Maren Morris (she/they) is a music superstar, with hit albums like Hero, Girl, and Humble Quest. Beyond hitmaking, the Grammy winner challenges the industry’s gatekeeping against women, LGBTQ+ people, and artists of color.
Morris is “making the conscious effort to reset a lot of the ‘comfortable’ elements in my life that were getting very stale the last few years…. It’s scary to admit that things aren’t fulfilling you anymore for fear of seeming ungrateful or problematic.”
The bisexual singer sees coming-out as their year’s greatest accomplishment: “It was sort of the last domino of me holding my true self back. You can say it to yourself for decades, but saying it to the world is a choice. I just didn’t want any piece of myself locked in a corridor.”
“I think the bravery of having so many people against you and choosing happiness regardless is what is so inspiring to me about that [LGBTQ+] community,” they add. @marenmorris
