50 Fun Facts About Kacey Musgraves

In 2018, Kacey Musgraves was a guest judge on an All Stars season of which reality competition?

RuPaul's Drag Race. A longtime fan of the show, she judged in bedazzled denim chaps, then brought the season's two winners onstage with her at a Los Angeles concert.

Which Golden Hour ballad did Musgraves sing at the 2019 Grammys, where she won four awards?

Rainbow. It began years earlier as an encouraging note to herself after she read her horoscope, and grew into an anthem for anyone living under a dark cloud.

What was Musgraves' 2012 debut single for Mercury?

Merry Go 'Round. It began when a co-writer's mother wondered aloud whether a neighbor was 'selling Mary Kay or Mary Jane', and grew into a song about keeping up small-town appearances.

Kacey Musgraves's Same Trailer Different Park debuted at No. 2 in 2013, behind which singer's comeback album?

Justin Timberlake. The 20/20 Experience sold 968,000 copies that week, more than twenty times her total, yet her debut still opened at No. 1 on the country albums chart.

Musgraves' first Hot 100 No. 1 came in 2023 as a featured artist on 'I Remember Everything' by whom?

Zach Bryan. Their breakup duet debuted at No. 1, though Musgraves had never before climbed higher than No. 60 on the Hot 100.

On which TV singing competition did Musgraves finish seventh in 2007?

Nashville Star. She was the fourth singer eliminated from the USA Network contest, and later said she was thankful for the years it gave her to develop as a writer.

Musgraves took guitar lessons at 12 from John DeFoore, who also taught which future country star?

Miranda Lambert. Musgraves planned 'Mama's Broken Heart' as her own debut single, but it was pitched to Lambert without her knowledge, and Lambert asked her for it at her wedding rehearsal dinner.

What was the first instrument Musgraves learned, before guitar?

Mandolin. Her mother took her to local festivals to sing western swing, and she wrote her first song, 'Notice Me', for her elementary-school graduation.

Kacey Musgraves recorded much of Golden Hour in a studio above which singer's horse stable?

Sheryl Crow. Musgraves wanted to escape what she called the rat race of Music Row studios, and some mornings she rode horses with Crow before going upstairs to record.

At which event was Musgraves chosen to sing the national anthem as a teenager?

The 2002 Winter Olympics. The eighth-grader sang the anthem at a skiing event, and remembered being thrilled that the trip got her out of middle school for three weeks.

Before her record deal, Musgraves says she played children's birthday parties dressed as which character?

Hannah Montana. She had signed up hoping to play a princess but was booked as the Disney Channel character instead; she says the children tried to pull off her wig and that she was paid in change.

In 2008 Musgraves recorded an acoustic cover of which OneRepublic hit for an Austin indie label?

Apologize. The voice-and-guitar recording resurfaced on an EP as her major-label debut arrived, and it reached a Billboard sales chart in 2014 once she was famous.

Which Musgraves single championing same-sex love won CMA Song of the Year in 2014?

Follow Your Arrow. A year earlier the awards telecast had muted its line about rolling a joint, and on winning she asked the crowd: 'Do you guys realize what this means for country music?'

At the 2019 Houston Rodeo, Kacey Musgraves sang 'Como la Flor' in tribute to which Latin music star?

Selena. The Tejano star had played her final concert at the same rodeo almost exactly 24 years earlier, and Musgraves asked the crowd to honor her by singing as loudly as they could.

Musgraves' 2015 album Pageant Material was led by which single?

Biscuits. Its hook, about minding your own biscuits so that life will be gravy, was tossed out during the writing session for an earlier single and saved for a song of its own.

'Forever Country', the 2016 medley featuring Musgraves, weaves in which Dolly Parton song?

I Will Always Love You. Its producer says he feared Parton would feel a medley cheapened her song, but she approved and sings the record's final line herself.

Musgraves' 2016 holiday album, with eight traditional and four original songs, was titled what?

