Kacey Musgraves debuts at ACM Awards with performance of Dry Spell

Kacey Musgraves made her debut performance at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, delivering a playful and suggestive rendition of her single "Dry Spell" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The seven-time ACM Award winner, who was not nominated this year, marked her first appearance on the show's stage with a performance filled with cheeky innuendo.

The performance began with Musgraves seated atop a washing machine, a direct nod to a lyric from the song. She then moved through an elaborately constructed supermarket set, similar to the one featured in the song's music video. The set included intentionally placed signage, with items like cream, juice, melons, bananas, eggplants, and cucumbers located in "aisle 69." For her performance, Musgraves wore a white tank top, Daisy Dukes, and strappy silver heels, a brighter and more toned-down version of the outfit from the original video.

The song is the lead single from her seventh studio album, "Middle of Nowhere," which was released earlier this month. The album marks her most country-leaning project in recent years and follows her 2024 release, "Deeper Well." To promote the new record, Musgraves has...