Maren Morris releases the song “I Hope I Never Fall in Love” on the Intermission EP

Maren Morris is back with another new song: “I Hope I Never Fall in Love” from her upcoming EP Break.

The song is anchored by a slowed-down version of the classic drum beat from the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” but – as the song’s title suggests – Morris is more interested in stepping on love fantasies than embracing them. “Ooh, I’m a woman of her word/Love, you only did me dirty,” Morris sings in the bridge, as the song builds to an exhilarating climax: “Forever was a damn lie, so goodbye/You only made it worse/I hope I never fall in love.”

In a statement, Morris described “I Hope I Never Fall in Love” as the “afterglow of a shitshow” (Morris and her ex-husband Ryan Hurd filed for divorce last October). She continued, “It’s a bittersweet heartbreak because I’m in self-protection mode, but I still want to feel something. Throwing parties, going home with a stranger, popping champagne, whatever we need to do to process our trauma is not a pretty path to healing. I obviously want to fall in love again, but I can’t put my heart through it yet, so here’s a number about this strange but constructive (and destructive) window into my life.”

Morris co-wrote “I Hope I Never Fall in Love” with Delacey, Evan Blair and Lucy Healey, while Blair also produced it. It is the second work by Breakafter “Cut!”, a collaboration with Julia Michaels, which was released last month. Break will be released on August 12th and follows her 2023 EP, The bridgeTheir last full-length album, Modest searcharrived in 2022.

Morris has a number of headlining tour dates scheduled for this summer. The next leg of her RSVP Redux Tour kicks off on July 26 at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee, Iowa, and concludes on September 29 with a performance at the All Things Go Festival in Columbia, Maryland. She will be supported by Delacey and Anna Graves on select dates during the tour.