Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves resolved their differences during a song-writing session.
The 42-year-old singer and Kacey, 38, managed to overcome their historic tensions while writing Horses and Divorces, their collaboration that appears on Kacey’s Middle of Nowhere album.
Miranda – whose rift with Kacey spanned over a decade – told Southern Living: “It worked out really well, because we got to air out some things we needed to say to each other while writing this song about coming back together, which was really cool. And I love the way it turned out.”
Miranda likened her relationship with Kacey to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, the two defining pioneers of the Outlaw Country movement – a rebellious musical subculture – of the 1970s.
The singer – who enjoyed huge success with Mama’s Broken Heart, the 2011 song that was originally intended for Kacey – explained: “To me, it feels a little like Willie and Waylon.”
Miranda commands huge admiration among fellow country music stars, and Ella Langley has heaped praise on the chart-topping singer.
Ella, 27 – who co-wrote Choosin’ Texas with Miranda – said: “Miranda was somebody I grew up listening to and looking up to. She is who she is, and she doesn’t apologise for it. That’s something that was always apparent to me watching her when I was younger and definitely inspired me to be confident in my artistry.
“It’s pretty surreal to now get to work alongside somebody I grew up admiring.”
Meanwhile, Miranda previously claimed that she deserves a “ribbon” for surviving the country music industry in the 2010s.
The singer feels proud that the likes of herself, Carrie Underwood and a few other female artists were able to achieve sustained success in the country industry through the decade.
During an appearance on the Popcast podcast, Miranda explained: “In the 2010 era, it was like there were no females at all.
“Carrie Underwood and I made it through pretty much a solid, at least, seven years of only guy artists coming out of country music. It’s like, ‘Wow, this is really off-kilter a little bit.'”
On reflection, Miranda now recognises that the 2010s were a “hard” time for female artists in the country music industry.
She said: “We should get a ribbon for surviving that. That was a hard time, honestly.”
