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Kacey Musgraves

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Kacey Musgraves On 'Golden Hour,' "Space Cowboy," Katy Perry & More

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The GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter opens up about her latest project and how a "good song is a good song"
Renée Fabian
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Jul 25, 2018 - 12:13 pm

Kacey Musgraves has undoubtedly entered her Golden Hour. Not only is that the title of her most recent studio album, released March 30, but it reflects the period of music-making the GRAMMY-winning country singer/songwriter has entered.

Kacey Musgraves' 'Golden Hour

Packed full of irresistible, reflective and even joyful tracks such as "Space Cowboy," "High Horse," "Rainbow," and "Slow Burn," Golden Hour shows depth, range and a more personal side of Musgraves. She may have her new husband, Ruston Kelly, to thank for some of the upbeat inspiration on the album, but the credit for its authenticity belongs all to her.

Golden Hour peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and it has already landed on a variety of best-of lists for 2018. We caught up with Musgraves to bask in the glow of the album's success, talk about the disco-themed "High Horse" and ballad "Space Cowboy," and learn about her wide-ranging touring experiences.

Congratulations on Golden Hour. Now that it's been out for a few months, has your perception or connection to the album changed and, is there a track that's really speaking to you right now?

I'm super proud of this album. I guess I say that about anything that I make but this album feels very special and different to me because it feels like my most personal. And I've been very excited to share that with people. I don't feel like I've really let people in on this scale previously. I've made more observations about the world around me. But I feel like on this album I'm really going in deep and expressing my feelings and showing a little bit more of myself, which has been really exciting. And to see people really embrace musical change for me, and a step in maybe a different direction, or an evolution of sound, and embrace that warmly and openly has been really exciting, because it can be scary to change up what you're doing and put something else out there that you aren't sure if the people that have been there since the beginning are gonna like or not.

My favorite track on the record is "Slow Burn." It's definitely my most autobiographical song to date. And I couldn't help but put a little bit of a humor in there, 'cause I love lyrics like that. And though I wanna [go] in a different direction, it was important for me to keep a little bit of that around.

The music video for "High Horse" came out recently. Tell us a little bit about how that came together. How did you determine the video's direction and visuals?

The video for "High Horse" I thought could go in a million different directions, so I wasn't really sure what to do. But I knew that it had to include some very important aesthetics to me, which are karaoke, obviously a western aesthetic, which I've always loved. At it's core, it's a disco song, so some disco flavor. I love Harajuku style, and recently went to Japan, and I'm about to go again. And I'm very inspired by the style there, the sentiment, so a little bit of that made its way into the video too. And also, I'm a big fan of Dolly Parton, and I love the movie, 9 To 5. And that was a tiny bit of inspiration for me as well. But maybe a little bit of Mary Tyler Moore, but it was a very fun video to shoot. I get to ride a horse in it. It's just all my favorite things combined. And it just is portraying that scenario that we all find ourselves in when it comes to negative people wanting to burst our bubble a little bit.

Talking a little bit about "Space Cowboy," the chorus's lyrical turn in particular, did you know that you had something special when you wrote that song?

I wasn't sure about "Space Cowboy" at first, to be honest, but I really love the song now. And it's funny, I was in the horse arena one day, and there's a line in the song that came from something that my riding teacher said. She was talking about this horse that was bucking and going crazy in the arena. It was a little scary. And she basically said, "Girl, you better close the gate. When they wanna run, they're gonna run. It's not gonna matter if the gate's closed or not, they're just gonna go," basically is what she said.

And I thought, "Oh, OK, I can apply that to many areas in my life." So I wrote that down. And a few days later, I was stepping on the treadmill and the words, "Space Cowboy," popped in my head. And I was like, "That would be a really cool title I think." But I wasn't really sure what to do with it. Then the proverbial comma popped in my mind, and I was like, "Oh, wait, it could be you could have your space, cowboy."

I wrote the song a couple days later with Shane McAnally and Luke Laird. And I'm really glad that I had close friends and family fighting for the song to be on the record, because I think that it was a really nice addition to the rest of the love songs that make the larger part of the album up.

