Morris drives "Circles Around This Town"
Morris wrote the song with her husband Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels and Jimmy Robbins and produced by Greg Kurstin. "More music from Maren is imminent," according to a press release. The video was directed by Harper Smith.
"I could see the visuals for 'Circles Around This Town' the moment I wrote the song," Morris said. "I've always been so inspired by the industrial, blown out colors of music videos from the '90s, so Harper Smith, and I wanted the aesthetics of this video to reflect that grainy, devil-may-care attitude of all my females heroes from that era: Sheryl, Fiona, Alanis."
"Obviously, having a penchant for the nostalgic, we decided to recreate my teenage bedroom and pin old photos of me as a kid on the walls and have me typing on an old PC computer. I knew I didn't want to take anything too seriously in this video, so all our amplified 'signs of the universe' are purposefully campy, but they also ask the viewer, 'Is the universe actually showing you signs or do you just know when you need to make a real change?' 'Circles Around This Town' is my story, so I felt like I truly got to relive my journey from Texas to Nashville again."
More news for Maren Morris
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- 10/12/23: Introducing children's author Maren Morris
- 09/15/23: Brothers Osborne, Willie Dan + Shay top release schedule
- 09/15/23: Morris bids adieu to country with new EP
- 02/14/23: The Chicks set world tour
- 11/15/22: No surprise....GRAMMY nominees are thrilled
- 11/04/22: Morris, Dickereson out with new releases
CD reviews for Maren Morris
Seeing Greg Kurstin listed as the producer on Maren Morris' "Humble Quest" album, can't help but raise a few eyebrows. His resume includes the likes of Pink and Sia, but not many country-related artists. Furthermore, it wasn't too long ago that Morris had big hit with "The Middle," a decidedly pop hit single recorded with the Russian-German producer, Zedd. This album's results are not as overtly pop as that recording, but not as country as her country hit "My Church. ...
Maren Morris, who had a huge pop hit with "The Middle," is never going to be anybody's ideal traditional country singer. Although, thankfully, there isn't anything that mind-numbingly beat-driven on her "GIRL" album, this is a full-length that will likely appeal as much to Morris' pop fans, as her country followers.
The first great song, "A Song For Everything," addresses that mysterious intersection between one's favorite songs and significant life events. ...
Maren Morris scored a hit out of the box with "My Church," the best of 11 songs on her major label full-length debut. The Texan infuses the song she wrote with uber producer busbee (he's worked with everyone from Keith Urban on "Ripcord" to 5 Seconds of Summer and Shakira and is one of three producers here including Morris) with mighty vocals powering a midtempo, soulful reading extolling the redemptive powers of playing music with the windows rolled down. ...
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