Maren Morris - GIRL

[Space Cowboy]

Kind of surprised there's no thread on this yet!

Maren is currently working on her 2nd studio album, the follow-up to her 2016 debut album HERO.

tasteofcountry.com/maren-morris-second-album-recording/

by Cillea Houghton

April 27, 2018

It looks like Maren Morris is back in her happy place! The "My Church" star shared with fans via social media on Thursday (April 26) that she's back in the recording studio, laying down new music.

Morris said in February that she was working on a new album — one she'll have to finish before hitting the road with Niall Horan this summer on his Flicker World Tour. It seems she's full steam ahead on the project, if you go by what she shared on Instagram. The picture shows a sheet of paper that reads "MM2 Studio Days" with her hand (and giant rock on her ring finger) covering the song titles.

"She’s ready to record," Morris writes in the caption.

The singer tells Zane Lowe of Beats 1 that while the new album will bear resemblance to her groundbreaking debut album Hero (blending elements of country, soul and R&B), she's also challenging herself to step out of the norm and add new songwriters to the mix this time around.

"I'm kind of getting out of my comfort zone on this next record but I'm still writing with a lot of the same friends of mine that were on the first. That kind of shapes the sound for me is just connecting the dots of all the songs," Morris explains. "So it's a little bit of everything but still really rooted in a country where I'll always be.”

While waiting for new music, fans can hear her Zedd collab, "The Middle," all over the radio, in addition to her sassy new country single "Rich." You can also hear her talents on the Elton John tribute project Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, to which she contributed a fabulous version of "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters."

Morris tours the U.S. and Canada with pop's Horan beginning on July 18 in Houston.

[Normi]

Hero slayed my life so I'm excited for more Maren
However, will she stay in the pop-country territory or experience more into full Pop after the success of "The Middle"?

[Deleted]

New main pop girl incoming please!

[Glove Slap]

I'd be disappointed most likely if she went pop tbh.

[SHOOTER]

I’m confident her next album will be country.

[Glove Slap]

Niall and Maren did an unplugged video for Seeing Blind.

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She also performed a new song on Niall's tour yesterday

[His Holiness]

I saw her on Niall's tour in Mexico City. She came out at 7pm sharp!! And I think performed for like 45 minutes. Best opening act ever!

[zaclord 🌈]

I'm super glad "Rich" is finally picking up steam at country radio and should be top 20 next week, but its success means the longer we wait for MM2 :(

[tryexp]

Also possible new songs to be included on the album:

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[soulfulwings]

[zaclord 🌈]

That sounds so haunting! I'm here for the full version of whatever that is. So excited for new Maren

[tryexp]

[zaclord 🌈]

According to Maren's Instagram story, it looks like she had a listening party for at least the new single, but more likely to be the whole album, in London recently. I'd expect the lead single from MM2 to come first thing in January!

[SHOOTER]

http://instagram.com/p/Bqt-ovNHi-Q

[zaclord 🌈]

Thanks for digging up the receipts for me SHOOTER

[Kurt]

Nov 28, 2018 17:57:44 GMT -5 zaclord 🌈 said:

I'd expect the lead single from MM2 to come first thing in January!

Yep, she confirmed this a week or two ago! :clap emoji:

Nov 19, 2018 20:20:36 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Maren Morris confirmed that our first taste of her sophomore album will be released in January. h/t dgarcia3377

See 3:00 into this Bobby Bones interview:

[tryexp]

Grammy's noms will hopefully help with promoting the debut single of MM#2 and we will get a new album sooner rather than later! I know a lot of people don't think Dear Hate should have been nominated but I love that song and I happy she got recognition for "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" as well. The Middle was kind of an obvious choice where it's nominated, but I honestly have no clue if it has a chance to win either.

[Rural Juror]

Maren being nominated for five Grammys was such a pleasant surprise. I hope she wins at least one, if not, all of them.

Her cover of Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is absolutely sublime (The Killers' version is just as sublime).

[Juan Carlos]

It seems that Dave Meyers has shot the music video of the lead single in LA.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYY5OEn9bs

[Wavey✨️]

Crossover Queen!

[zaclord 🌈]

I'd love for her to have some solo crossover success with this album! She has it in her for sure

[McCreerian]

I am so looking forward to this album! Maren is my favorite female Country artist of all who debuted this decade. She is like the natural link in the crossover chain started by Shania then Taylor.

[Troublemaker]

Right now all I ask for is that she doesn’t experience sophomore slump

[g8erboi]

It’s coming, y’all!

instagram.com/marenmorris?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=32uumcvewq2n

[zaclord 🌈]

Lmao I sat here refreshing and screaming at my computer thinking that none of her posts were loading on the web browser so then I went to mobile and realized it was just 9 photos of a cream background

But I am HERE for this to come next week (hopefully). It has been far too long! Signed up for her fan club newsletter thing that her Insta story linked to (honestly why hadn't I already done that) so hopefully we hear something SOON!

[thenewclassic]

I don't know if the album will drop next week, but I feel like the lead single should def come out next Friday! I think "The Middle" dropped last January if I'm not mistaken. Can't believe it's been a year! Hopefully the new song has the same type of success.

[zaclord 🌈]

Jan 5, 2019 13:44:21 GMT -5 thenewclassic said:

I don't know if the album will drop next week, but I feel like the lead single should def come out next Friday! I think "The Middle" dropped last January if I'm not mistaken. Can't believe it's been a year! Hopefully the new song has the same type of success.

Highly doubt Maren is gonna drop a surprise album, even if the album has been ready to go for months. She doesn't have the clout for that. But I'd expect the lead single in the next week or two. I think we have confirmation it's coming in January sometime iirc.

[thenewclassic]

So I guess no single today. :(

[Troublemaker]

She might release her new single the weekend before Grammys so she could have something new to perform assuming she’s asked to perform