Christmas for most is a time of joy and happiness, but for some there’s a sense ofsadness around the holidays. For Kacey Musgraves, she wanted both feelings for her first holiday album, A Very Kacey Christmas.
“There’s a lot of facets and different sides of Christmas, you know. There’s a very nostalgic, whimsical, childish side of Christmas, you know with ‘Christmas Don’t be Late’ and ‘Let it Snow’ and ‘Rudolph’ and ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,’” says Kacey. “And then, to me, there’s kind of a melancholy, sadder side of Christmas that it definitely exists for me, and I know a lot of other people kind of feel that way too. It can be an intense time, and so songs like ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ or ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas,’ I mean, they’re kind of, they’re beautiful, but they’re also kind of heartbreaking.”
A Very Kacey Christmas, which includes the single “Present Without a Bow” featuring Leon Bridges, will be released Friday (October 28th).
Audio / Kacey Musgraves talks about the different facets of Christmas that she included on A Very Kacey Christmas.
DownloadKacey Musgraves (different facets of Christmas) OC: …heartbreaking. :34
“I don’t know if I could pick just one Christmas song, to me there’s a lot of facets and different sides of Christmas, you know. There’s a very nostalgic, whimsical, childish side of Christmas, you know with ‘Christmas Don’t be Late’ and ‘Let it Snow’ and ‘Rudolph’ and ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.’ And then, to me, there’s kind of a melancholy, sadder side of Christmas that it definitely exists for me, and I know a lot of other people kind of feel that way too. It can be an intense time, and so songs like ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ or ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas,’ I mean, they’re kind of, they’re beautiful, but they’re also kind of heartbreaking.”
