Maren Morris Reveals Writing This New Song Inspired Her to Come Out as Bisexual: 'Shot of Courage I Needed' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Maren Morris.Photo:Ashley Osborn

Ashley Osborn

Maren Morrisis opening up about the art of self discovery.

In this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the music superstar reveals that she found the courage tocome out as bisexualafter writing her new song “Push Me Over.”

“I didn’t ever feel before I had the courage to say that, and it was something that I knew for decades, but I think it was just the timing of: I’m in a space to say this without anything really getting misconstrued, and it’s Pride Month,” Morris, 34, says of her Instagram revelation in June. “I also had just felt comfortable in myself enough to write a song like ‘Push Me Over.’ It gave me the little shot of courage I needed, I guess.”

In May, Morris teased on Instagram that she was working with songwriter-producer Tobias Jesso Jr. and the pop trioMUNA, which is comprised of fellow queer artists Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson. “A week of horny songs and fiction,” Morris captioned a selfie at the time.

The result: “Push Me Over,” a funky, flirty highlight from Morris’new EPIntermission.

On the track, she sings: “Necklace rests just so, on your collarbone / Makes me want to know / How your perfume smells on me later / Can you take control? Show me where to go / Ain’t been here before / Don’t know what it is, but I like the flavor / Want you in my bed / ‘Cause I don’t need no more friends / The more that you come closer / Want you to push me over.”

And the Grammy winner says writing about women came “weirdly enough” naturally.

Maren Morris IG.Maren Morris/Instagram

Maren Morris/Instagram

“I do feel like I was with the perfect group of people to write that song with. I hadn’t worked with MUNA before, and I’ve just been a fan of theirs for so long. They’re incredible songwriters, Naomi’s an incredible producer, so being able to have this heart-to-heart with them about my experience, and then also being able to just freak out over each other’s talents is so fun,” Morris says. “It was just such an easy day. You don’t always get those. It just came together so perfectly, it’s almost suspiciously easy. It was really fun to connect with them through that lens, and I’m so excited that they’re on this project.”

Morris, who is on the road for herRSVP Redux tour, first opened up abouther sexualityin a June 9 Instagram post, writing: “happy to be the B in LGBTQ+ … happy pride.”

Maren Morris performing in San Francisco in May 2024.Steve Jennings/Getty

Steve Jennings/Getty

Intermission, which Morris dropped on Friday, Aug. 2, marks the largest body of work the singer has released since she revealed last September that she wastaking a step backfrom the"toxic" parts of the country-music industryafter years of calling out racism and misogyny in the business.

Nearly a year later, Morris acknowledges the genre is still part of her DNA: “There’s just something about country music and my upbringing and the way that I’ve learned to write songs that I will never shake and don’t want to.”

But she’s found freedom in reclaiming her voice.

“I’m trying new things and feeling comfortable to do so,” adds Morris, who feels “truly liberated in myself and in my work.”

And she sounds more self-assured and better than ever onIntermission,on which she moves on and finds strength in vulnerability after her career reset and subsequentdivorcefrom fellow singer-songwriterRyan Hurd, 37. (The pair shareson Hayes, 4.)

“This feels like an amazing journey of discovery,” she says, “and also the heartbreak of the death of a relationship and what fun and joy you find in the aftermath of a trauma or a tragedy like that.”

For more on Maren Morris, pick up the news issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.

source: people.com