MAREN MORRIS IS CLEVER AND CUTTHROAT ON NEW SONG “be a bitch”

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Maren Morris is done faking nice. Her raw, moody, and emotionally unfiltered new single, “be a bitch,” is out now — the first of four new tracks to be featured on her upcoming D R E A M S I C L E (deluxe) album, arriving Friday, August 1 via Columbia Records. “be a bitch” was produced by Jimmy Robbins and co-written by Maren with longtime collaborator Laura Veltz.

“after telling my friends in the session about a recent traumatic dating story, I said everything that became a lyric: “my reputation precedes me, your hairline recedes you” thinking nothing would ever actually go into our song that day, because it’s “too mean.” then I realized I occasionally water my thoughts down to spare a person’s feelings. who is that helping? the person who hurt you that you’ll never see again, or is it empowering you to take back your humor of a situation? I don’t need to be a pristine heroine you screwed over, I deserve to be mad and eternalize that ego bruise into song. “be a bitch” is for anyone who ever let themselves down by being too nice to someone who was going to take advantage either way.”
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Also featured on her upcoming deluxe album are the soft and dreamy “in love with me”; the freedom-chasing summer anthem “running”; and the grounding, ethereal closer “earth angel”. D R E A M S I C L E (deluxe) is available to pre-save now.

Following her appearance at Newport Folk Festival this weekend, Maren Morris will kick off The Dreamsicle Tour, spanning over 40 dates across North America, the UK, and Europe through November 20. The tour includes a mix of headlining shows and major festival appearances. For a full list of tour dates, cities, and festival stops, visit marenmorris.com.

With her fourth album, Maren stepped into a vibrant new era and delivered her most personal and sonically adventurous project to date. D R E A M S I C L E is a fearless exploration of heartbreak, transformation, and growth — finding beauty in what’s left behind while still radiating the warmth, wit, and defiant optimism fans have come to love over the last decade. Written and recorded through a period of seismic personal shifts, creating the album became a lifeline, and what emerged is a vivid, emotionally rich collection that finds Maren in rare and radiant form.

 

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