I don’t even know how people noticed this while Kacey was walking around in short shorts and throwing sausages around on stage, but here we are. On Sunday evening, Kacey Musgraves performed her song “Dry Spell” on the ACM Awards, which served as the lead single to her recently-released album Middle Of Nowhere. It was produced by Musgraves produced alongside longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk. And as the title suggests, “Dry Spell” is about exactly what you’d think, as Kacey openly admits how long she’s been in a “dry spell,” and how she’s kind of starting to go crazy because of it… 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 she gave it the full treatment during the show, singing the opening verse while sitting on a washing machine, of course… you also see her throw some (literal) sausage in her grocery buggy, and there’s tons of other innuendo in there too. She was basically up there doing a bit, and I found it to be really funny and unlike anything else we saw during the awards show. But of course, because of the sexual nature of it, not everyone was into it, and that’s okay… a lot of people found it off-putting because of what the song is about, but I saw way more people upset about something totally unrelated to the actual lyrical content. Kacey seemed to have posters which were designed by AI, and there were a few typos there too. They honestly didn’t look that good, and with how controversial this topic has been in the music community, it was a bit surprising to see that, specifically with Kacey because she usually uses her platform to champion artists and music. I’m not sure how much say she had in the putting together of this set, other than the basic look of it all and what she wanted for her props and things of that nature, but it seems pretty obvious to me that those posters were created with AI, not by a real artist: View this post on Instagram People were letting her have it in the comments section of the above clip, and I pretty much agree that it was a misstep by whomever approved this: “Love this, but guys if we’re supporting artists they should also be supporting artists. Absolutely no reason to have terrible AI graphics on the set.” “Did we not have a budget for a proper artist for the background posters? So disappointing to see AI used on this set.” “The posters are references to her previous songs. Either way, they don’t need to be AI generated.” “Gotta love those ‘Freash’ deals. Somebody proofread!” “I love you Kacey but AI for the ‘flyers?’ EEEYYYYUCK.” “Love Kacey but the AI graphics aren’t the vibe.” “Love everything except the corny AI generated flyers.” “KACEY. NOOOOOO. WHY THE AI POSTERS.” “Sounds great love, but if the comments are correct about AI graphics, that’s definitely disappointing. I do think Kacey tends to stay on the correct side of history, so I think it’ll change.” “The AI posters are distracting from the disconnected ‘fridge’ lol.” “Love you Kacey but your mom and sister are artists. Those AI posters are.” “Let’s not use AI please.” “Agree with the comments disappointed in her use of AI. You can hire real artists.” “She uses AI and doesn’t get hate for her but y’all hate on everyone else.” “I love you but the AI posters ain’t it sis.” “It’s not hard to hire someone to design some posters, they would have added a lot more to the set design, these are distracting and ugly.” “This would’ve been cooler had the flyers featured been created by local Texas artists or something, but alas. Here we are with gen AI slop.” Honestly, I was distracted by everything else she had going on in this performance that I didn’t even notice the posters during the actual show, but if I know anything about Kacey, it’s that she’s going to make sure this doesn’t happen again and (hopefully) there won’t be any AI crap on her Middle of Nowhere tour.   Middle of Nowhere Tour Dates: May 3, 2026 Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX May 4, 2026 Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX May 5, 2026 Gruene Hall – New Braunfels, TX Aug 21, 2026 United Center – Chicago, IL Aug 24, 2026 Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON Aug 28, 2026 TD Garden – Boston, MA Aug 31, 2026 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Sep 1, 2026 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Sep 4, 2026 Xfinity Mobile Arena – Philadelphia, PA Sep 5, 2026 CFG Bank Arena – Baltimore, MD Sep 8, 2026 PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA Sep 9, 2026 Schottenstein Center – Columbus, OH Sep 11, 2026 Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, WI Sep 12, 2026 Enterprise Center – St. Louis, MO Sep 22, 2026 Target Center – Minneapolis, MN Sep 23, 2026 T-Mobile Center – Kansas City, MO Sep 25, 2026 Bourbon & Beyond – Louisville, KY Sep 27, 2026 Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN Sep 28, 2026 Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN Sep 30, 2026 State Farm Arena -Atlanta, GA Oct 2, 2026 Spectrum Center – Charlotte, NC Oct 5, 2026 Toyota Center – Houston, TX Oct 7, 2026 Moody Center – Austin, TX Oct 10, 2026 American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX Oct 13, 2026 Ball Arena – Denver, CO Oct 15, 2026 Delta Center – Salt Lake City, UT Oct 17, 2026 Mortgage Matchup Center – Phoenix, AZ Oct 18, 2026 Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, CA Oct 19, 2026 Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, CA Oct 23, 2026 Oakland Arena – Oakland, CA Oct 26, 2026 Climate Pledge – Arena Seattle, WA Oct 27, 2026 Climate Pledge – Arena Seattle, WAThe post People Are Not Happy With Kacey Musgraves’ Steamy ACM Awards Performance… But Not For The Reasons You Might Think first appeared on Whiskey Riff.