Kacey Musgraves Premieres New Song, ‘She’s My Bitch,’ at Nashville Concert

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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The Pinnacle, a pristine new 4,500-capacity venue in Nashville, made sure its opening night on Thursday was special, with an intimate concert from Kacey Musgraves.

And Musgraves herself made sure the evening was memorable by bringing her full arena stage set, and even premiered a new song called “She’s My Bitch” — but before the scandal-mongers get started, it’s an ode to her dog, Pepper. “She’s black and white, all ride or die More bark than bite She’s my bitch,” the song begins. “The star of the pack, no one’s talking smack Yeah, she’s got my back She’s my bitch.”A post shared by Jem Aswad (@jemaswad) Musgraves performed the song solo, and if the object of the song’s lyrics weren’t already clear, the dog got a name-check in the middle: “So spicy, her name is Pepper.” The audience chanted “Pepper!” as it drew to a close. “Who would’ve known when I took her home That I’d fall so in love Yeah, I’m her bitch.” The remainder of the show mostly followed Musgraves’ recent tour setlist, (she’d played Nashville’s 20,000-capacity Bridgestone Arena just two months ago), with several songs from her latest album “Deeper Well” — including, of course, the existential “The Architect,” which won a Grammy for best country song earlier this month — and a mixture of hits and deeper cuts from her previous outings.

The show was obviously special to her as well, as she bantered with the audience between nearly every song and said that Nashville feels like home, recalling that she’d moved to the city when she was just 19.