Fair enough, honestly…
Megan Moroney is currently on the road for her Cloud 9 tour, which I got to see the other night in Charlotte and it was incredible. She puts on quite a production, and it’s all so pink and so fun and I highly recommend checking it out if you can.
And when she was in the New York area for a show recently, she stopped by the Today show, and after her live on-air segment, she answered some questions for their YouTube and social media channels, and the topic of her exes came up.
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.
Also, during a recent concert stop, a fan held up 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, so I feel like she’s pretty much confirmed multiple times that it’s about him. I don’t think they dated for very long, and I’m not sure they were ever actually an official couple, either, but I digress… there’s still obviously bad blood there, but you can be the judge for yourself…
The question from the Today show was:
“What is the best form of revenge you can get on an ex?”
And Megan replied with a line from “Who Hurt You?”, saying the best form of revenge she could ever get is having an arena full of people scream the line “God, I hate how gross you are,” and hearing fans yell it “louder than I could ever imagine”:
“The best form of revenge? I would say probably having an arena full of people scream ‘God, I hate how gross you are,’ every single night. Louder than I could ever imagine.”
I mean, I think that says all we need to know…
And when asked if any of her exes have ever tried to get back with her after hearing a song she wrote about them, Megan said not necessarily right after hearing it, but always later down the road. She added that she sadly thinking it “makes them feel special”:
has ex ever tried getting back with her after hearing one of her songs
“Not necessarily after hearing the song, but certainly months later. I honestly think my exes like when I write songs about them. I think it makes them feel special, unfortunately.”
Well, there ya have it, folks.
You can watch the full video here:
Cloud 9 Tour Dates:
JULY
16 | Orlando, FL – Kia Center
17 | Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena
18 | Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena
24 | Monticello, IA – Great Jones County Fair
25 | Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
26 | Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
28 | Denver, CO – Ball Arena
AUGUST
1 | Portland, OR – Moda Center
2 | Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
5 | Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
7 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena
8 | Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena – NEW
11 | Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
14 | Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
15 | Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
16 | Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
18 | Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
21 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
22 | Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena – NEW
SEPTEMBER
13 | Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
15 | Stockholm, SE – Annexet
18 | Cologne, DE – Carlswerk Victoria
19 | Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium
21 | Paris, FR – Le Trianon
23 | London, UK – Eventim Apollo
26 | Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
27 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
28 | Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy – NEW
OCTOBER
1 | Belfast, UK – SSE Arena
