As she ready to take the stage and settle for the Visionary Award at Wednesday evening’s (March 6) Billboard Girls in Music 2024 occasion, Maren Morris stated her preparing music was, after all, Beyoncé‘s Scorching 100 No. 1 nation hit “Texas Maintain ‘Em.”
“Gotta signify Texas in the home,” stated the Arlington, Texas native of the Houston-bred Bey’s nation breakthrough. “That one will get me transferring… She simply is aware of convey it to 11 each single time.” Morris additionally praised Beyoncé’s “very purposeful” reclaiming of nation music “to Black folks as a result of they invented the style is so astounding and necessary. So [finger snap] slay!”
Morris additionally talked about receiving the Visionary honor, saying she wasn’t certain if she may maintain the title, joking, “I’ve a variety of visions and delusions, so I’m glad I’m being honored for them tonight.” The singer took the stage to carry out what she dubbed a “laid again” model of her 2019 single “Lady” in honor of the monitor’s fifth anniversary and all the ladies being honored on Wednesday evening. “It actually encapsulates what this night is about,” she stated. “Which is like, feminine empowerment, we’re bad-ass b–ches.”
And , as she learns to lean into the phrase “letting go,” Morris — who finalized her divorce from ex-husband Ryan Hurd final month — stated that she didn’t have particular recommendations on do it, however provided the recommendation, “it could’t worsen, so that you may as effectively drop that lifeless weight. It may possibly solely get higher.”
Watch Morris speak Beyoncé within the video above. Followers can stream the Billboard Girls in Music 2024 at 8 p.m. ET right here tonight (March 7).
