You either get it or you don’t, I guess…
Tonight, 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’ve seen tonight.
Love it or hate it, no one does it like Kacey… she can strip it back and captivate a room with an acoustic performance, which she has done before, or she can do something super wacky and funny like this:
Kacey Musgraves performing “Dry Spell” at the #ACMawards. pic.twitter.com/GkXhE8aX36
— Kacey Musgraves Access (@KaceyAccess) May 18, 2026
As you can imagine, the early reaction is very mixed, and I kind of think that was the intention… or at least, the expectation:
Safe to say Kacey Musgraves has the award for horniest song of the year locked up. #ACMAwards
— Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) May 18, 2026
Kacey Musgraves navigates risqué material in a way no other country artist has been able to do for years. “Dry Spell” offered more perfection and her band members’ harmonies were golden. #ACMs
— ♫ Menox ♫ (@MenoxMusic) May 18, 2026
I’m good with never hearing a Kacey Musgraves song again #ACMawards
— Willie (@Willie07777) May 18, 2026
Seriously why is Kacey Musgraves just pushing a buggy around a stage?
— Crystal M (@TvFilmJunkie) May 18, 2026
Kacey Musgraves is still horny huh 😂🥴😂
— Sheldon_Wickwar (@SheldonWickwar) May 18, 2026
I love how creative Kacey Musgraves is.
— Ariel (@Countrychick524) May 18, 2026
What in the world was that Kacey Musgraves bit just on the ACM’S…
— Amy Ingram 🦁🏀 (@CoachIngram10) May 18, 2026
kacey musgraves literally sitting on a washing machine on the ACMs is sending me
— 𝓵𝔂𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓷 🩷 (@imhappwondering) May 18, 2026
This is where I’m at, though… I love all the up-and-coming country ladies, Ella swept for a reason, but Kacey is forever my queen:
Kacey Musgraves ran so the ladies in the genre could walk today #ACMAwards
— Sasha Goundar (@SashaGoundar) May 18, 2026
“Dry Spell”
