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MAREN MORRIS IS UP FOR A FILM-MUSIC ‘DETOUR’
“Kiss the Sky,” Maren Morris’ rousing anthem that anchors animated hit The Wild Robot, is ostensibly about a robot helping a goose fly. To its singer, it has a whole other layer of meaning.
“If I go internal, I realize it’s about my son,” says Morris, referring to Hayes, now nearly 5. “The whole ‘You don’t know until you go’ mentality. Try it, because what’s the worst that can happen? You crash. But everyone has.”
Anyone who has followed Morris’ career might be inclined to find encoded in “You don’t know until you go” a more personal artistic message, too. Morris, after all, has been taking her own deep-breath leaps lately.
Despite emerging as a country star — with top 10 hits like “My Church,” “Rich” and “I Could Use a Love Song”…