Song · Kacey Musgraves
“The Architect” by Kacey Musgraves
From the album Deeper Well (2024)
“The Architect” by Kacey Musgraves appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2024 and 2026. It was first released in 2024 on the album Deeper Well. Its best result is #2 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #89 indie & aaa song of 2024, #2,634 indie & aaa song of all time and #492 of the '20s.
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"The Architect" is the quiet heart of Deeper Well, Kacey Musgraves' sixth album in 2024, a song that sits down with the biggest question there is and asks whether anyone is actually drawing up the plans. She wrote it in early 2023 with Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally in the wake of the Nashville school shooting, the three of them wrestling with how a creator could let terrible things happen.
It's hushed and unadorned, folk-country close to the bone: Ian Fitchuk's piano, Todd Lombardo's acoustic guitar, Daniel Tashian's banjo and harmony, and Musgraves' voice doing the searching. She produced it with Tashian and Fitchuk, and Konrad Snyder mixed it. Critics praised the writing, and it won Best Country Song at the 67th Grammy Awards, with a nod for Best Country Solo Performance as well.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 86 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024 | 91 |
| 2024 | 6 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 | 90 |
| 2024 | 9 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
| 2025 | 66 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 2 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 776 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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