While reacting to the 42-year-old’s shift into country, which includes the release of her hit track Texas Hold ‘Em.
The 33-year-old singer told E! News that she feels the superstar has ‘always been genre-less.’
‘I think the leaning into country elements and sort of reclaiming country music back to Black people because they created the genre is such a statement,’ Morris raved.
She pointed out, ‘Rhiannon Giddens [is] playing banjo on Texas Hold ‘Em, which is such an amazing statement in itself.’
Morris, who has been outspoken about the sometimes ‘toxic’ culture of the subgenre in the past.
Expressed excitement for Beyoncé’s upcoming Renaissance part ii album in general.’
Maren Morris has praised Beyoncé’s foray into country music as ‘such a statement,’ adding, ‘I feel like she’s always been genre-less.
But I think the leaning into country elements and sort of reclaiming country music back to Black people because they created the genre is such a statement’
‘Obviously, like most people, I’m so utterly excited to hear the whole album,’ she shared about the forthcoming new project from Beyoncé
‘Obviously, like most people, I’m so utterly excited to hear the whole album,’ she shared.
‘I was listening to 16 Carriages this morning, and just marveling at the production and the.
Lyrics and the vulnerability,’ Morris added about the second new Beyoncé single.
Which was released in tandem with Texas Hold ‘Em on Super Bowl Sunday.
Maren announced that she chose to stop writing country-style music last September, stating: ‘I couldn’t do this circus anymore.’
Speaking on the New York Times’ Popcast show, she noted she was tired of ‘feeling like l have to absorb and explain people’s bad behaviors and laugh it off.’
The hitmaker added, ‘I just couldn’t do that after 2020 particularly. I’ve changed. A lot of things changed about me that year.’
She emphasized, ‘I don’t want to say goodbye, but I really cannot participate in the really toxic arms of this institution anymore.’
Then, in November while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
She clarified: ‘Well, I don’t think it’s something you can really leave, because it’s the music that’s in me and that’s what I grew up doing.
‘It’s the music I write, even if I’ve been sort of genre fluid my whole career. You can’t, like, scrub the country music out.’
The Grammy-winning musician blew fans away on February 11 as she dropped two new surprise singles.
In a caption to her 319 million followers, Beyoncé wrote, ‘TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and 16 CARRIAGES out now’
Beyoncé, full name Beyoncé Knowles Carter, is ‘prepared for pushback’ over her redirection into a country-inspired sound.
‘She knows there will be pushback by those who want her to stay in a narrow lane but she doesn’t care,’ a source told DailyMail.com.
‘In fact, it has made her more daring. By the time the summer is over, her detractors will know the difference between yee and haw,’ the person stated.
The singer-songwriter faced harsh criticism from Azealia Banks less than 24 hours after her announcement, with the rapper branding her foray into the country music scene ‘narcissistic.’
