It was really over 400 days.. but who’s counting? Kacey Musgraves released the lead single to her forthcoming sixth studio album Middle of Nowhere yesterday called “Dry Spell,” produced by Kacey alongside longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. She wrote it with longtime collaborators Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, and Josh Osborne, and it’s a hilarious song full of innuendo that has made me giggle every time I’ve listened to it. The girl has had a “real long 335” days, and she desperately resorted to “sitting on the washing machine”: “It’s been a real long three-hundred and thirty-five days And the last time, it wasn’t good anyway I’m so lonely, lonely with a capital ‘H’ If you know what I mean, I’ve been sitting on the washing machine Ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed Ain’t nobody’s boots under my bed Ain’t nobody’s truck up in my drive For a late night call, for a real good time Ain’t no new notches on my belt And I’m tired of keepin’ my hands to myself 911, it’s officially a cry for help Y’all, I’m going through a dry spell, yep” I mean, some may clutch their pearls, and that’s totally fine, but I have to laugh because the writing is so smart and clever, which is something I can always count on with Kacey and love about her as an artist. And during an appearance on Apple Music’s Zane Lowe radio show yesterday, Kacey joked that considering she wrote the song in Spring of 2024, she might have to update the number from 335 days… because it ended up being over 400 days. Of course, everyone got a good laugh out of that, and Kacey admitted she actually was counting, and really going through it for a while… “We wrote the song, like, Spring of 2024. So it’s been a couple years that I’ve been living with all of this music… they’re like, ‘How is the dry spell?’ In the lyric, I’m like, ‘It’s been a real long 335 days.’ I’m like, do I update this number as we’re going?’ No, it really did end up being, I think did the math yesterday and it ended up being like 400 and something days… but who’s counting? I guess I was. You know, hey, it’s hard out there, y’all. I was really going through it at one point, and I was like, I feel like I would look over and there would be a pair of flies doing it on the table next to me, and I’m like, oh great, awesome.” One thing about Kacey… she’s always going to keep it 100% real. It’s a good laugh if you need one today at someone else’s expense, and I think Kacey herself finds it pretty funny or else she wouldn’t have put out “Dry Spell” as the lead single to her next highly-anticipated album: Kacey Musgraves with Zane Lowe https://t.co/FiSC2KpPqC pic.twitter.com/CIgWq25XT3 — We Are Country Music (@wecountrymusic) March 12, 2026 The music video pretty much says it all… if you need a good laugh today, this should do the trick: I can’t wait to hear the entire 13-song album, which also includes features from Willie Nelson, Billy Strings, Gregory Alan Isakov and Mrs. Miranda Lambert herself. Middle of Nowhere is due out everywhere on May 1st: Middle of Nowhere Tracklist: 1.Middle of Nowhere 2.Dry Spell 3.Back on the Wagon 4.I Believe in Ghosts 5.Abilene 6.Coyote feat. Gregory Alan Isakov 7.Loneliest Girl 8.Everybody Wants To Be a Cowboy feat. Billy Strings 9.Horses and Divorces feat. Miranda Lambert 10.Uncertain, Texas feat. Willie Nelson 11.Rhinestoned 12.Mexico Honey 13.Hell on MeThe post “It’s Hard Out There, Y’all” — Kacey Musgraves Jokes That She Might Have To Update The Number Of Days In Lyrics From “Dry Spell” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.