Women's Health - USA (2019-06)

hanging out after the concert and

having a good chat with her band

and whomever is visiting that

night. “My life revolves around mu-

sic, so anytime I don’t have to talk

about it is a nice defuser after a cra-

zy adrenaline rush.”

At the intersection of her music

and her personal life is husband

Hurd, whom she married in March

2018 and for whom many of the

songs on GIRL were w r it ten. That

creative process was occasionally

wrenching. “Even though it’s such a

positive love song, ‘Good Woman’

was an emotionally heavy write. It

wa s ha rd to op en up t hat v u l ner a-

bility.” Other songs, like “The

Bones,” address the distance the

couple grapples with during tours.

“‘The Bones’ was kind of this prom-

i se: No m at ter what happ en s, a l l of

t h i s bu l l sh it c a n fade away a nd it ’s

going to be you and me,” she says.

A year into her marriage, Maren

feels her relationship is growing

tighter. “Sometimes you think you

know all there is to know about

somebody, and then a year happens

and you keep surprising each oth-

er.” The c ouple i s i ntere ste d i n hav-

ing a baby one day—more a feat of

blo ck i ng off t i me on t he c a lend a r

than anything else.

“Did you relate to parts of A Star

Is Born?” I ask as our conversation

winds down. She is, after all, a

petite songwriter turned singer

whose face has been on Sunset

Boulevard billboards and who’s in

love with a rakish songwriter who

looks good in denim. She laughs.

“I had no idea what I was getting

myself into. I had to go to therapy.

Not the substance abuse part, but

there were things that happened to

[Lady Gaga’s] character that hap-

pened to me. That movie rocked us

both. We were like, ‘We can never

end up like this. Cool?’ ”

And if anyone can make it all—

touring, sweating, thriving profes-

sionally while giving 100 percent to

her m a r r iage — c o ol, it ’s Ma ren, who

levels up every time you look.

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Hair: Dove celebrity hairstylist Mark

To w n s e n d. Makeup: Allan Avendano using

Chanel Beauty at Starworks Artists.

Manicure: Emi Kudo at Opus Beauty using

Chanel Le Vernis.

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