Kacey Musgraves stuns in white while performing on Today show in NYC – as she releases new ‘self-care’ album Deeper Well – after Cole Schafer split

Kacey Musgraves looked stunning as she promoted her new album on the Today show Friday morning in New York City.

The country singer, 35, just released her sixth studio album, titled Deeper Well, which is reportedly inspired by a recent heartbreak.

She was in full makeup for the performance, with her signature long brunette hair on display as she wore a preppy white polo shirt.

Reviews of the album have noted the singer’s reflection on renewal and self-care after a divorce. Musgraves previously divorced husband Ruston Kelly in 2020.

Kacey recently opened up about the inspiration for her new album, revealing she’s “evaluating what love means to me” — four months after her split from recent boyfriend Cole Schafer.

The Grammy winner, who split from the poet in November 2023, said the music “encapsulates where I am in my mid-30s” and how she has “removed obstacles to growth.”

In the title track, the star sings: “It’s been a real good time / But you got dark energy, something I can’t escape / And I gotta take care of myself / I’ve found a deeper well.”

She said People: ‘Ultimately, the song sums up where I am in my mid-30s and really evaluating what love means to me, what friendships mean to me, what are the things I need, what really serves me and what doesn’t serve me.

‘It’s about taking stock and making space for the things that really matter.’

‘This life is so short. I think you have to be a little ruthless in removing obstacles to growth. This may mean adjusting your expectations of your family members. That could interrupt a friendship.

‘It could be a breakup or letting go of a habit that just doesn’t serve you well anymore. It means being awake enough to be in tune and pay attention to what the flow of nature is trying to tell you about what you need.”

Kacey and Cole were first linked in June 2021, almost a year after Kacey and her songwriter husband Ruston Kelly announced their divorce.

Cole and Kacey were together for more than two years, but a source inquired Page six They broke up “at least a month” ago in November.

Talk of their breakup is said to be flying around the country music capital of Nashville, which they both call home.

They also appear to have unfollowed each other on Instagram, although they haven’t deleted their photos of each other.

DailyMail.com reached out to Kacey’s representatives for comment.

Shortly after their romance went public, Kacey told the New York Times they first met when they saw each other in a crowded restaurant.

“He didn’t know who I was, what I was into,” said Kacey, a country star whose hits include Slow Burn and Merry Go ‘Round.

A few weeks later, Cole took to his Instagram and treated Kacey to a glowing testimonial and a romantic photo album for her birthday.

‘Here’s what you see to the right when you entered F***. I want you to write me back,” he wrote in the post, which included a photo of them in bed together.

‘On your jawline that makes my lips burst and on your hair that I can’t keep my hands out of. It’s important that your aesthetic and your art are close to your heart.’

Kacey was equally effusive in her praise for Cole when she wished him a happy birthday on her Instagram page in January.

She gushed about “the laughs and adventures, deep conversations, ego checks, wise advice, forehead kisses, the books you recommend, your late night ‘oh I just whipped this up’ and somehow it’s extremely gourmet pasta (like actually a Michelin star) situations, the beautiful way you observe the world and the words that follow.’

Kacey added for good measure, “And especially your unapologetic, full-throttle vulnerability, which is by far the sexiest thing about you.”

Kacey first got involved with her ex-husband Ruston Kelly in 2018 after they met at the Bluebird Cafe, an iconic country music venue in Nashville.

Ruston is a singer-songwriter like Kacey, and the pair collaborated during their romance, including on a record of Johnny Cash’s poem To June This Morning.

The dynamic duo got married in 2017 and then jointly announced in the summer of 2020 that they had decided to split.

In a profile with Rolling stone the year after her divorce, she explained that her relationship with Ruston “simply wasn’t working.”

‘It’s nothing more than that. They are two people who love each other so much, but for so many reasons it just didn’t work. I mean, seasons change. Our season has changed.”

She confessed, “Part of me questions marriage as a whole, in general. I mean, I was open to it when it came into my life. I embraced it. I just have to tell myself that I was brave to push through those feelings.”

Kacey cited the example of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who have been together since 1983 but never married, as “doing something right.”

The Texas-born crooner explained to the music magazine: “I think I live best alone. I think it’s okay to realize that.’