Kacey Musgraves Name Drops Ted Cruz During Music Fest Performance: 'I Said What I Said!'

Kacey Musgraves did not hold back as she called out to Senator Ted Cruz during her performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in her hometown of Texas. #KaceyMusgraves #TedCruz

The 34-year-old country singer is known to not shy away from voicing her political opinions, and she is also not afraid to use her platform.

She performed "High Horse," a song off her 2018 studio album "Golden Hour," and the Golden, Texas native sang: "Cause everyone knows someone who kills the buzz / Every time they open up their mouth-Ted Cruz, I said what I said!"

"High Horse" is a song that reportedly follows someone being "classic in the wrong way," as she had put it. The song also includes lyrics that read "I bet you think you're first place / Yeah, someone should give you a ribbon / And put you in the Hall of Fame / For all the games that you think that you're winning."

Shots Fired

Musgraves is a staunch critic of the government and its policies and laws, especially those in relation to women's rights and equality, this is also evident in the music that she writes.

She addressed the abortion laws in 2019 by tweeting: "Sooo what's gonna happen when one of those Alabama senators knocks up one of his mistresses? [sic]"

The following year, she tweeted about the presidential elections, it reads "If you love an LGBTQ+ person and you're planning on voting for Donald Trump in November, that's an act of violence against them."

In 2021, while the senator was on vacation, Texas experienced a horrible winter storm. The "Camera Roll" singer took it upon herself to help out the community by selling shirts for a charity that read "Cruzin' For A Bruisin'."

Not only did Musgraves go after the senator, but she also went after the Supreme Court.

"F the Supreme Court, honestly. We're in a weird time but we've got each other... There is a light. I promise," she said.

Musgraves rose to prominence in 2014 after the release of her song "Apologize." The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot Singles Chart and garnered over 31 million streams on Spotify.

She has worked with several artists such as Katy Perry and Harry Styles. She has since been recognized by fans and audiences as a voice for marginalized sectors and her talent in singing and songwriting.

Musgraves has received several awards throughout the years including five awards from the Academy of Country Music Awards. In 2015, "Same Trailer Different Park" won Album of the Year; in 2017, she won Female Vocalist of the Year; and in 2019 she won the International Achievement Award, Album of the Year for "Golden Hour," and Song of the Year for "Space Cowboy."

She also bagged six Grammy Awards including Best Country Song for 'Merry Go Round" in 2014. Several of her albums also won awards.

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