Ahead of this weekends ACM Awards, where shes nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year category, Maren Morris was profiled by CBS This Morning, in a segment during which she asserted that singing isnt the only thing she uses her voice to do.
Mindful of the ongoing #MeToo conversations now taking place, Morris shares some of her own cringe-worthy experiences, noting, It makes you recognize in yourself things youve allowed that arent acceptable everything from a program director of a radio station hanging on you and being drunk and inappropriate to feeling like you have to laugh at someones joke that isnt funny. Ive learned that I dont have to do those things.
Rolling Stone Country contributor Marissa Moss appears in the piece, pointing out the Girl singers determination to continue the discussion around women on country radio. When it comes to country radio, shes using every tool she has to force change around this topic and make sure its constantly being talked about in Nashville, which is incredibly powerful.
Additionally, the segment touches on Morris socially conscious Common, from her Girl LP. The tune features openly gay singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, which Moss notes is a progressive move for an artist in the historically more conservative country format. Morris says she has somehow been lucky in the risky moves Ive made in my career, adding that her hope for country music is that it stays true to itself but also it doesnt get left behind.
Also on Friday, Morris appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to perform another Girl track, The Bones.