MAREN MORRIS: On Current Single, “To Hell & Back” (Audio)
MAREN MORRIS: On Current Single, “To Hell & Back” (Audio)
I chose “To Hell & Back” to put out as a single right now because I think, you know, we’re in such a reflective time being sort of stuck at home either by ourselves or with our families, with our dogs, we just have a lot of time to have some introspection, and I feel like “To Hell & Back” is very much about accepting your imperfections and the person in your life accepting them as well, whether that’s your partner or your friends or your family. I think you know it’s all about your halo’s a little bent, a little dirty, and that person still thinks you’re the cat’s meow. And I love that because it really is this unconditional sort of love that’s not based around “well you do this for me and you be this perfect person I put on a pedestal and then we can talk about loving each other forever,” this is like “I will love you no matter what sort of ashes we’re sitting in, because we’re sitting in them together.”
This year has sort of been, I think it’s thrown every person on this planet for a loop, and for me being a very postpartum mother, having an emergency C-section, figuring out motherhood, and also not being able to really show my baby off to friends and family because you can’t be around anyone is really isolating. And having to basically cancel my tour for the year, I really had to figure out who I was outside of music this year, and I think if I didn’t have Ryan, my husband, to be with me and our baby, I really would be struggling because so much of my identity has been wrapped up in music for so long that this year I’ve had to really dig and find- I wouldn’t call it “hell” but it’s definitely not what I expected, but I think that’s where you have the most growth is when you’re scared and insecure and you’re not in your comfort zone, so that’s what this year has been like for me.
