Deeper Well

Deeper Well is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves, released on March 15, 2024, by MCA Nashville and Interscope Records.

[11] The Deeper into the Well tracks were released independently on vinyl as part of Record Store Day Black Friday 2024, backed with 20 minutes of woodland sounds.

[13] On March 2, Musgraves took the stage as musical guest on Saturday Night Live for the third time of her career and performed "Too Good to Be True" and "Deeper Well".

[16] It was co-produced and co-written by Musgraves, Daniel Tashian, and Ian Fitchuk, with the exception of the tracks "Sway", which includes songwriter Tommy English, and "The Architect", which was crafted with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne.

[32] Thomas Bedenbaugh of Slant Magazine praised the concept of the album and considered the lyrics mostly live up to Musgraves's standards, even though some "fall flat".

[24] Pitchfork's writer Laura Snapes described the album as "sympathetically fame-agnostic and focused on steadying Musgraves' axi" but the songs "aren't particularly satisfying when you know what she's capable of", comparing the project as "the latest addition to a canon of refusenik pop records from young women burned by the spotlight".

[28] Sophie Williams of NME praised the "assertiveness" of Musgraves on the "sparse compositions that run through this thoughtful, imperfect, down-to-earth record", described as "the excitement of a fresh start".

[26] Deeper Well debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with 97,000 album-equivalent units, including 38.06 million on-demand streams and 66,000 album sales in its first week, behind Ariana Grande's Eternal Sunshine (2024).