September 10, 2021

MCA Nashville

1xLP (Indie Exclusive) 

It’s a classic story at this point. Girl meets boy, falls in love. Writes a massively successful, Grammy-winning album about falling in love and lives happily ever after. That old chestnut. That wasn’t quite what was in the cards for Kacey Musgraves after the mammoth success of 2018’s Golden Hour; her marriage that inspired the album fell apart and the follow-up, Star-Crossed, deals with her divorce by framing it as a Greek tragedy, unfolding in three acts. What could be an overwrought concept in the hands of a less capable writer is a brilliant meditation on love, loss and growth from a perennially clever and introspective artist. Musgraves has emerged in recent years as one of country’s most exciting stars and tackles the genre's most enduring theme – heartbreak – in a way that pushes the boundaries of what can be done with the genre.