The “Dry Spell” singer explained that the pair initially had some bad blood over a song, but have “aired out any of the old laundry” since.

Kacey Musgraves reacts to Miranda Lambert feud rumors: ‘We’ve had our s--- over the years’

The "Dry Spell" singer explained that the pair initially had some bad blood over a song, but have "aired out any of the old laundry" since.

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Kacey Musgraves is speaking out about those rumors of an alleged feud between her and fellow country star Miranda Lambert.

The singer, 37, confirmed in a recent NPR interview that she and Lambert, 42, have “had our s--- over the years” but have since quashed their beef.

“It was two singers from two nearby, small Texas towns," Musgraves said. "There's a lot that comes with that. Then we each take our own different paths, both leading us to Nashville at different times.”

Miranda Lambert.

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The bad blood between the pair appears to have started over a song that Musgraves wrote called “Mama’s Broken Heart” over 15 years ago.

“It was gonna be my first single and I loved the song so much,” she said. “Then, the song gets pitched to [Lambert] without my consent or knowledge. It was a tricky situation. She ended up loving the song and she really wanted it. And I had other co-writers to consider.”

Lambert recorded the track in the end, which appeared on her 2011 album *Four the Record*. Musgraves, however, had to go “back to the drawing board” to find her debut hit.

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"And ultimately, I'm really glad that I did, because it forced me to write ‘Merry Go Round,’ which ended up making way more sense for me anyways, aesthetically and lyrically, to kick my whole thing off, versus ‘Mama's Broken Heart,’” Musgrave said of her 2012 single. "And [‘Mama’s Broken Heart’] ended up going No. 1 for her. So in the end, everyone won because I was able to let go of something.”

Musgraves explained that she and Lambert “lost touch for years” after their initial conflict, but reconnected after she saw the “Wranglers” singer riding a horse on Instagram one day. “I was like, ‘Well, we ain't friends, but I guess we have two things in common, horses and divorces, that's for sure. Wait, that could be a really funny song. What if it's a duet with her? What if I got her to write on it?’” Musgraves said.

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So, she reached out. "'I'm not trying to be your friend. You got your life, I have mine,'" recalled telling Lambert. "'But I think this would be a pretty f---ing funny song.... And she was like, ‘Hell yeah, I'm in, let's do it.’”

Their duet, titled “Horses and Divorces,” appears on Musgraves’ upcoming album *Middle of Nowhere*, which will be released May 1.

Kacey Musgraves on stage in 2024.

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“It was very full circle in so many ways,” Musgraves said of their collaboration. “We aired out any of the old laundry. We had some laughs and wrote the song in a matter of a few hours.”

She added that mending fences with Lambert is “also a micro representation of what I wish that the world would do sometimes,” adding, “just f---ing sit down and poke fun at each other, have a beer and call it a day.”

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