Kacey Musgraves has shared the emotive second cut from her new album ‘star-crossed’, following the smoky and dramatic title track with ‘justified’.The track serves as a poignant reflection on Musgraves’ divorce from country singer Ruston Kelly, musing about how “healing doesn’t happen in a straight line” over a bed of gentle acoustic strumming, empyrean synths and punchy, yet understated percussion.On the chorus of ‘justified’, Musgraves sings: “If I cried just a little, and then laughed in the middle / If I hate you, and I love you, and I change my mind / If I need just a little more time to deal with the fact that you should have treated me right / Then I’m more than just a little justified.”‘justified’ arrives alongside a music video.
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