Kacey Musgraves has hit the airwaves with her latest single, “Keep It To Yourself,” from her album, Same Trailer Different Park. She says the song was a bit difficult to write.

“I was going through a bit of a personal down moment and a break-up, and self- discipline has never been something that I’ve been very good at. So, when this song talks about keeping it to yourself, it’s just about knowing and wanting to know how that person feels about you like in a situation, but just knowing that it’s not good for you anymore and that you literally have to be the strong person and say, “Don’t tell me, because it’s just going to rope me back in,’” says Kacey. “It’s going to create that cycle again, I feel like that’s something that a lot of people go through and it’s about getting over that hump; that hard part where you’re just going to die because this person’s not there anymore so literally you just have to be like, ‘If you have feelings for me, just put them on a shelf,’ like I don’t want to hear about them.”

Kacey, who is in Los Angeles to tape the latest installment of CMT Crossroads with Katy Perry, is featured in Elle magazine’s Women in Music issue, alongside Angel Haze, Lily Allen, Neneh Cherry, Ariana Grande and Cher, among others.

AUDIO: Kacey Musgraves talks about the song, “Keep It To Yourself,” from her debut album, Same Trailer Different Park.

Kacey Musgraves (Keep It To Yourself) OC: …have to do. :58
“‘Keep It To Yourself’ is a song that was kind of hard to write. I was going through a bit of a personal down moment and a break-up, and self- discipline has never been something that I’ve been very good at. So when this song talks about keeping it to yourself, it’s just about knowing and wanting to know how that person feels about you like in a situation, but just knowing that it’s not good for you anymore and that you literally have to be the strong person and say, “Don’t tell me, because it’s just going to rope me back in.’ It’s going to create that cycle again, I feel like that’s something that a lot of people go through and it’s about getting over that hump; that hard part where you’re just going to die because this person’s not there anymore so literally you just have to be like, ‘If you have feelings for me, just put them on a shelf,’ like I don’t want to hear about them. It’s hard. It’s about feeling comfortable too. Nobody wants to feel naked or uncomfortable, and removing yourself out of situation that you know is probably not right is really hard, but it’s something that you just have to do.”