Kacey Musgraves.Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty
Kacey Musgraveshas found inspiration from her own real-life heartbreak to channel into her new music.
On Saturday, the 33-year-old singer shared a series ofInstagramposts, which each teased the lyrics to a heartbreaking song likely to be featured on her upcoming album.
Fans of the “Golden Hour” singer noticed that the lyrics from the unreleased track hint at her divorce from her ex-husband,Ruston Kelly, who she split from after two years of marriage last year.
Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves in 2019.George Pimentel/WireImage
Musgraves and Kelly, 33,tied the knot in Tennesseein October 2017, more than a year after meeting at a songwriters' showcase at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. In July 2020, the pairannounced their split.
“With heavy but hopeful hearts we wanted to put our own thoughts into the air about what’s happening. These kinds of announcements are always met with scrutiny and speculation and we want to stop that before it even starts,” they said in a joint statement toPEOPLEat the time.
“We believe that we were put into each other’s lives for a divine reason and have both changed each other infinitely for the better,” they added. “The love we have for each other goes far beyond the relationship we’ve shared as husband and wife. It’s a soul connection that can never be erased.”
“We’ve made this painful decision together — a healthy decision that comes after a very long period of trying the best we can. It simply just didn’t work. Though we are parting ways in marriage, we will remain true friends for the rest of our lives,” the statement continued. “We hold no blame, anger, or contempt for each other and we ask for privacy and positive wishes for us both as we learn how to navigate through this.”
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In an interview withRolling Stonepublished in February, Musgraves — who has since moved on with rumored beauCole Schafer— broke her silence about her divorce and got candid about the couple’s decision to go their separate ways, saying that their marriage “just simply didn’t work out.”
“It’s nothing more than that. It’s two people who love each other so much, but for so many reasons, it just didn’t work,” the Grammy winner explained. “I mean, seasons change. Our season changed.”
Musgraves also spoke about the institution of marriage itself, commenting thatGoldie HawnandKurt Russell— who aren’t married, buthave been in a relationship since 1983— are “doing something right.”
“I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on growing up as a woman in the South and being a performer from a young age — we were told to please, to make this person happy. That has to imprint on your code. It kind of erodes boundaries,” she toldRolling Stone. “So I’m trying to examine things that may not be useful anymore and maybe unlearn some things.”
source: people.com
