Maren Morris Says Muna, ‘the Professors of Gay,’ Helped Quell Her ‘Bi-Panic’ — and Offered Advice About Dating a Woman While Collaborating on Sexy New Song, ‘Push Me Over’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The sexiest song by far on Maren Morris‘s just-released EP is titled “Push Me Over.” Her collaborators on the tune are the members of the group Muna, whom Maren refers to as “the Professors of Gay” — and that does offer a hint as to what Morris is being pushed over into the lyrics of the song: giving in to the joys of finally dating a woman.
Morris discussed the new tune in an interview with Billboard, where the singer said that her real life was being reflected throughout the songs on the new EP, “Intermission” — both in the more sorrowful songs that deal with her recent divorce and in the far more saucy “Push Me Over,” her first real musical expression of her recently revealed bisexuality.
After experiencing what she described as “bi-panic,” Morris said that the trio gave her counsel and support in her dating life as they were working on the song. “I remember I had been on a date with this girl, and the date went amazing, but I had so many questions for Muna the next day,” Morris said. “I truly felt like a student and I was with, like, the Professors of Gay.
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