Maggie Ba stays true to her music amid divorce rumors and new hits

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[Music] I got to give her credit. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Maggie Ba has kept rolling right along as her name has been dragged through the mud in this Keith Urban Nicole Kidman divorce. The girl's an independent artist with a plan for 2025 and bills to pay. So, she kept right on touring and she dropped a new single called The Devil Win that I'll play seven seconds of now. What am I missing? >> Why 7 seconds? Because when you play eight, you tend to get claimed by the YouTube overlords. Subscribers know that we've kept it positive here and not only tried to avoid rumors, we've actively tried to prove them wrong when possible. Or at the very least, we've cast heavy amounts of suspicion on things like the supposed drug clause in Keith and Nicole's prenup. There's just no evidence of that and everything being forwarded under anonymous sources. Close to a half million people watched our video titled Keith Urban and Maggie Ba, the truth is obvious. Link to that in the description section. Cliffnotes version, Maggie's post that showed Keith Urban dropping her name in the fighter was just coincidence. He's done this kind of thing for years and Maggie has played shows with him for at least 2 years. Although it's worth noting that she is not officially part of his band for this tour. She just filled in for a show because Natalie Stoval had something else going on that night. I know that was a bit of a prologue for why you actually came here. Nobody's really stood up for Maggie through all of this. Keith's policy has been to not talk about his personal life at all, which you know that's certainly his right. But the girl has friends and until this week they've been quiet. That changed when Alexandra Kay visited. Alexandra has a new album called Second Wind, dropping on October 24th, and it's the album after her divorce album, kind of a love resurrection album. She's got a traditional voice and modern arrangements. I think you're going to like it. Over the last 3 to four years, she's been super honest with fans on TikTok about what went wrong in her marriage, and she's certainly been on the butt end of some criticism, so it felt like she was the perfect person to ask how it feels to be in Keith and Nicole's shoes right now. I am nowhere near to the fame point of Keith Urban. So to feel how I felt it, it's got to be times 10 what he's feeling it. So I just feel bad for him and you know I just pray for peace for them and them to have their privacy. >> Solid answer. And I think that's what everyone wants, right? And I'm not criticizing those who want a few details. In fact, I get a little bit frustrated by couples that invite us into their love story and share every single tiny romantic detail. But when the breakup happens, they say things like, "Please respect our privacy." That's a little hypocritical, but that's not what happened here. Throughout their relationship, Keith and Nicole have been very private. So, yeah, sure, I'm curious, but I'm not owed anything. >> Oh, honestly, like I was heartbroken because for them because just the media scrutiny is insane and like the things that I'm seeing people say and they're like stirring up rumors about Maggie B. Quick pause now. We're going to run the full interview with Alexandra on this channel on October 23rd. So, make sure you subscribe. She talks a lot about her story and goes deep on Jelly Roll with whom she toured with for a year and got to know very well. Okay, here she is again. >> Things that I'm seeing people say and they're like stirring up rumors about Maggie Ball and I'm like, she's a good friend of mine and I know that that's absolutely not true. and I've met her boyfriend and like she's very happy and she has nothing to do with that whole relationship. Um, so I I just I I feel sad for everybody involved that like people are doing that and picking apart their personal life. >> Same girl, same Alexander is a pretty cool artist and I think you'll appreciate how she approaches heartbreak and divorce on her new album and during our interview. As for Keith, he's moving on too. During his show in Nashville in October, he brought back the fighter, a song he'd cut after this video started to take off post divorce. There was this one unfortunate moment from the show, however. >> What's your name? >> What? >> I'm not going to like your name. What? He's part of a new reality competition show called The Road on CBS on Sunday nights. And his co-star Gretchen Wilson talked to us all about working with these 12 singers and working with Keith. I'll share a little clip here, but Gretchen was our guest last week on the Taste of Country Nights on Demand podcast. Like we do, we kept it truthful but positive. >> Keith, this was really getting to know him. Um, man, I was really in awe of him, the professionalism and and his um he's just so laser focused when it comes to the work and the job and the schedule and the way that he treated these uh musicians on set. Um, he gave him I mean, he's a super busy man, but he gave him a lot of his time. He gave him a lot of his expertise. Even when he didn't have to be there during sound checks, he was there uh helping me out with uh that sort of thing. He's he's a really incredible dude. I I remember actually saying to him um on set one day, I was like, "Man, just getting to know you makes kind of makes me want to be a better me. You know, your work ethic is incredible." >> If you enjoy long form interviews, tap subscribe and look for them at least bi-weekly on YouTube, weekly on other audio platforms. I'm Billy Dukes with Taste of Country. Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing.