It was a full circle moment. Earlier this week, Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert reunited onstage at Gruene Hall in Texas, where Kacey played a run of shows in support of her recent album Middle Of Nowhere, which featured the long duet with Miranda called “Horses and Divorces.” It marked not only a huge moment in the country genre from a purely musical standpoint, but a turn around in their personal relationship, too, as the two had a years-long feud that stemmed from Miranda’s song “Mama’s Broken Heart,” which was released as the fourth single from Lambert’s 2011 Four the Record album in 2013, and was written by Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and of course, Kacey Musgraves. The song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart and has since been certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA, which means it has moved over 1,960,000 units. The simple version of the story goes that Miranda really wanted the song, and Kacey was reluctant to give it up, clearly knowing that it was a hit, and it was apparently pitched to Miranda without Kacey’s knowledge. Kacey wanted to use it as the lead single to her debut album, but she ended up giving it to Miranda (though she does sing background vocals on it), mostly for the sake of her co-writers because Miranda was the much bigger artist at the time. But being forced to give up her song created some resentment, understandably, that lasted for years. Their beef also led to an iconic internet moment, which resulted from Miranda’s 2013 speech at the CMA Awards, when she won Female Vocalist of the Year, a category Kacey was also nominated in. That same year, Kacey won the CMA Awards for New Artist of the Year, and they were both also nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year with the aforementioned “Mama’s Broken Heart.” During the speech accepting her trophy for Female Vocalist of the Year, Miranda congratulated Kacey on her New Artist win, and it the camera panned to a young Kacey looking very much less than thrilled by that comment: “Kacey, congratulations on New Artist, that was awesome.” Her reaction went mega viral at the time, and you’ll still see this meme online from time to time, and if you scroll to the second slide, you can see Kacey’s very funny reaction to that which I’m sure was because she was not happy with whatever had transpired that led up to this moment with Miranda and her song: View this post on Instagram After years of keeping their distance, Kacey decided it was time to bury the hatchet, so to speak, and in speaking with NPR Music’s Jewly Hight, Kacey explained what went down back then and how the two of them ended up working together for this album. They lost touch at that point and definitely “wouldn’t consider each other friends,” but when Kacey saw a photo of Miranda riding one of her horses on Instagram one day, it sparked an idea… because they have two things in common: “horses and divorces,” and a song was born. Kacey says she randomly reached out and asked Miranda if she wanted to write it with herself and Shane McAnally, and Miranda was eager to do it. She said it was a “very full circle” moment, adding that they aired out any past laundry, had some laughs, and wrote the song in a matter of hours. The girls have known each other since 2000, being raised in towns not too far from each other and being into music from a young age, and their issues were very much real, as Kacey described their beef as “grade A, grass-fed,” so their making up and writing this song came from a very real place, and it their performance together was a true burying of the hatchet, so to speak, and Kacey certainly brought it full-circle with her introduction. She actually brought up that hilarious, and now-iconic, CMA Awards moment, because when Kacey brought Miranda out at Gruene Hall, she referenced Miranda’s CMA speech, pretty much quoting her verbatim, saying: “Well, you know, us East Texas girls gotta stick together, right? Right, Miranda?” Couldn’t have said it better myself… It might take 13 years and a couple of divorces, but eventually, that statement holds up one way or another… @lovelikecheyenne 2013 2026 my cvnty queens #kaceymusgraves #mirandalambert #horses #gruene #fyp ♬ Horses and Divorces – Kacey Musgraves & Miranda Lambert I truly never, ever thought I would see this day, and Kacey herself said it felt surreal: “Is this a dream? Is this really happening?” Miranda responded over cheers from the crowd: “Tonight we bury the hatchet right here in Gruene Hall, y’all.” Some dreams really do come true: @arnoldaruelas @kaceymusgraves brought out @Miranda Lambert at Gruene Hall night 3! #kaceymuskgraves #mirandalambert #gruenehall ♬ original sound – Arnold / Pilates + Raver / ATX The full performance is just everything: @choosingwasnot Kacey Musgraves brings out Miranda Lambert (who was slated to headline Kid Rock’s MAGA concert, btw) at the final night of her Gruene Hall residency in New Braunfels, TX #kaceymusgraves #middleofnowhere ♬ original sound – mandy Turn it up… “Horses and Divorces” The post Kacey Musgraves References Viral CMA Awards Meme While Introducing Miranda Lambert At Gruene Hall first appeared on Whiskey Riff.