Loretta Lynn, Little Big Town, Katy Perry, Harry Styles, you've been on a variety of tours. So what has that been like? Is there a particular moment that sticks out?

“..they said, I bet they’ll never make it” // NIGHT 2 @thegarden Thanks & cheers, @harrystyles

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Yeah, I've been really fortunate to be able to tour with a very wide array of people, all different backgrounds of music. I remember one summer we toured with Willie Nelson and then literally turned around and toured with Katy Perry. And it made me really happy, because I love many sides of music. And you won't find somebody who loves traditional country music more than me. I love it so much, but I love so many other things too. So to be able to keep a foot in that world and a foot in the other things in the worlds that inspire me is really gratifying. From day one, I always wanted to be the kind of artist that could play a country festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo or Newport Folk or whatever it is. Music is music.

So there's been a lot of great memories over the years, and definitely being on tour with Katy Perry was one of the most fun and wild experiences ever, and seeing that type of show every night, that production, her flying around with a bouquet of balloons. And it was just unreal, and it was so fun. It was like a Vegas show every night. But it was cool, because before that, I would just get up and do what I do, and sing my songs, and somehow it works. And we just finished a tour with Harry Styles and I feel the same way. I mean, at first, on paper, a lot of people are like, "This tour doesn't really make that much sense." But in the end, it ended up being just an amazing pairing and really fun. And it just goes to show you that a good song is a good song. It doesn't really matter what category it falls into.

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Kacey Musgraves Releases Music Video For "Space Cowboy"

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See the lonely video for the singer/songwriter's single off her latest album, 'Golden Hour'
Renée Fabian
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Apr 30, 2018 - 12:34 pm

When Kacey Musgraves released her fourth studio album Golden Hour on March 30, it became clear right away we would be seeing the country singer/songwriter in a whole new way — from her perspective, a more complete way.

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"I was thinking about how there are different masks that we wear that represent different sides of us," she told Entertainment Weekly. "None of the masks are solely us, but they're all us. On this record, there's the lonely girl, the blissful girl, the new wife, the girl that's missing her mom, the angry girl, the sarcastic girl, the '60s-sequined Cruella de Vil with the beehive, the shy girl, the life of the party, the winner, the loser — they're all characters on this record. None of them alone are me, but the golden hour is when they all come together and you see me as a whole."

One track that clearly demonstrated this is the single "Space Cowboy," which Consequence of Sound called a "simmering ballad" with "astral production." Built on the lyrics, "You can have your space, cowboy/I ain't gonna fence you in," the result is a heart-wrenching pastiche that's so true to life you'll want to have it on repeat. To complement the lonely track, on April 30, Musgraves released an accompanying music video.

The video shows Musgraves at home alone doing dishes, singing from an empty bed and eating candlelit dinners for one with flashbacks to being with her "cowboy." The climax of the video comes with a blow-out fight that can only mean a relationship split as the "cowboy" rides off on a horse.

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Ana Monroy Yglesias
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Dec 8, 2018 - 9:05 am

The past 24 hours have been filled with celebration, gratitude and even some tears of joy, after the nominees for the 2019 GRAMMY Awards were announced bright and early on Dec. 7.

Nominated artists took to social media to share their reactions with fans, fellow artists and the Recording Academy, leaving everyone feeling the positive glow as the excitement for the 61st GRAMMYs continues to build.

Read on to see the reactions from some of your favorite artists, including first-time nominees Camila Cabello, Dua Lipa, Ella Mai, Greta Van Fleet and H.E.R., return nominees like Cardi B and Pusha-T and past GRAMMY winners such as Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams and Zedd.

But first, let's check in with the 2019 Best New Artist contenders: Bebe Rexha, Chloe X Halle, Dua Lipa, Greta Van Fleet, H.E.R., Jorja Smith and Margo Price all took to Twitter to celebrate, with sisters Chloe and Halle sharing a video of them holding each other and crying, while Rexha shared a teary clip as well. Lipa shared several posts, including one that summed it up well: "TWO NOMINATIONS TWO GRAMMY NOMINATIONS IM SO HAPPY BUT I CANT STOP CRYING I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!"

