The perfect choice.
Megan Moroney is sending her honky tonk heater “Medicine” to country radio as her next official single, which will impact on April 20th as the third country radio single from her third studio album Cloud 9:
.@_megmoroney’s “Medicine” will officially impact US Country Radio on April 20th as the 3rd Country Radio single from ‘Cloud 9’ (via @CountryAircheck). pic.twitter.com/metXYPFZeO
— U.S. Radio Updater (@USRadioUpdater) April 14, 2026
She already sent “6 Months Later” and “Beautiful Things” to country radio ahead of the album’s release, and “6 Months Later” was very successful, reaching #1 on the Mediabase Country chart ad becoming a huge hit. “Beautiful Things” peaked at #8 US Billboard Hot Country Songs radio chart.
Cloud 9 debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, which is her first #1 debut on that chart, and there’s honestly so many good choices in terms of radio singles from the 15 song-tracklist, I love the two duets “I Only Miss You” with Ed Sheeran and “Bells & Whistles” with Kacey Musgraves, those could be great options down the road too, but “Medicine” is easily one of the most country songs on the very pop-leaning album, and it’s a honky tonk heater.
Megan wrote with Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander, and lyrics find her admitting that she is happy to give her ex a taste of his own medicine, after finding out he gave his number to “an L.A. blonde,” responding by saying she “gave your quarterback mine.” To quote lyrics from her song “Wish I Didn’t,” hell hath no fury…
The chorus is even more straightforward, where she asks how bitter it tastes to be the fool in the relationship as the rolls are suddenly reversed in terms of who is being the playboy, or playgirl, in this case:
“I ain’t heard from you in three long days
You won’t hear from me for five
Oh, you gave your number to an L.A. blonde?
Well, I gave your quarterback mine
And you don’t like my short black dress
Well, it’s going out tonight
And if it hits a floor, it won’t be yours this time
Is it bitter going down, down, down?
You don’t like it too much, do you?
Coming back around, round, round
Ain’t as fun when it’s happening to you
Oh, poor, poor you, now, who’s the fool?
Say I’m messing with your head again
Well, how you like the taste of your own medicine?”
I mean, truer words have never been spoken… and as per usual, Megan says this one comes from personal experience, as she’s found that when a guy isn’t treating her right, and she turns around and does the same thing back, they don’t like it too much:
“In my experience, anytime a guy hasn’t treated me well and I’ve gone and treated them anything close to the same way, they really don’t like it.”
She added that she took a risk with some of the lyrics, particularly the line about “crying int he shower,” but she knew her fans would get it:
“There’s a lot of lines in ‘Medicine’ where I’m showing my sense of humor, like when I say, ‘You should try crying in the shower, it’s really great.’
In the past I might’ve overthought things and asked if it was too weird to put that in a song, but now I don’t feel the need to be anything but myself. My fans know me by now, and they’ll totally get it.”
Megan is an incredible writer and “Medicine” really show that off, and the production is super twangy and upbeat, the perfect song for country radio and the fact that it really is one of her most country songs makes me really want to see it do well. I of course love a vindictive, sassy song like this too, and it’s one of those turn your volume all the way up on a sunny day and sing it at the top of your lungs songs.
It’s an easy standout from Cloud 9, and no matter where it charts at radio, it’s a hit to me. Turn it up:
“Medicine”
