Kacey Musgravesdid her best to enjoy a recent trip to Iceland, but the country had other plans for her.
In anew interview onThe Tonight Show, the country music star opened up about nearly getting “blown off” a cliff while filming a music video in Iceland due to wind and later accidentally breaking the law in an attempt to see the northern lights.
“We picked literally the worst possible week to go. I was so excited. It was on my bucket list,” said Musgraves, 35, of going to Iceland to film the music video for her song “Deeper Well,” which shares a title with her sixth studio album that dropped Friday.
Kacey Musgraves and Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show in New York City on March 14, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC
Todd Owyoung/NBC
Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t ideal. “It was, like, high wind advisories. I almost got blown off that cliff,” she said. “Like, ‘This video will be my death announcement.’ It was a sheer drop down to the ocean. I mean, it was treacherous. Even the locals were like, ‘This is some scary s—.’”
Musgraves had a couple destinations she wanted to visit in Iceland, including the Blue Lagoon in Grindavík. “You see the pictures. It’s so serene. People are floating. It looks like a nirvana experience. I’m like, ‘Let’s do that,'” she recalled. “So we venture out there, and no. It’s sort of like an Instagram-versus-reality situation. We get there, and it’s hurricane-force winds.”
Kacey Musgraves on The Tonight Show in New York City on March 14, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty
The Grammy winner previously documented the less-than-stellar Blue Lagoon experience in a TikTok video, in which she shielded her complimentary beer from the powerful waves.
However, the Blue Lagoon wasn’t the end of the “High Horse” singer’s eventful trip. “Iceland, like, it delivered, but it also didn’t at the same time. All I wanted to see was the northern lights,” she explained.
Committed, the pair embarked on the adventure — despite having “a really early call time the next morning.” They drove for a couple hours in “pitch-black” nighttime and eventually began wondering when they’d see the northern lights.
After potentially landing a “faint” spotting, they remained committed. “So, we went a little further, and we were like, ‘I think maybe that’s them. I think that’s them,’” said Musgraves. “I was like, ‘Alright, I’ll take it.’ So we just were like, ‘Alright, it’s late. We’ve got an early call time in the morning.’ So we’re speeding, we’re speeding back to the hotel and just taking our little northern lights experience and just trying to be satisfied enough with that.”
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