Maren Morris is proud of her Playboy shoot.
Morris, 29, shared a preview of her pictorial on Tuesday and later took to her now-deleted Instagram story to defend the photos after receiving backlash.
“The thing about me is, I make music for myself,” she wrote on her story alongside another photo from the shoot (via ET). “I learned later that it touches others, which is the most wonderful byproduct of a songwriter’s calling. Some can slut-shame me for my lyrics about sex, and you can put me in your little box, but I just want to live and love.”
“I recently accepted myself and will put these photos in a frame because I’ll never have this moment back,” she added. “Can’t wait for you to read my interview with @playboy in their ‘Gender + Sexuality’ issue next week. I drop some truth too.”
The “My Church” singer previously discussed her mental and physical health with Women’s Health after posting a throwback photo, saying: “After taking that picture, I went through this horrible breakup, and I lost so much weight. I didn’t look at my body like it was healthy — when you’re going through emotional turmoil, it’s hard to eat. That was a wake-up call: I need to address my mental and physical health … I put weight back on when I started really laying into my career and tour—things that brought me happiness.”