Kacey Musgraves Announces Album Middle of Nowhere

Kacey Musgraves announced her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, set for release on May 1 via Lost Highway Records, marking her return to the label that launched her career in 2011. The project, produced with longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk, features the lead single "Dry Spell," a twangy track released Wednesday that humorously chronicles the singer's 335-day stretch of romantic abstinence. In the song, Musgraves sings lines like "I'm so lonely, lonely with a capital H if you know what I mean" and references everyday frustrations such as "sitting on the washing machine."

The album draws from Musgraves' experiences during what she described as the longest single period of her life, following her 2020 divorce from Ruston Kelly. Created amid a sense of post-breakup clarity, the 13-track collection explores themes of independence, liminal spaces and the comfort found in undefined moments. "The bulk of this record was made during the longest single period of my life," Musgraves said in a statement. "I found that for the first time, it actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space not defined by anyone else. I became fascinated with the...