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Lauren Morrow's Latest Single: "I'm Only Nice When I'm High," is Lighting Up Cannabis Talk in Country Music

By Hannah (Izer) Vysoky

Are you only nice when you’re high? This country singer wrote a song about how cannabis makes her happier.

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Tokes to Help Ease Daily Anxieties

Morrow shared the first single from People Talk, “Only Nice When I’m High,” and its accompanying music video, which features Morrow and her on-screen pal, a living, breathing, three-foot-tall joint ok, it’s a puppet, but it’s adorable

“A few years ago, my husband Jason and I smoked a little joint before we went Christmas shopping,” Morrow says about the impetus of the tune. “While we were walking through shops and chatting about things, he turned to me and said, ‘you're a lot nicer when you're high ’ He isn't wrong ”

But she doesn’t want listeners to get the wrong impression “I'm not a huge stoner or anything, but a little toke here and there helps me navigate my life and be the person I know I am inside when my anxiety isn't trying to derail me,” she says. “The song is a very intimate look inside my brain, my thoughts about myself, and how I fit in the world around me ”

Normalizing Nights Out with A Little Bit of Weed

“It’s a real bummer!” Morrow shared with Fat Nugs Mag. “The majority of people that I know who live in Nashville all smoke weed. So, it seems like a no-brainer Also, I’m from Atlanta, where [cannabis] has been decriminalized to a certain extent.”

Morrow told us that there is amazing music about ‘stoner culture’ and smoking lots and lots of green. “Those are all great!” She shares. “For my music, it’s about advocating for the fact that it can help you navigate your life without it being a deterrent or something that has a stigma attached, like making you lazy and melting into the couch.”

“I need this plant to be the person that I know I am inside I get so locked up by feelings, and my anxiety makes me feel very uncomfortable. Like getting weird in social situations, stuff like that ”

I think many readers can relate to not quite feeling ourselves at times and needing to break out of anxiety bubbles to live life and thrive

Catch the release of ‘People Talk’ on March 31st It's a collection of ten songs that Morrow says “truly reflect who I am as a person and the sounds I’ve been waiting to explore for my entire career.”

“Literally until my early 30s I was very scared of, I guess, losing control and getting stoned And because it's anxiety that makes me feel that way.”

This is a common account of why many consumers choose to use the plant Continuing to grow into mainstream areas of American culture, such as country music, are wonderful steps towards the normalization of cannabis and the positive impacts shared by many.

Produced by Parker Cason and mixed by Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Phish) and Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Shania Twain), People Talk finds Morrow exploring her beyond-country influences like 90s Alternative, Britpop, and 80s New Wave bands with moody, brutally honest lyrical content and rock n roll attitudes; all with Morrow’s signature soprano, vulnerable vibrato, and a host of atypicallyAmericana vibes and tones.

Check out the cute 3-foot joint puppet in Morrow’s adorable music video on YouTube.