...with hyperpop album art
will arrive on September 10. It's calledit chronicles her divorce from fellow musician Ruston Kelly, and a single of the same name is out now.The intimate 15-track album was recorded in Nashville over the course of three weeks earlier this year, and sees Musgraves unite with longtime collaborators Ian Fitchuk and Daniel Tashian for a contemporary country pop sound. Its title track acts as a kind of intro, quite literally"setting the scene" for the tragic tale to come.
The artist has described in recent interviews how she structured the upcoming record like a Greek tragedy."It's to be fucked by love or luck," she told Zane Lowe today of her chosen title, which obviously alludes to Shakespeare."You're ill-fated, it's just not written in the stars. It is not for you."