Listen to this when
star-crossed
star-crossed, not a failure ✨
Who it's for
Kacey Musgraves opens her album about her divorce by telling the story of a marriage that couldn't last.
Mourning a marriage→Accepting the ending
Feelings it meets
What it is
"star-crossed" is the opening title track of Kacey Musgraves's 2021 album star-crossed, which traces her heartache and healing after her divorce and is framed as a modern tragedy in three acts, drawing on Romeo and Juliet and Greek tragedy. The title track tells the story of a divorce; Musgraves described it as a ballad about leaving a relationship and accepting fate without bitterness.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Part 1, Chapter 1 (tr. Constance Garnett)
