Kacey Musgraves' career has come full circle. Musgraves has signed a new record deal with Lost Highway. It's a label that folded in 2012, one year after Musgraves became a Lost Highway artist.
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"Lost Highway was always a musical stable for artists who might be considered outliers or outlaws; those who live on the fringe," the eight-time Grammy winner says. "In 2011, when other record labels questioned my songwriting and my more traditional country sound, Lost Highway believed in me, signing me to my first label deal, and helped me take my music around the world ... I'm deeply honored to be able to once again call Lost Highway my musical home."
Musgraves is already working on a new album, the follow-up to her 2024 Deeper Well record.
"I've written a ton of songs already," Musgraves tells The Hollywood Reporter. "I love being in a period of time where I'm not rushed by a deadline and have the space to mosey and poke around. I'm not sure yet where it's going to end up."
Kacey Musgraves' Love Of Traditional Country Music
Musgraves has toed the lines of a few different genres of music throughout her career. But the 36-year-old has always loved the sounds of traditional country music. It's a sound she hints will be evident on her next project.
"There was Same Trailer, then Pageant Material went even harder in the country direction. It was a love letter to all the classic country I love," Musgraves says. "Naturally, it felt good for me to explore some other sounds, and I went into Golden Hour territory. Then I went through a divorce and was in a really intense place in my life, and I went in the opposite direction with Star Crossed. With Deeper Well, I swung back in toward my center."
Musgraves might be returning to the sounds she loves. Still, she hints it will still be very authentic to her, and her artistry.
"I've been feeling really good playing around with some more — I want to say 'traditional,'" she says. "But at the same time, there always has to be a modern edge there in some way. There has to be a balance between tradition and future."
