AP Top News｜马伦·莫里斯的“Dreamsicle”专辑邀请她接受新的生活，并带来治愈的力量

NEW YORK (AP) When country star Maren Morris would voice support for the LBGTQ community, including publicly clashing with Jason Aldeans wife over gender-affirming care for transgender youth, she thought she was doing it as an ally. She didnt realize it at the time, but she was also speaking up for herself, too.

I just maybe, internally, hadnt had the bravery to go there in myself, and say the words out loud, said Morris, who recently came out as bisexual. When you spend the majority of your life in straight relationships and you havent explored that part of yourself is now the right time for me to tell everyone while Im married that like, Hi, Im also attracted to women?

The Grammy winner, whos also stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter social justice movement and immigrants, has experienced drastic life changes throughout the past year, including a divorce with fellow singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd. These learning curves shaped Dreamsicle, her fourth studio album, out now.

Theres a freedom that Ive found in this album thats a new version of what I thought I had, Morris explained. Its just more wise and lived-in. And maybe part of thats just like being in your 30s you just dont care as much.

Following 2022s Humble Quest, the 35-year-old singer-songwriter crafted 14 tracks filled with an eclectic, yet cohesive mix of traditional country, pop, soft-rock and dreamy bluegrass vibes. It continues the free-flowing, unconfined mix of sounds the The Bones singer is known for. Production includes superstar pop producer Jack Antonoff, John Ryan, Laura Veltz and The Monsters & Strangerz production team, with Morris credited as a writer on every song.

I was writing all through all of those personal losses and evolutions. I was really just avoiding going home, and I would stay in my sessions late, and also write on days that I probably should have just taken a nap or gone to see my therapist, Morris said. There were moments where Im singing on some of these songs where I dont even remember doing the vocal because I was just in such a state of loss and grief.

Standout moments include the beautiful Americana-esque grand bouquet where Morris sings, been so busy praying for my grand bouquet/not noticing you gave me a new flower every day. There are also her staple poppy songs like cry in the car that attempt to mask the pain and frustration of heartbreak behind upbeat tempos.

But its not all doom and gloom; The Middle vocalist explores new themes, like on the previously released singles bed no breakfast, and push me over which she wrote with the electro-pop band MUNA.

I went on a date with a woman for the first time, and I was just like I want to write about this, she said, noting she felt safe exploring the topic with the queer-identifying band.

While she says each song represents some facet of this new era, the title track provides the fullest picture.

It was the first song for one of my albums that I wrote alone and I dont often do that, said Morris, who added Dreamsicle came to her at one night as a 3 a.m. realization that change was necessary. Everything that I thought was going to be permanent in my life, like in some form or fashion, either ended or evolved into something completely different.

Morris is currently prepping for her global tour in July, with more than 40 dates mixing headlining shows and festival appearances.

Since coming out, she emphasizes shes received an abundance of love throughout Nashville, and has been overwhelmed by the support in the country music space that some have criticized as intolerant.

More importantly, she hopes fans understand Dreamsicle is not a divorce record, but a celebratory album of healing.

It deals with grief. It deals with the friends that helped patch you back together, Morris said. Its important to show and to prove to myself that I can process and heal from this. If I can do it, ... someone will hear it and feel like they can get through that day that theyre in.

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Follow Associated Press entertainment journalist Gary Gerard Hamilton at @GaryGHamilton on all his social media platforms.

纽约（美联社）——当乡村明星Maren Morris为LGBTQ社群发声，包括公开与Jason Aldean的妻子就变性青少年性别肯定护理问题发生冲突时，她认为自己是在作为盟友而行动。当时她并没有意识到，她也在为自己发声。

莫里斯（Morris）最近公开了自己的双性恋身份，他表示自己内心可能没有足够的勇气去坦然面对和表达自己的感受。‘当你大半生都在异性恋关系中度过，而你还没有探索过自己内心深处那部分的时候——现在是我结婚后向所有人坦诚的时刻，比如，‘嗨，我也被女性所吸引’。’

这位格莱美奖得主也一直支持着黑命贵社会正义运动和移民，在过去一年中经历了巨大的生活变化，包括与同为歌手词曲创作者的瑞恩·赫德（Ryan Hurd）的离婚。这些学习曲线塑造了她的第四张录音室专辑《Dreamsicle》，现已发行。

莫里斯解释道，我在这张专辑中找到了新的自由，它是我以前认为我所拥有的新版本。它更明智，更成熟。也许这就像当你步入三十多岁的时候——你只是不再那么在意了。

继2022年的《Humble Quest》之后，这位35岁的歌手兼词曲创作者精心打造了14首歌曲，这些歌曲充满了传统乡村、流行、软摇滚和梦幻蓝草风格的各种独特而和谐的元素。它继续延续了《The Bones》歌手以其著称的自由、不受限制的音色的混合。制作团队包括流行音乐超级制作人Jack Antonoff、John Ryan、Laura Veltz和The Monsters & Strangerz制作团队，莫里斯（Morris）被列为每首歌的作词者。

莫里斯说：“我一直在创作，经历了所有的个人挫折和成长。我其实是在逃避回家，所以我会在会议上待到很晚，甚至在应该小憩或去看心理医生的日子里也会写作。有些时候，我在演唱这些歌曲时甚至不记得自己是怎么发声的，因为那时我正处于一种失意和悲痛的状态。”

突出的时刻包括莫里斯演唱的美丽的“grand bouquet”这一首典型的美国乡村风歌曲，他唱道：“一直忙着为我的大花束祈祷/没有注意到你每天给我一朵新的花。”此外，还有她典型的流行歌曲如“在车里哭泣”，试图在欢快的节奏背后掩盖心碎的痛苦和沮丧。

但并非都是消极的；‘The Middle’的主唱探索了新的主题，比如她之前发行的单曲‘bed no breakfast’和‘push me over’，这两首歌是她与电子流行乐队MUNA共同创作的。

她说：“我第一次和一个女人约会，我真的很想写写这件事。我觉得和这个LGBTQ+身份认同的乐队一起谈论这个话题很安全。”

她表示，每一首歌都代表了新时代的某个方面，而标题曲则提供了最全面的画面。

莫里斯说，这是我为我的一张专辑写的第一首独唱歌曲，我并不常这样做。她补充说，‘梦幻橘’是在一个凌晨3点的时刻，突然意识到改变是必要的。‘我认为在我的生活中，无论以何种形式，一切都将结束或演变成完全不同的东西。’

莫里斯目前正在为7月份的全球巡演做准备，其中包含超过40场的压轴表演和音乐节亮相。

自从她出柜以来，她一直强调在纳什维尔（Nashville）她收到了大量的爱，同时也被乡村音乐界中的支持所淹没，而这一支持却被一些人批评为不容忍。

更重要的是，她希望粉丝们能理解“梦霓裳”并非“离婚记录”，而是一张庆祝治愈的专辑。

Morris表示，这涉及到了悲伤的疗愈，以及那些帮助你重新振作起来的朋友。这很重要，因为我需要向自己展示并证明，我可以处理并从这次经历中恢复过来。如果我能做到，那么其他人听到后，也会觉得自己能够度过现在的难关。

在所有社交媒体平台上，关注美联社娱乐记者Gary Gerard Hamilton的@GaryGHamilton。

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