A Very Kacey Christmas. She said she wanted a whimsical throwback record that evoked nostalgia and simpler times, and it runs from western swing to the Hawaiian-flavored 'Mele Kalikimaka'.

Which two songs were released together as Golden Hour's first singles in February 2018?

Butterflies and Space Cowboy. The first celebrates falling for her future husband; the second is a breakup song whose title hides a pun, telling a departing man he can have his space.

Musgraves opened the second North American leg of whose 2018 tour?

Harry Styles. At the tour's Madison Square Garden stop the two surprised the crowd with a duet of Shania Twain's 'You're Still the One'.

The concert run supporting Golden Hour, launched in Oslo in October 2018, took its name from which song?

Oh, What a World. In 2020 she re-recorded the song as a stripped-back Earth Day single to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund.

Musgraves covered 'All Is Found' for the end credits of which 2019 film?

Frozen II. In the film the song is a lullaby that Queen Iduna, voiced by Evan Rachel Wood, sings to her daughters Anna and Elsa, before Musgraves reprises it over the credits.

At the 2019 Met Gala, Musgraves arrived dressed as what?

A Barbie doll. To match the gala's 'Camp' theme she wore a hot-pink Moschino dress and a big blonde wig, carried a hairdryer-shaped clutch and pulled up in a matching pink convertible.

Who duetted with Musgraves on 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' for her 2019 Amazon special?

Lana Del Rey. Musgraves called the special a 'Wes Anderson-inspired reimagining of the holidays' and said she made it to bring her old holiday album to life on screen.

Musgraves sang on three tracks of American Head, a 2020 album by which band?

The Flaming Lips. Frontman Wayne Coyne said the opening line of 'Flowers of Neptune 6', about taking acid and watching lightning bugs glow, grew out of psychedelic experiences he and Musgraves had discussed.

Musgraves voiced the heroine's mother in the English dub of which Studio Ghibli film, its first in full 3D animation?

Earwig and the Witch. Musgraves did more than act in it: she also sang the English-language version of the film's theme song, 'Don't Disturb Me'.

Musgraves' 2021 album Star-Crossed came with a 50-minute film streaming exclusively on which service?

Paramount+. While planning the album she found herself thinking about Greek tragedies, so record and film alike unfold as a modern tragedy in three acts about her divorce.

On Saturday Night Live in 2021, Musgraves performed nude behind her guitar in homage to which film?

Forrest Gump. She was recreating the scene in which Robin Wright's Jenny performs behind nothing but a guitar, and her representative said it was the first nude performance in the show's history.

Musgraves executive-produced the 2023 series My Kind of Country alongside which actress?

Reese Witherspoon. The Apple TV+ contest grew out of a conversation in which the two asked why country music was so closed off, so its scouts searched the world for new acts.

Which song from Musgraves's 2024 album won the 2025 Grammy for Best Country Song?

The Architect. A quiet song asking who designed the world, it won over Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em', and Musgraves admitted she had not expected to win.

Musgraves and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on which Nancy Sinatra song at Outside Lands 2024?

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'. Carpenter, headlining in place of Tyler, the Creator, introduced her surprise guest as an artist she had loved her entire life.

Billboards with a phone number and the line 'Call for a Real Good Time' teased which 2026 Musgraves single?

Dry Spell. Callers first heard the tones of a misdialed number, then Musgraves herself announcing that they had reached 'the middle of nowhere' and could press 1 for a really good time.

Which songwriter does Musgraves say influenced her own writing more than anyone else?

John Prine. One of her first songs was 'Burn One with John Prine', and when she finally asked her hero to share a joint outside a club, he declined, saying he had had throat cancer.

Musgraves's song 'This Town' opens with a phone recording of which late relative telling a story?

Her grandmother. Memaw had been an emergency-room nurse with endless stories, so Musgraves recorded her on a phone at a family gathering, and a co-writer suggested dropping a clip into the song.

Musgraves married singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly in 2017 after meeting him where?

