Maren Morris reveals she is “leaving country music” due to “drama” and feuds within the industry in a shocking announcement
MAREN Morris has quit country music in a shocking announcement, admitting parts of her career “no longer” make her happy.
The Texas-born artist, 33, made her big announcement after releasing two new songs – “The Tree” and “Get The Hell Out Of Here” on Friday.
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Maren, who moved to Nashville a decade ago, made her decision after calling out the country music scene’s shortcomings when it comes to racism, misogyny and gender representation.
She told it openly L.A. Times about the industry’s failings, saying, “I thought I’d like to burn it down and start over.”
“But it will burn itself down without my help.”
Maren continued, “I’m trying to mature here and realize that I can just leave behind the parts of this that no longer make me happy.”
“Being one of the few women to have success on country radio, everything you do is scrutinized.
“You get more scrutiny than your male counterparts, even when you’re doing well. So this year I had to put all that out of my head and just write songs.”
“With a lot of drama within the community, I decided to get out there.”
Over the course of her career, Maren has had four singles reach number one on the Billboard Country Music charts.
She was also a six-time winner of the Country Music Association Awards.
BACKBACK
Maren recently braved the wrath of online trolls by stripping down to a chic zebra-print bikini.
Off stage, the star is the mother of one child.
She shares two-year-old son Hayes with Ryan Hurd and has hit back at trolls in the past who left negative comments on her sexy pictures.
In the caption, the My Church singer took a swipe at trolls who had previously left body-shaming comments on her more revealing posts.
“A camera self-timer is a useful tool for assholes,” she wrote.
This came after she shared a big update about a “difficult” decision for her son.
The star was asked about her pets on X, formerly known as Twitter, where she shared the unfortunate news.
At the weekend a fan asked about Maren’s pets, Write: “How are the puppies?”
The country singer replied, “Pancake got.” [sic] changed because he got a little aggressive, so June is our girl now.”
Pancake is a bulldog puppy that the hitmaker introduced to her fans back in 2018, while June is a larger white dog.
‘IDENTITY CRISIS’
Maren has always remained open with her fans and recently opened up about how she suffered an “identity crisis” amid postpartum depression.
During an appearance on Sunday Today with Willie Geist, she discussed her battle with postnatal depression.
During the post, the “To Hell and Back” artist shared that she gave birth to her son Hayes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She revealed: “I think there was a lot of identity crises there,” she explained: “Not just being a new mother and father dealing with postpartum depression for the first time and being devastated by it.”
“I know my worth without anyone clapping for me.”
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