The artist explains the concept, describing how “even though your heart and yourself want it to not be the case,” it’s the unavoidable reality of the situation. This even applies to the dissolution of her marriage, with Kacey explaining she decided to part from Ruston because it “just simply didn’t work out.”
“It’s nothing more than that,” she continues. “It’s two people who love each other so much, but for so many reasons, it just didn’t work. I mean, seasons change. Our season changed.”
And no, she didn’t just give up on their relationship. Though Kacey tells Rolling Stone she’s always been weary of the concept of the marriage, she says she was “open to it” and “embraced” it while with Ruston. Now that it’s over, she reflects, “I just have to tell myself I was brave to follow through on those feelings.”
