Maren Morris Lets Herself ‘Fall Aside’ on New Tune ‘Reduce!’ with Julia Michaels

How does Maren Morris do it?

The “My Church” singer-songwriter is letting her guard down on “Reduce!,” a brand new collaboration with Julia Michaels about showing picture-perfect on the surface however feeling like an emotional mess in personal.

“‘Reduce!’ is about me holding myself collectively via the day, wanting well-rested, not a hair misplaced, not canceling any plans with mates as a result of that’s how nicely I need you to assume I’m doing,” stated Morris in a press release concerning the music, which dropped Friday as the primary style of her upcoming 5-track Intermission EP, out Friday, Aug. 2.

“Maybe these issues are all true, however at night time I let the masks slip and let myself scream or collapse to let the steam out of the kettle,” added the Grammy winner.

“It’s a cathartic launch that doesn’t require secrecy, however there are worldly expectations to maintain it collectively regardless of your emotions,” continued Morris. “This music provides me permission to collapse.”

“Reduce!” marks the 2 artists’ second collaboration, as Michaels co-wrote “Circles Round This City,” the lead single from Morris’ most up-to-date album, 2022’s Humble Quest.

The music arrives following many latest private updates in Morris’ life. Earlier this month, the musician revealed she identifies as bisexual in a celebratory submit.

“completely happy to be the B in LGBTQ+,” wrote Morris alongside pictures of herself holding Satisfaction flags throughout her latest RSVP Redux Tour cease in Phoenix. “completely happy pleasure.”

The announcement got here after she filed for a dissolution of marriage from her ex-husband of 5 years, Ryan Hurd, citing irreconcilable variations in October 2023. The previous couple (who share son Hayes, 4) finalized the divorce three months later in January 2024.

In September 2023, Morris introduced she can be stepping again from the nation music business, marking the change along with her two-track EP The Bridge, that includes the songs “The Tree” and “Get the Hell Out of Right here.”

On the time, she expressed feeling “very, very distanced” from the style and its politics, noting that she tried to problem the established order inside nation music. “I assumed I’d prefer to burn it to the bottom and begin over,” she informed the Los Angeles Occasions. “However it’s burning itself down with out my assist.”

Morris, nevertheless, has since clarified her feedback and defined she’s not exiting the style solely however fairly hopes to “go away behind” the “poisonous components” of the business. 

“I wish to take the great components with me,” she stated on Watch What Occurs Reside with Andy Cohen. “I’m from Texas, I grew up on all that music, so the best way I write, the best way I sing, that’s what comes out — no matter style I’m doing or function I’m doing.”

In accordance with Apple Music, Morris’ upcoming Intermission EP is labeled as a pop launch.