![]() ![]() It gave me this feeling of, like, all the old Neil Young songs that I grew up listening to. Let’s see what we can do with that.’” “I felt like, I don’t know. Yeah, it kind of is.” “She had said that she wanted to do something called ‘Slow Burn.’ I like writing title first because it can be that kind of keystone.” “What mood were you thinking when you heard the title ‘Slow Burn?’” “I guess I kind of imagined immediately kind of being out West, or somewhere out near some mountains, where you could get a vast sense of landscape.” “Ian and I started to mess with a little bit of a backdrop that you might be able to paint that kind of idea across.” “Testing.” “What was her initial reaction?” “It wasn’t, ‘Oh, my God, you guys, this is so amazing.’ It was like: ‘Yeah, that’ll work. It did open my mind a little bit and make me kind of take a step back and, like, really think about where I am, and what I want, and just kind of the world around us and the crazy time that we live in.” “That’s a very acid thought.” “Yeah. You sip on a glass of wine for a long time. That can apply to, like, relationships, you know, a good drink. And I was like, that can apply to so many areas in my life. ![]() ![]() And I was just sitting on my front porch thinking: And I was just like, man, I love a slow burn. And I think anything that, like, puts me or any human outside of their, like, egotistical state of living is a really healthy thing every now and then - in moderation, obviously.” “Do you mind if I ask if it was mushrooms or LSD?” “It was LSD. I came up with the chorus on a spiritual journey, so to speak.” “O.K.” “Yeah. That’s what I love the most about the roots of the genre. If we burn it down and it takes all night.” “Country songs, historically, have always been about real life, they’ve been story songs. Taking my time, let the world turn.” “The song is definitely one of my most personal, for sure.” Singing: “I’m gonna do it my way. It’s, like, really fluffy.” Singing: “I’m all right with a slow burn. “Hello.” “Hey.” “My hair - I crimped it, and it feels like a poodle. Using FaceTime interviews, demos and doodles, we show you how the track came together. Transcript How Kacey Musgraves Turned Country Music Psychedelic Kacey Musgraves took an LSD trip and returned with the concept for “Slow Burn,” a song that set the tone for her genre-bending country album. ![]()
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