Maren Morris’ new tune with Julia Michaels will have listeners in their feels.
The very first keep track of from Morris’ forthcoming EP, Intermission, “Cut!” captures the singer’s inner dialogue of attempting to surface ideal each day — whilst slipping aside privately at night.
“‘Cut!’ is about me keeping myself with each other as a result of the day, seeking perfectly-rested, not a hair out of place, not canceling any ideas with mates due to the fact which is how well I want you to believe I’m executing,” Morris, 34, claimed in a press release received by Us Weekly. “Perhaps people things are all genuine, but at night, I let the mask slip and allow myself scream or drop apart to allow the steam out of the kettle.”
The singer added, “It’s a cathartic release that doesn’t require secrecy, but there are worldly expectations to preserve it alongside one another inspite of your inner thoughts. This tune gives me authorization to drop apart.”
In the chorus, Morris sings, “I’m screaming, ‘Cut’ / I need a minute to just / Permit my tears tumble in which they want / Honestly, f–k / I’ve held it in long ample / I gave it all that I obtained / I’m screaming, ‘Cut.’”
At a various level in the track, Michaels belts out, “I know all my traces / I’m annoyingly wonderful / ‘Til the silence at night calls my bluff.”
“Cut!” is Morris’ 2nd collaboration with Michaels, 30. The pair cowrote “Circles All-around This Town” in 2020, which went on to gain two Grammy nominations. In addition to Morris and Michaels, “Cut!” was also cowritten by Caroline Allin and Joel Very little, with creation by Tiny.
There are five tracks on Morris’ approaching EP, which drops on August 2, such as: “Cut!,” “I Hope I Never Tumble in Like,” “Push Me Over,” “Because, Of Course” and “This Is How a Woman Leaves.”
Morris, who is in the center of her RSVP Redux tour, beforehand debuted her song “I Hope I Hardly ever Tumble in Love” in the course of a June 12 concert at Pink Rocks in Colorado.
“When you listen to the title, you’re likely to be like, ‘OK, bitch. Yeah, right,’” she told the crowd. “This song I wrote with my good friend Delacey. This track is identified as ‘I Hope I Under no circumstances Fall in Appreciate.’ It’s pretty [self]-explanatory.”
The heartwrenching lyrics are about how adore did her “dirty,” as she sings, “I was at the time a bitch when it came to adore / I’d get a small strike and be all messed up / But I loved him from the bottom and I saw the gentle / God as my witness, that was the past time.”
6 months before starting her RSVP Redux tour, Morris submitted for divorce from Ryan Hurd in October 2023, citing irreconcilable discrepancies. The pair ended up married for five decades and share their 4-yr-aged son, Hayes. Their divorce was finalized in December 2023.