Bebe Rexha

https://twitter.com/BebeRexha/status/1071064967531692033

Two Grammy nominations. 😭 pic.twitter.com/h1Jc0wG9ix

— Bebe Rexha (@BebeRexha) December 7, 2018

Chloe X Halle

https://twitter.com/chloexhalle/status/1071062725571227648

we did it sis ❤️ 5:30am when we found out about the 2 grammy noms... unbelievable pic.twitter.com/yr0voC1M6U

— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) December 7, 2018

Dua Lipa

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Greta Van Fleet

Exceedingly humbled to be nominated for a Grammy Award. We are overwhelmed by your magnificent love & support in this unbelievable year. To share this honor & say thank you, we will donate $1 from every December Detroit ticket to @CHMFoundation, on behalf of The Peaceful Army. pic.twitter.com/hI8N5SPcMq

— Greta Van Fleet (@GretaVanFleet) December 7, 2018

H.E.R.

https://twitter.com/HERMusicx/status/1071099131186294785

MOOOOODDD. 5 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREATEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. IT’S BEEN A LOOONNNG TIME COMING! GOD IS GOOD. ❤️ https://t.co/zDuMsEDyry pic.twitter.com/JYGX3zoWov

— H.E.R. (@HERMusicx) December 7, 2018

Jorja Smith

https://twitter.com/JorjaSmith/status/1071171695250169860

Seriously thank you for an amazing year. I have no words, dropped a video today too and got nominated for a Grammy???????😭 I love what I am doing, it can get a lot sometimes but everything is worth it. Always.#GRAMMYs #GrammyNominations #grammynoms pic.twitter.com/iuQDArhlvU

— Jorja Smith (@JorjaSmith) December 7, 2018

Margo Price

Woah! Woke up to my phone blowing up this morning... it’s an honor to get a Grammy nomination for best new artist! pic.twitter.com/uBEamgdt0T

— Margo Price (@MissMargoPrice) December 7, 2018

In addition to Best New Artist nominees, there were quite a few more first-time GRAMMY nominees this year, and their joy about the news was equally palpable. Cabello, like Lipa, shared several posts on Twitter, one of which reading: "I usually can't shut up but right now I’m speechless. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU."

Camila Cabello

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Ella Mai

https://twitter.com/ellamai/status/1071066250955157505

song of the year and best r&b song 🎉 be de da dooooooo ❤️

— Ella Mai (@ellamai) December 7, 2018

Florida Georgia Line

https://twitter.com/FLAGALine/status/1071132411906457600

WORDS can’t describe how we’re feeling. Finding out we’ve been nominated for a @RecordingAcad Grammy is a huge honor! @BebeRexha - so incredibly proud to be sharing this nomination with you. Thank you to our families, our friends and Y'ALL for always believing in us. 🙏 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/E3T4ABwKSY

— Florida Georgia Line (@FLAGALine) December 7, 2018

Missy Mazolli

OMG OMG OMG OMG WHAAAAAATTTTTTTT https://t.co/6s83ZV6tnd

— Missy Mazzoli (@missymazzoli) December 7, 2018

Shawn Mendes

Unbelievable, speechless right now. I LOVE YOU

— Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) December 7, 2018

Next up, let's take a look at a few artists who have been nominated in the past: Pusha-T, who is nominated for Best Rap Album for Daytona, shared this message with his fans: "12/7/18: From this day forward it's, 'The GRAMMY Nominated' Pusha-T. Thank you for your cooperation... #Daytona."

Meanwhile, Cardi learned about her nominations in an unconventional way, but she was excited about her second round, nonetheless.

