Kacey Musgraves stopped by The Late Present with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night time to carry out “Arm’s Size,” a track that appeared on Deeper Well: Deeper Into the Well, the expanded version of her acclaimed 2024 album Deeper Well.
Bathed in reverb and backed by her denim-donned five-piece band, Musgraves supplies a beautiful rendition of “Arm’s Size.” Regardless of such a heat association, Musgraves sings of a relationship rendered chilly and distant: “I gave you water/ However I couldn’t make you drink/ Keepin’ me simply inside attain/ At all times holding me at arms size,” she sings because the band behind her swells. Watch her efficiency of “Arm’s Size” beneath.
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Musgraves additionally sat for an interview with Colbert on Monday night time to debate Deeper Effectively, her lengthy highway to stardom, and her reference to the late songwriter John Prine. When requested by Colbert in regards to the track “Cardinal” — the opening monitor on Deeper Effectively — Musgraves claimed the track was written about Prine, whom she thought-about to be a mentor.
“We did have a particular connection, and he was a pricey buddy. And I don’t know, after he handed there have been some fascinating little issues that might begin occurring, and one among them was a cardinal that might come go to virtually each day… it will stare at me via this window, and it struck me as a track thought,” she mentioned.
When requested about her friendship with Prine, Musgraves expressed a substantial amount of reverence. “His entire household was tremendous welcoming… he was precisely such as you’d assume he could be, tremendous humorous, all the time telling tales,” she mentioned. “After we bought to jot down, we truly didn’t actually get into ending a track as a result of I used to be simply listening to all of his tales. He was a songwriter’s songwriter, such a storyteller, a magician with phrases, positively gone too quickly… however he’s woven into the material of American music.”
She additionally informed the story of making an attempt to smoke weed with Prine in Nashville — after writing the track “Burn One with John Prine,” getting excessive with the people icon was an merchandise on Musgraves’ bucket listing. When she snuck backstage to fulfill him in Nashville one night time, she lastly bought the prospect to ask him. “I used to be like, ‘Hey, this is likely to be a bizarre query, however do you wish to go burn one out within the parking zone?’ And he was like, ‘I’ve had throat most cancers. No.’” Ultimately, the track made its technique to Prine, who put two and two collectively and ultimately befriended Musgraves. Watch her full look on Colbert beneath.
Musgraves has a handful of tour dates left on her “Deeper Well Tour.” Get tickets here. In the meantime, revisit our review of Deeper Effectively, which we named as one of many best albums of 2024 so far.
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