![Maren Morris’ ‘Girl’ Is the Shedding of Her 20s](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2019/01/maren-morris-girl-meaning.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Maren Morris’ ‘Girl’ Is the Shedding of Her 20s
There comes a time in everyone’s life that it’s time to grow up. And for Maren Morris, that rite of passage somewhat inspired her new single, “Girl.”
“Me choosing 'Girl' as the first single [from an upcoming album], it’s about transitioning from someone who felt like she didn't need anybody into someone who very much needs people, and is okay with admitting that,” Morris says in a new interview with Billboard. “That really frightening vulnerability that I've been trying to avoid, I’m not doing that any longer.”
Indeed, while Morris is two years from turning 30 years old, “The Middle” hitmaker says she believes that marrying Ryan Hurd last year changed everything for her, both personally and professionally.
“And I feel like the last two years, after touring and growing up a bit more — and obviously I’ve found somebody that understands me now, and have fallen in love and gotten married — my [perspective on] songwriting is just a little different. It’s a little lighter than it was the first time around!” she says with a laugh, adding, "I’m not quite as bitter."
Morris is bringing that new maturity to her upcoming album.
“This album is really about self-acceptance and partner acceptance,” she says. “The first half of the album is very self-reflective, and it's more about me. Then the second half of the record transitions into me being the counterpart to somebody else. I didn’t have any love songs on [debut album] Hero, so there are a lot more on this one, and I think that’s been a really beautiful side to being a touring musician: You never see the person, you miss them all the time, and he’s a musician as well, so we’re constantly writing with each other or about each other. A lot of these songs reflect that."
Morris will head off on the “Girl: The World Tour” starting March 9 in Chicago. She's bringing along Cassadee Pope and RaeLynn as her support acts.
Maren Morris' "Girl" Is an Anthem
These Country Ladies Are Blazing Trails:
More From 97.5 KGKL
![Dan + Shay Drop Tender New Single, ‘All to Myself’ [LISTEN]](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2016/09/dan-and-shay-how-not-to-single.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Craft Beer, Live Music, & Food Highlight Craft Beer Experience](http://townsquare.media/site/472/files/2019/01/Beer-Festival.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![See Which Artists Are on Live Nation’s 2019 Country Megaticket](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2019/01/luke-bryan-thomas-rhett-jason-aldean-live-nation-country-megaticket-2019.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Carly Pearce Isn’t Going to Take Anybody’s Body-Shaming BS](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/01/Carly-Pearce.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Where to Watch All of This Year’s Oscar Nominees](http://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2018/08/buster-scruggs-coens.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
![John Berry Shares Positive Outlook After Cancer Scare](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/01/john-berry.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Kelsea Ballerini Puts Down Dreamy Cover of Shawn Mendes’ ‘Lost in Japan’ [Listen]](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2019/01/kelsea-ballerini-covers-shawn-mendes-lost-in-japan.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Cody Johnson’s Acoustic Version of ‘On My Way to You’ Will Give You the Feels [WATCH]](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/01/Cody-Johnson.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Maxine Brown Russell, of Hall of Fame Country Trio the Browns, Dead at 87](http://townsquare.media/site/623/files/2019/01/maxine-brown.jpg?w=980&q=75)