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Maren Morris<\/strong><\/a> is leaving country music and changing genres, revealing in a shocking new interview why she feels she can no longer continue in the industry where she started more than a decade ago<\/a>. Fans are wondering what\u2019s next for the singer and why she would walk away from a successful career as a country artist.<\/p>\n The \u201cGirl\u201d singer\u00a0told the\u00a0Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> in a candid September 15 interview that she wants to step back from the country genre due to too much \u201cdrama\u201d and she wants to try something new.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought I\u2019d like to burn it to the ground and start over,\u201d she said of country music, adding, \u201cBut it\u2019s burning itself down without my help.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, being one of the few women that had any success on country radio, everything you do is looked at under a microscope. You\u2019re scrutinized more than your male peers, even when you\u2019re doing well. So, I\u2019ve had to clear all of that out of my head this year and just write songs. A lot of the drama within the community, I\u2019ve chosen to step outside out of it,\u201d Maren explained.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve kind of said everything I can say. I always thought I\u2019d have to do middle fingers in the air jumping out of an airplane, but I\u2019m trying to mature here and realize I can just walk away from the parts of this that no longer make me happy,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the Trump years, people\u2019s biases were on full display. It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic,\u201d \u201cThe Bones\u201d songstress revealed. She felt that it was causing country to become too aggressive and hate filled. \u201cAll these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music,\u201d Maren added, saying she calls the type of music \u201cbutt rock.\u201d<\/p>\n Maren called out Brittany for her alleged transphobic remarks in August 2022 after the beauty influencer wrote in an Instagram post, \u201cI\u2019d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life.\u201d Maren later responded in a tweet, \u201cIt\u2019s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always been an asker of questions and a status quo challenger just by being a woman. So, it wasn\u2019t really even a choice. I didn\u2019t think of myself as a political artist. I just wrote songs about real life through a lens of deep respect for my country heroes. But the further you get into the country music business, that\u2019s when you start to see the cracks. And once you see it, you can\u2019t un-see it. So, you start doing everything you can with the little power you have to make things better,\u201d she told the publication.<\/p>\n Maren also took a swipe at Jason\u2019s controversial hit song<\/a> \u201cTry That in a Small Town.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s a last bastion. People are streaming these songs out of spite. It\u2019s not out of true joy or love of the music. It\u2019s to own the libs. And that\u2019s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed \u2014 the\u00a0actual<\/i>\u00a0oppressed. And now it\u2019s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\nWhy Is Maren Morris Leaving Country Music?<\/h2>\n
What Did Maren Morris Say About How Country Music Has Changed?<\/h2>\n
Did Maren Morris\u2019 Feud With Jason and Brittany Aldean Impact Her Decision to Leave Country Music?<\/h2>\n
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