Maybe they’re reading too much into it… or maybe she really did see it.
Of course, we’ve all heard a lot about the drama between between Megan Moroney and Riley Green. Fans are convinced her song “Who Hurt You?”, which was included on her third studio album Cloud 9 that was released in February, is about whatever happened between them, and she previously explained that writing it was a cathartic moment, which finds her being incredible honest about this elusive situation.
She explained that she tried to include “every possible detail” so she never has to talk about it again:
“I remember coming up with that song and trying to include every possible detail that rhymes, so that I could put it out into the world and never have to talk about that situation again.
Songwriting is always therapeutic for me—but with ‘Who Hurt You?’ in particular I released so many emotions, and it feels really great not to have that all pent-up inside me anymore.”
That she did… it’s pretty ruthless, opening with a line that seemingly gets straight to the point about who it’s about, and while I’m sure she’ll never say for sure, it’s one of those “read between the lines” moments, I think… Really, where she sings “the devil went down to Georgia, then he crossed the Bama line” says a LOT about who the subject of this song might be.
She goes onto reference “hometown happy hours” and “hand-delivered flowers,” explaining that she “tried to run” while it was still a fun fling, alleging it was the man who “cosplayed someone with feelings” and convinced her to stay:
The last verse is really the most scathing, where she calls this person out for dating 21-year-olds and constantly needing his ego fed… she admits that even though she fell for it, she knows she’ll eventually move on, and he won’t. He’ll “stay the same forever”:
“You said you needed less flashy, more fun
Oh, of course she’s 21
On your arm through the bar
God, I hate how gross you are
And how did I not see it?
Your ego, it needs feeding
Endlessly, relentlessly
At the cost of me
And I’ll move on and
I’ll find better But you’ll stay the same forever”
Riley seemingly returned the favor with a song called “POS Like Me,” which he share don his own Instagram account the evening she released her album, though he’s since said publicly that it was simply a coincidence, and nothing about the song, or the timing of when he put it out, had anything to do with Megan.
But during a show a show for a recent stop on her Cloud 9 tour, a fan held up their phone to her with a message that said “Riley Green sucks” while she played “Who Hurt You?,” and Meg seemed to agree as she pointed directly at the fan:
@jaeannapeyt0n love that #fyp #meganmoroney #summerfest #rileygreen @Megan Moroney ♬ Medicine – Megan Moroney
The writing on the phone is very small, I have to wonder if Meg even saw it, but plenty of people in the comments section seemed to think it was Megan sending a message, and they were into it:
“Boots on the ground journalism honestly, I’m living for it.”
“That looks says it all.”
“Some of these comments didn’t pass the vibe, Meg is so talented and funny. So are you.”
“You know what, hell yeah.”
“This is everything.”
“I was wondering what she pointed at.”
“WAIT is this fr?!?”
“Teaaa”
“LMAOOOOO I LOVE BEING A GIRLLLL.”
“Nailed it.”
“Holy SHI.”
I feel like this saga is never going to end…
“Who Hurt You?”
