Barbara Musgraves and Kacey Musgraves in New York City in April 2023.Photo:Bruce Glikas/Getty
Bruce Glikas/Getty
Getting a nose piercing isn’tKacey Musgraves' only action that’s thrown her grandmother for a loop.
In a new interview on theApple Music Country showToday’s Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen, the Grammy-winning “High Horse” singer recounted her grandma’s disapproving reaction to seeing her nude on an alternate cover of her new albumDeeper Well.
Kelleigh Bannen and Kacey Musgraves.Todayâs Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country
Todayâs Country Radio with Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country
“I just randomly had this idea… Because it was a big, wide open green space. And I was like, ‘What if I was just really small?’ Like in the fetal position, sort of, into the earth,” she told the radio program. “And it’s just sort of vulnerable and almost like rebirth, I guess.”
Later, Kacey wanted to take share the work with the rest of their family. “I was showing my parents and my grandparents the photos that my sister had taken. And then the naked one came up, and Nana was like, ‘Gasp!‘Like she just saw a car wreck, basically,” she recalled of her grandmother, Barbara.
“And she was like, ‘No!’ She was like, ‘That’s not… that’s a cover?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, it’s one of the covers,'” added the “Butterflies” performer. “And she was like, ‘Kacey, you’re a singer, not a stripper.’ And I was like, ‘Well, you know what? You can be both.'”
Kacey Musgraves at the Grammys in Los Angeles in February 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
Versions ofDeeper Wellfeaturing the alternate album cover are available at Kacey’s website, while the artwork can also be viewed on hersocial media pages.
The country star has made it known that her grandmother can have strong reactions to her unexpected moves. On theGolden Houropening track “Slow Burn,” Kacey sings, “Texas is hot / I can be cold / Grandma cried when I pierced my nose.”
In a 2018 interview withStereogum, the musician reflected on their tight-knit relationship and revealed her grandmother also isn’t a fan of her penchant for using strong language.
Kacey Musgraves in Nashville on March 18, 2024.Jason Kempin/Getty
Jason Kempin/Getty
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“She’s such a trip. She came the other day to the listening party and this lady, she was like my booking agent when I was like 12,” recalled Kacey. “She was like at the ready to give anyone a CD and try to get everyone to book me for their event, but weirdly, it worked most of the time. But she is just funny.”
At the time, she continued, “After all these years, I’m almost 30 years old, and she still has such a giant issue that I cuss a lot. And I’m like, ‘This is not a new fact, like you’ve known this for many years now,’ and she just shudders every time I say anything, she’s just like, ‘Kacey.'”
source: people.com
