Maren Morris says she doesn’t ‘have anything to prove anymore.’ Now, she’s embracing ‘singleness’ and a new era of independence

Maren Morris is embracing a brand new period of independence, each in her skilled and private 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 need to type of lean into the vulnerability of the lyrics, as a result of after I was [writing] them down, I do not know, it type of struck this melancholic word and I really feel like that is such a relatable theme to singleness,” Morris, who not too long ago 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 essential as a result of you’re the longest relationship you will have in your life so you must are likely to that one. However there’s additionally, , moments of bittersweetness if you really feel on these occasional nights just a little lonely.”

Morris’s cowl might be seen in a brand new spot for Seen Wi-fi, the one-line wi-fi service designed for singles.

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

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

“We filmed it at Grimey’s right here in Nashville. It is such an iconic file retailer in Nashville, it is independently owned. It is in East Nashville the place I used to dwell after I first moved right here. So there’s simply lots of emotional ties I’ve to that venue,” she says. “I simply put my whole 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 quilt 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.

“, I’ve confirmed that I can do an enormous vocal on songs, I’ve confirmed that I can type 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 shit out of it,” she laughs, including she needed to “hold the tenderness of the track intact.”

Morris can also be channeling that power 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 phases of music proper now. I used to be engaged on one thing all final yr after which, , my private life had some huge shifts,” she explains. “So I type of went again to the drafting board. Proper now I am within the type of enjoyable early phases of not understanding the place it is heading…. I am working with all my favourite individuals 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 executed earlier than. So I am, I am positively excited for individuals to listen to it.”

In September, weeks earlier than Morris filed for divorce from Hurd, she instructed Los Angeles Occasions she was taking a “step again” from the nation music trade 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 have 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 just a little bit each. So just like the departure [from country], I imply in an institutional method, 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 after 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 file! However it’s positively 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 really 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 lots of moments of bittersweet vulnerability to it as nicely within the verses. I really feel prefer it’s simply a type of few occasions I’ve coated one other individual’s track and bought to really make it my very own.”