got.&#8221; But it&#8217;s like saying, &#8220;That&#8217;s my goal. That&#8217;s where I&#8217;m headed,&#8221; at least.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Tells Apple Music About the Inspiration Behind “Lonely Millionaire”…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I think the deeper I get into my career or making money or having success, the more I feel drawn to the real stuff that has nothing to do with all of those things. I&#8217;m not going to lie. Being able to pay your bills is nice, obviously. Money can make things easier, but it&#8217;s not going to fix an underlying issue or create a sense of happiness or security that wasn&#8217;t already there.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Tells Apple Music She’s Been Trying to Put the Feelings Behind “Dinner with Friends” Into Words for a Long Time…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It&#8217;s a thing I&#8217;ve been trying to put into words for a long time. I guess you could say melancholy or bittersweet or whatever, but it&#8217;s really just happy and sad. And to me there&#8217;s always so much sadness in beauty, because beauty, it fades. It&#8217;s like, &#8220;Ugh, it&#8217;s going to be over.&#8221; You know what I mean?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Admits to Apple Music That There’s an Underlying Theme of Death on ‘Deeper Well’…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It wasn&#8217;t a conscious effort. But I zoomed out after I had these songs, and I was like, &#8220;Wait, there&#8217;s a lot of&#8230; yeah, there&#8217;s a big subject matter here about dying and what happens on the other side.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know. I just think about it a lot. It&#8217;s so trippy that you can be here one minute and then not the next. I think it makes your life just more beautiful in those little moments. So much more meaningful, knowing that, again, it could be over in a second. You just don&#8217;t know.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em><a title="Kacey Musgraves" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMusgraves/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkacey-musgraves-tickets%2F">Kacey Musgraves</a> Talks to Apple Music About “The Architect”…</em></strong><em></em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It&#8217;s just my little dumb opinion. There&#8217;s a million out there. And it&#8217;s like, I don&#8217;t know, I&#8217;m just observing life as I see it and putting it into song. But yeah, I don&#8217;t ever want it to feel preachy or anything like that. I&#8217;m just asking the questions I feel like everyone else is also just bumbling around asking as well.</p>