Listen to Maren Morris’ Vulnerable New Single, “To Hell & Back”

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | March 9, 2020

Maren Morris will follow up her multi-week No. 1 single, “The Bones,” with the release of “To Hell & Back.”

The new tune, which was penned by Maren, Jessie Jo Dillon and Laura Veltz, will impact country radio on March 30.

“I wrote ‘To Hell & Back’ with my friends Jessie Jo Dillon and Laura Veltz, who wrote ‘Rich’ with me, so they’re kind of my go-to girls on really, really important songs,” says Maren. “I feel like this song came out of a time when I was ending a relationship and I was in a really dark place. And I had kinda started growing deeper feelings for this new guy and he was so accepting and non-judgmental of my process of healing from that other relationship, and kinda gave me space and understood my mess. And I thought that was such a pure kind of love to receive from someone, where they’re like, ‘I know you’re not ready for us yet, I know that you’re not ready for me yet, but I’m gonna wait until you get out of hell,’ and so that’s where that song was inspired from.”

Listen to “To Hell & Back” below.

photo by Curtis Hilbun, AFF-USA.com

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