The ‘Space Cowboy’ singer got divorced, rebounded, quit weed — plus, she’s on the March 2024 cover of New York Magazine’s the Cut — and she’s never felt so grounded.
Kacey Musgraves has been explaining the physics of the gravity bong she used to use for a solid two minutes now. Yes, the lyrics to her new songoff her face, and go about her day. And yes, much to the dismay of her stoner fans on the Kacey Musgraves sub-Reddit, the lyrics that come after — “I’m getting rid of habits that I feel / Are real good at wastin’ my time” — are also true.
In the dreamy 30-second clip, Musgraves is barefaced and barefooted, her dark-brown hair long and straight like Crystal Gayle’s, as she journals, walks among geese, rides a horse bareback in the rain, and lies in a field. Musgraves’s past few albums had her edging pop-crossover superstardom.
Musgraves might have had some fantasy about the day she’s 60 with nothing to do, but she’s far from it. The week I visit her in Nashville, she’s getting ready to head to New York to launch her second collaboration with Boy Smells candles After that, she’s got anperformance, and she’s prepping for an upcoming tour — cutting back on carbs, rehearsing with the band. Even though she’s busy, she feels her body is rebelling. She’s been staying in bed until 9 a.m.
She stops and ponders other recent changes. “I started reading,” she says, pulling out her iPhone to find her book list. “I’m new to reading,” she starts, then catches herself. “I mean I canI’m not learning to read,” she says sarcastically and starts going down the list of books she’s picked up in the last year: Nora Ephron’swith her grandma, even though her grandma lapped her, she says.
In her new house in the woods, she’s gotten more comfortable with herself. “It’s a happy place, and it feels very neutral and clean and clear. There’s deer and fox and turkeys everywhere and cardinals,” she says. “I luxuriate in my bed. I hang out with Pepper. I cook for friends. I get song ideas there. I have a sauna. I use that. I just feel like I’m more well there, and I just have gotten better at not being intimidated by alone time.
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