Maren Morris says she would not ‘have something to show anymore.’ Now, she’s embracing ‘singleness’ and a brand new period of independence.

Maren Morris is embracing a brand new period of independence, each in her skilled and personal life. On Thursday, the Grammy-winning star drops an emotional cowl of Billy Idol’s “Dancing With Myself,” which additionally occurs to coincide with Singles Consciousness Day.

“I am on this new slate in life and I wish to form of lean into the vulnerability of the lyrics, as a result of once I was [writing] them down, I do not know, it form of struck this melancholic observe and I really feel like that is such a relatable theme to singleness,” Morris, who recently finalized her divorce from singer Ryan Hurd, tells Yahoo Leisure. “[Being single] is enjoyable and also you’re actually attending to know your self, which is vital as a result of you’re the longest relationship you may have in your life so it’s good to are likely to that one. However there’s additionally, you realize, moments of bittersweetness whenever you really feel on these occasional nights a bit lonely.”

Morris’s cowl could be seen in a brand new spot for Visible Wireless, the one-line wi-fi service designed for singles.

“I partnered with Seen as a result of I beloved the theme of their messaging, which is independence and possession,” she provides. “For me proper now, I am actually leaning into my form of singleness and it is daunting however thrilling.”

Morris says capturing the video for this was “cathartic” and “a very emotional expertise.”

“We filmed it at Grimey’s right here in Nashville. It is such an iconic report retailer in Nashville, it is independently owned. It is in East Nashville the place I used to reside once I first moved right here. So there’s simply loads of emotional ties I’ve to that venue,” she says. “I simply put my complete coronary heart into not giving a shit and dancing and looking out silly. I felt actually emotionally related to the track. … I simply was like, I’m dancing with myself.”

Morris says recording the duvet was “one of many best” days she’s had within the studio.

“I haven’t got something to show anymore. Like, as an artist I really feel actually untethered and free on this second of my artistry and likewise simply, like, personhood proper now,” Morris says.

“You realize, I’ve confirmed that I can do a large vocal on songs, I’ve confirmed that I can form of weave via genres. So on this track, I really feel prefer it was extra in regards to the emotion than making an attempt to sing the s*** out of it,” she laughs, including she wished to “preserve the tenderness of the track intact.”

Morris can be channeling that vitality into a brand new album — and never the one she thought she was placing out into the world 5 months in the past.

“I’m in early, early artistic levels of music proper now. I used to be engaged on one thing all final 12 months after which, you realize, my private life had some large shifts,” she explains. “So I form of went again to the drafting board. Proper now I am within the form of enjoyable early levels of not understanding the place it is heading. … I am working with all my favourite folks they usually’re simply actually carrying me via this season of my life via track. I am writing stuff that’s actually in contrast to what I’ve carried out earlier than. So I am, I am undoubtedly excited for folks to listen to it.”

In September, weeks earlier than Morris filed for divorce from Hurd, she informed the Los Angeles Instances that she was taking a “step back” from the nation music business as she began working with pop producer Jack Antonoff. Headlines rapidly declared she was leaving genres, which Morris tells Yahoo is not precisely correct. (“These had been clearly not my actual phrases.”) As for whether or not her forthcoming album is extra pop than nation, Morris says it is “too early to inform.”

“I really feel like I’ve all the time been a bit bit each. So just like the departure [from country], I imply in an institutional approach, I am leaving some issues behind, however I feel I will all the time make music that is weaving tons of genres all through as a result of that is what comes out once I write,” she says. “I feel it is gonna lean extra various and pop simply because these are the sounds that I am experimenting with. I really feel prefer it’ll be extra in that realm, however it’s too early to say, on report! Nevertheless it’s undoubtedly like a brand new sound for me.

As for her “Dancing With Myself” cowl and Seen Wi-fi advert, Morris is “excited for my followers to see this facet of me simply actually letting go.”

“I hope that folks really feel like they wanna dance once they hear it, but additionally empowered,” she says. “I really feel like we added loads of moments of bittersweet vulnerability to it as properly within the verses. I really feel prefer it’s simply a type of few instances I’ve lined one other individual’s track and bought to really make it my very own.”

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