Cardi B

https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1071150806500564992

This is not How expected to find out I’m nominated for a Grammy 😩😩😂I need a do over 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😩 pic.twitter.com/aCt5WH6ZwZ

— iamcardib (@iamcardib) December 7, 2018

Pusha-T

12/7/18: From this day forward its, “The Grammy Nominated” Pusha-T. Thank you for your cooperation... #Daytona

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6LACK

https://twitter.com/6LACK/status/1071114518544113665

just woke up & heard i earned myself another grammy nomination. big love and big blessings. we going back! 🏆💌 pic.twitter.com/RPXtd57GEL

— black (@6LACK) December 7, 2018

Finally, we looked to some of your favorite past GRAMMY winners who are up for additional awards this year: Zedd has added three more nominations to his tally for the hit single "The Middle" featuring Maren Morris and Grey, including Record Of The Year, posting "holy f*** I just woke up to 3 (!) GRAMMY nominations."

Multi-hyphenate Pharrell may already have quite a few wins under his belt, but is still stoked to be nominated for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical, sharing: "THANK YOU @RecordingAcad. Truly honored."

Kacey Musgraves

Art is thriving. I’ve been so inspired by the creative climate this year has generated, and I’m SO thankful to be nominated alongside some truly brilliant & innovative artists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Xx pic.twitter.com/G0FhNCpbOa

— K A C E Y   M U S G R A V E S (@KaceyMusgraves) December 7, 2018

Lady Gaga

https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/1071193270196199424

Thank you @RecordingAcad #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/UMdtGDbM7y

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) December 8, 2018

Mark Ronson

such a real freaking honour, shock and surprise to be nominated for “electricity”
i truly love this song so much. @dualipa @diplo pic.twitter.com/w7tmoAqv3b

— Mark Ronson (@MarkRonson) December 7, 2018

Pharrell Williams

https://twitter.com/Pharrell/status/1071126740263563265

THANK YOU @RecordingAcad. Truly honored 🙏🏾 https://t.co/LdSPOMa2yd

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) December 7, 2018

Zedd

https://twitter.com/Zedd/status/1071120371120828416

holy fuck I just woke up to 3 (!) grammy nominations 😭🙏 pic.twitter.com/SJ2YMkE2YG

— Zedd (@Zedd) December 7, 2018

Congratulations to all of the nominees! Come back to grammy.com for more 61st GRAMMY Awards content with your favorite artists and tune in to Music's Biggest Night on Feb. 10 for even more excitement as we find out who the winners are.

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Albums by Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, Drake, H.E.R., Post Malone, Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, and music from and inspired by 'Black Panther' receive nominations.
Nate Hertweck
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Dec 7, 2018 - 5:33 am

The 2019 GRAMMYs are just around the corner, and now the nominations are in for the coveted honor of Album Of The Year. While we'll have to wait until the 61st GRAMMY Awards air on CBS on Feb. 10 to find out who will win, let's take a look at which albums have been nominated for one of the most anticipated GRAMMY Awards each year.

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🎉 Congratulations 61st #GRAMMYs Album Of The Year nominees: @iamcardib, @brandicarlile, @Drake, @HERMusicx, @PostMalone, @JanelleMonae, @KaceyMusgraves, and (@kendricklamar + Various Artists)!

Explore the category nominees: https://t.co/3VQX0frxgm pic.twitter.com/tmuDzqsG9A

— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) December 7, 2018

Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B

With the success of her breakout single, "Bodak Yellow," which earned two GRAMMY nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance at the 60th GRAMMY Awards last year, Cardi B set the stage for one of the most anticipated debut rap albums in recent memory. Invasion Of Privacy arrived on April 5, 2018, and showed the Bronx-born and raised rapper had a lot more to show.

In June, "I Like It" with J Balvin and Bad Bunny made it to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Cardi the first ever female rapper to earn two No. 1 hits. "I Like It" is also nominated for Record Of The Year, "Be Careful" received a nod for Best Rap Performance and Invasion Of Privacy is up for Best Rap Album this year. Tack on Cardi's nomination alongside Maroon 5 for "Girls Like You" for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance bring her total nominations this year to five.

By The Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile

Since exploding from the folk music scene into the mainstream in 2007 with her the title track from her sophomore album, The Story, Brandi Carlile has released a string of quality folk/roots albums. Her latest, By The Way, I Forgive You, shows Carlile and longtime writing/singing partners, twins Tim and Phil Hanseroth, in top form. The album's lead single, "The Joke," encapsulates the spirit and power of love and forgiveness, two main themes of the album.

