Maren Morris Wants To Help Country Music Diversify
Maren Morris was on recently on “Ellen” talking about her son Hayes Andrew, who will be turning one next week.
She said the silver lining of the pandemic has been spending time with him instead of being on the road.
Ellen congratulated her for “The Middle” passing a billion streams on Spotify, and for her ACM Video of the Year nomination for “Better Than We Found It”.
That led to a discussion about diversity in country music.
Maren said she sees disparities in race AND gender, and she’s planning to do her part.
“There are so many black women and men who adore country music and don’t feel the door is open for them even a crack. So, I’ve been doing so much of my own homework the last couple of years, especially since George Floyd. Country music as a genre . . . we all have so much room to grow, myself included . . . but I think country music definitely is stepping up to the plate, slowly but surely.”
