“Kacey Musgraves reckons with life's hurt and becomes an icon on star-crossed”
“a powerfully honest depiction of heartbreak”
“The pop-country mastermind swaps sunlight for starlight in her exposé of estrangement, divorce and healing”
“Kacey Musgraves’ chronicle of marriage and divorce looks to the stars but takes pains to stay grounded. Writing in the plain language of someone desperate to be understood, she sounds alternately vulnerable and triumphant.”
“The millennial country hero's fifth album grapples with breaking up and growing up”
“Everything about the run-up to Star-Crossed, Kacey Musgraves’ fifth album, suggested high drama. She graced glossy magazine covers before she had released any music, promising an album conceptualised around Greek tragedy, after a revelation that arrived while she listened to Bach. There is also an accompanying film starring Eugene Levy and Princess Nokia. This level of pop infrastructure makes par”