"I wrote 'The Joke' about a reckoning and a revolution and a time that's coming when we'll realize that love has already conquered the world and pick it back up," Carlile told us in July. 

The album, Carlile's sixth, yielded the same number of GRAMMY nominations—an impressive six—for the 61st GRAMMY Awards, including Best Americana Album as well as Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance for "The Joke."

Scorpion – Drake

From the very beginning of 2018, chart titan Drake saw a groundswell of buzz for his fifth album, Scorpion. When it finally dropped in late June, the album already had three successful singles: "God's Plan," "Nice For What" and "I'm Upset." Shortly after the album's release, the album's fifth single, "In My Feelings," would climb to put Drake at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time of year. Simply put, the Canadian rapper spent the better part of the year shattering streaming and chart records, and the ambitious and hit-laden double-disc album Scorpion was well worth the wait for fans. The project was a hit for voters as well, as Drake clocked in with an impressive seven nominations for the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

H.E.R. – H.E.R.

With her soulful songs and jaw-dropping musicianship only further fueling the mystique of her persona, H.E.R. stepped into the light this year, releasing her widely acclaimed self-titled debut. Apropos of her moniker's meaning (Having Everything Revealed), H.E.R. showed the world her gift, with a breakthrough performance of "Focus" and "Best Part," both from her debut LP, at the BET Awards this summer alongside Daniel Caesar. After a string of successful EPs, H.E.R. gave her fans a new, more complete idea of H.E.R.'s musical ability and remarkable potential. In addition to the coveted Album Of The Year nomination, she's also up for Best New Artist.

Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone

Not to be outdone online, Post Malone broke streaming records this year as well by earning the most streams in one week when Beerbongs & Bentleys arrived on April 27. Real name Austin Richard Post, the singer/rapper entered a new stratosphere of popularity with his sophomore album—and he brought many of this friends along for the joyride, as the album includes cameos by the likes of 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy and YG. Post Malone is nominated in a total of four categories at the 61st GRAMMY Awards.

Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe

At the 60th GRAMMY Awards, Janelle Monáe delivered one of the most poignant and powerful speeches in recent memory, calling attention to the #TimesUp movement. Three months later, she made an equally powerful statement with her third studio album, Dirty Computer. With the catchy and bold singles "Make Me Feel," "Django Jane" and "Pynk" leading the way, Monáe set a new precedent for what it means to make infectious music with a message in 2018.

“[Creatives] have the power to create the culture and shape it to what we want it to be,” she told us earlier this year. “And we also have the power to undo the culture if it does not serve us well.”

Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves

Country music might be the platform Kacey Musgraves has chosen for her music, but it certainly is not a constriction for the singer/songwriter. On Golden Hour, Musgraves takes her signature stir-up of crafty lyric turns, progressive social themes and authentic twang to a new level, all while opening herself up more candidly than she has in the past.

"This album feels very special and different to me because it feels like my most personal." Musgraves told us back in July. "I don't feel like I've really let people in on this scale previously."

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Music has always played a key integral role in film, but for this year's transcendent blockbuster "Black Panther," the soundtrack took on a life of its own. Led by the Kendrick Lamar and SZA hit "All The Stars," which earned four nominations of its own including Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance, Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By looks to make history as just the third ever movie soundtrack to win Album Of The Year, joining the soundtracks for Saturday Night Fever at the 21st GRAMMY Awards, The Bodyguard at the 36th GRAMMY Awards and, most recently, O Brother, Where Art Thou? at the 44th GRAMMY Awards.

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Singer/songwriter and GRAMMY-winning artist Kacey Musgraves' latest album, Golden Hour, is her most personal yet. Recently, she sat down to play a round of One Take, GRAMMY.com's rapid-fire question game that challenges your favorite artists to see how many questions about life, music and everything in between they can answer in just 60 seconds.

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In this episode, Musgraves tells us who she thinks is the funniest person she knows, her favorite Lee Ann Womack album and the first song she ever wrote. She also reveals her favorite place to eat in Texas, the best time to listen to music and her favorite subject in school.

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