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"  Photo: Kelly Christine Musgraves There&amp;#039;s a new face in country music. And one best make way, because Kacey Musgraves, the 24-year-old Texas native who loves big hair, big lashes, Nancy Sinatra, and can&amp;#039;t help but tell it like it is (even if that ticks off some conservative country-music old-timers in the process) is fast becoming the name you should have heard about yesterday. &amp;quot;Its a little overwhelming at times,&amp;quot; the singer says of the endless swarm of critical praise that&amp;#039;s followed the release of her sharp-witted and hook-heavy debut album, Same Trailer Different Park. Read any review, though, and chances are high it will be quick to mention Musgrave&amp;#039;s refusal to lyrically play it safe. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t see any need to sugar-coat,&amp;quot; says the fiery brunette, whose breakout single &amp;quot;Merry Go &amp;#039;Round&amp;quot; succinctly summarizes real-life small-town shenanigans\u2014from the religious condescension to drug problems and adulterous ways\u2014and begins with the blunt proclamation, &amp;quot;If you ain&amp;#039;t got two kids by twenty-one/you&amp;#039;re probably gonna die alone/At least that&amp;#039;s what tradition told you.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s weird,&amp;quot; she continues, &amp;quot;because the ideas in my songs aren&amp;#039;t controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.&amp;quot; Musgraves was never motivated by stardom, or ever dreamt she&amp;#039;d be sharing the stage with Grammy winners like Lady Antebellum. Then again, she&amp;#039;s played music live since the age of eight and admittedly has &amp;quot;no backup plan,&amp;quot; so perhaps her success was driven by necessity. &amp;quot;It never seemed like I&amp;#039;d do anything else,&amp;quot; she says, pondering the idea of perhaps having taken the more conventional route (college, a desk job, etc.). &amp;quot;Sure, I could have gone to a community college that my parents couldn&amp;#039;t really afford and try like hell to pass classes,&amp;quot; she offers. &amp;quot;Or I could go out there and figure it out on my own.&amp;quot; The latter seems to have worked out for her. But Musgraves is the first to admit that despite her newfound success, she&amp;#039;s still finding her way. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a little daunting at times,&amp;quot; she says of her current on-the-go lifestyle. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m just happy people dig [my album].&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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