Is It Chemistry or Friendship? Exploring New Relationships with Maren Morris

U Up?

Betches

Sexuality, Relationships, Comedy, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this Friday Feels ep of U Up?, Jared and Jordana are joined by Grammy-winning artist Maren Morris for a candid, heartfelt, and hilarious conversation you don’t want to miss! With her new album Dreamsicle dropping today, May 9, Maren opens up about the emotional rollercoaster of writing music, including the tear-jerking song “Kiss the Sky” that had both her and Jared crying on a plane. She also shares the ups and downs of her recent divorce and the journey of dating women for the first time. Maren explores the complexities of connection, chemistry, and the blurry line between friendship and romance when dating women. Plus, they dive into a juicy listener email about a boyfriend still following his ex on social media is it icky, or are we just being picky? Tune in for honest takes, big laughs, and the kind of emotional depth that only U Up? delivers! Watch full episode here 👉 https://youtu.be/4sQV7QQr5rQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to the Friday feels episode of the UF podcast.
0:05.8	I'm Jordana Abraham.
0:07.1	And I am Jared Fried.
0:08.4	It is such a pleasure to be back here with you, Jordana, but it's especially a pleasure
0:11.8	to be here with our very special guest.
0:13.6	She has a children's book that is out right now called Beatrix Butterfly.
0:18.5	Don't bury the lead.
0:19.8	And, well, then the real big deal, her new album, Dreamcicle, is out wherever you get music.
0:27.0	Marin Morris, thank you for coming on the show.
0:28.7	Oh, it's good to be here.
0:29.9	It's a pleasure.
0:30.7	How are you?
0:31.3	What's going on?
0:32.1	I'm good.
0:32.9	I feel like this is my first thing for the week, so I'm just easing in.
0:36.8	You're getting the fresh
0:37.8	faced voiced me. But no, I'm good. I love being in New York. Like it's just, it feels like a
0:44.4	second home. Where do you go in New York? What's the thing in New York that you look forward to doing?
0:49.1	You're like, I got to go here. I got to do this. Yeah. I mean, I have my, my spots for sure.
0:54.2	I try to, like, get out of my comfort zone when I'm here because there's always something
0:57.8	new, new restaurant, new bar that opened.
1:00.7	But I love being downtown.
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