The Bluebird Café. She went to hear a songwriters' round in 2016 and introduced herself afterwards; their planned writing session turned into talking past 3 a.m., and she said songs soon started pouring out.

Musgraves' four 2014 Grammy nominations tied which two artists for the most by a woman that year?

Taylor Swift and Lorde. Musgraves then beat Swift head to head twice on the night, taking Best Country Album over Red and Best Country Song over 'Begin Again'.

Musgraves' song 'Undermine' was featured in an early episode of which 2012 TV drama?

Nashville. On screen it became a duet for the characters Juliette Barnes and Deacon Claybourne, though it was never written for television: her co-writer began it after a falling-out with a friend.

Which Schitt's Creek star narrated Kacey Musgraves's 2019 Amazon holiday special?

Dan Levy. He narrated the Amazon special, and two years later his father and co-star Eugene Levy turned up with a cameo in her film Star-Crossed.

Which fellow country artist does Musgraves cite as a role model, pointing to her huge haul of Grammys?

Alison Krauss. 'She's just remained solid and true and great,' Musgraves said of the bluegrass star, whose 27 Grammys were the most ever won by a woman until Beyoncé passed her in 2021.

Musgraves sang 'Neon Moon' on Reboot, the 2019 duets album of which country duo?

Brooks & Dunn. Her dance-floor take on their hit, a fixture of her own concerts, helped inspire the duo to make the album, and weeks before its release they surprised her audience by joining her on it.

Ruled ineligible for Best Country Album in 2021, Musgraves's Star-Crossed was moved to which genre field?

Pop. Her label's president protested in a letter that called the decision 'very inconsistent'; the album had just opened at No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart.

Which Golden Hour song opens with Musgraves's birth?

Slow Burn. She calls it one of her most autobiographical songs, a joke at her own expense: she was born early and has struggled with time management ever since.

Musgraves joined which singer on the North American leg of the 2014 Prismatic World Tour?

Katy Perry. The friendship began when Perry heard Musgraves's debut single and championed it, and the two later wrote a song together about Dorothy falling for the heartless Tin Man.

As a child, Kacey Musgraves won national championships in which vocal skill?

Yodeling. She sang yodeling duets on the East Texas opry circuit as a girl, but let it fall by the wayside in her teens to find her own style, and says she never really yodels now.

For the cover of her 2026 album Middle of Nowhere, Kacey Musgraves posed on a Dallas street beside which animal?

A bull. A friend brought it from his ranch, her sister shot the photo while they blocked traffic with cones and no permits, and Musgraves joked that haters would call the animal AI.

In 2012 Musgraves joined which country trio on the European leg of their Own the Night Tour?

Lady Antebellum. In 2020 the trio shortened their name to Lady A, saying the calls for racial justice had shown them a blind spot: the word's ties to the era of slavery.

Musgraves debuted 'Glittery' on The Tonight Show in 2019 with which featured singer?

Troye Sivan. The pair reunited in 2020 for a Mark Ronson remix of his song 'Easy', yet never sang it together on stage until he surprised her Madison Square Garden crowd in 2026.

Musgraves's childhood duo was invited to the 'Black Tie and Boots' inaugural ball of which president?

George W. Bush. The Texas State Society threw the ball for the state's former governor in 2001, when Musgraves was twelve, and the two girls went their separate ways after the Washington trip.

Musgraves's Pageant Material ends with a hidden duet with which country legend, who wrote the song?

Willie Nelson. While opening for him on tour, she says, she asked on his bus why he never played 'Are You Sure' any more; he could not believe she knew the decades-old song, and they ended up recording it together.

On the title track of Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves sings that which planet 'has returned'?

Saturn. Astrologers say the planet returns to its birth position when you are 27 to 30, a time of reckoning, and in the song it prompts her to drop old habits such as her morning marijuana.

Which Golden Hour single did Musgraves say came from imagining 'a world where Bee Gees meets country music'?

High Horse. She had kept the title around for a long time for a song about 'that character that is a little high on themselves', and says she now sorts music into only two genres, good or bad.