Maren Morris - Girl

Pressed on lemon yellow vinyl

Second album from the Grammy and CMA Award-winner

When Maren Morris sat down to write her new song "Girl," the first taste of her anticipated second album, she had confrontation on her mind. But midway through, she experienced an epiphany, writes Rolling Stone.

"I was writing it as a letter to another girl who I felt had disrespected me and was constantly trying to be competitive with me when I just wanted to exist in my own space," she tells Rolling Stone. "But as we kept writing it, I realized I'm not talking to someone else - I'm talking to myself."

That moment of self-discovery reshaped the tone of "Girl," transforming it into an upbeat, optimistic single with a strutting, indie-rock guitar sound. Written with Sarah Aarons (who co-wrote Morris's dance smash with Zedd, "The Middle") and Greg Kurstin, the track seeks to remind Morris - and anyone who faces seemingly insurmountable odds - to never give up.

"I am talking to my inner critic that says I'm not good enough," she says. "This is me telling myself it's going to be OK and to chill the fuck out. Just write your music and put your blinders on. Don't worry about what other people are doing or saying about you. Don't water yourself down to appease them. Just focus on your art and the rest will fall into place."

Morris admits the song is particularly potent in a time when women aren't represented on country radio or even streaming services.

"Looking at the country radio chart the last year, more titles had the word 'girls' in them than actual girls on the radio," she says. "I think in my head I wanted to buck the trend a little bit and be like, 'I'm a girl, and I'm going to sing about a girl, and I'm the girl."

 

 

Side 1

GIRL

The Feels

All My Favorite People

A Song for Everything

Common

Flavor

Make Out With Me

Side 2

Gold Love

Great Ones

RSVP

To Hell & Back

The Bones

Good Woman

Shade

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