Carly Pearce; Maren Morris; Ryan Hurd.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage; Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Carly Pearceis shutting down rumors that she’s feuding withMaren Morris.
Thecountrymusic star, 33,posted to X(formerly Twitter) on Monday to respond to and deny fan speculation that there is any sort of beef between her and Morris, 33, since she’s releasing a song with the singer’s ex-husband,Ryan Hurd.
Pearce began, “Okay. Since I have seen this all over, I figured I would respond."
“Ryan has [been] a friend of mine for over 10 yrs,” she said of the singer-songwriter, 37, from whom Morrisfiled for divorceafter five years of marriage in October of last year. (The former couple, whoshare son Hayes Andrew, 4 this month,finalized their divorcein January.)
Carly Pearce performing in Nashville in May 2022.Terry Wyatt/Getty
Terry Wyatt/Getty
The post that the CMA award winner replied to also speculated that she had unfollowed Morris on Instagram last year after she released “The Tree,” a song off her 2023 EPThe Bridgeabout herdecision to leave the country music industryand begin releasing music on Columbia instead of Columbia Nashville.
Pearce’s upcoming cover with Hurd of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1976 classic will appear on an album featuring fellow country music artists, such asDierks Bentley,Luke Combs,Dolly Partonand others. The project was announced in late February and is due for release on May 31.
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The track marks the latest from Hurd since he released “Midwest Rock & Roll” last Friday, and it will be his first collaboration since he teamed up with Carter Faith in January for “Lights Out” for Apple Music’s Lost and Found prrogram.
There is a great deal of solo music in store for Pearce, as well.
On Friday, the hitmakerannounced her fourth studio albumhummingbirdis set for release on June 14 and she shared the title track.
The “we don’t fight anymore” artist announced the LP with an Instagram post featuring the cover artwork, and she opened up about how much the project means to her in the caption.
“The last few years have been a season of loss and growth, of healing and happiness,” Pearce wrote. “A belief that if I did the inner work, I would rebuild myself stronger than I was before, and a knowing that I have done some living and will always be unapologetic about it.”
“When you hear this album — Wherever you are on your journey, I hope it shows you that pain can be a lesson that shows you just how strong you are and what you truly deserve,” Pearce wrote. “That we can all find the ‘hummingbird’ in the midst of whatever we’re going through.”
source: people.com
