Morgan Wade wasn’t trying to write a new record. Especially since her last release, 2023’s Psychopath, the last thing she wanted was to go through the public wringer again. “I was really struggling,” Wade says, calling from a West Virginia parking lot that she’s circling to get cell service. “I was not feeling a connection with it. My record wasn’t talked about, and that really messed with me.”
Don’t get her wrong: People were talking about her. Talking about her friendship with Kyle Richards, of Real Housewives fame, and turning every shared coffee break or shopping trip into tabloid gold. Were they really just good pals? Were they actually a couple? Does Wade’s t-shirt choice hold a hidden message clueing everyone in to the secret answer? The sensationalism and speculation propelled Wade to the top of the cultural register, which would have been fine…
