Kacey Musgraves is expected to unveil her new single, “Dry Spell,” on Wednesday (March 11) ahead of the announcement of her seventh studio album, which will be out this year through Lost Highway.
Musgraves has put up billboards in several cities that read “dry spell? Call for a real good time.” In a teaser posted today, she sings, “ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed / ain’t nobody’s boots under my bed / ain’t nobody’s truck in my drive / for a late night call for a real good time.” The video was captioned with the phrase “you up?”
Last year, Musgraves returned to the newly reactivated Lost Highway, to which she signed in 2011 shortly before the imprint was absorbed by Mercury Records. That label ultimately released her Grammy-winning 2013 debut, Same Trailer Different Park.
She told the Hollywood Reporter at the time that she loves “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. 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. 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. I’ve been feeling really good playing around with some more — I want to say ‘traditional’ — 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.”
The new album will be the follow-up to 2024’s Deeper Well, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Country albums tally. Its track “The Architect” won the Grammy for Best Country Song.