In the past year Megan Moroney has become a fast-rising star in country music.

Her debut single “Tennessee Orange” has reached the top five on the Billboard Country Airplay singles chart. That single has also been certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was the winner of the Female Breakthrough Video of the Year award at the 2023 CMT Awards.

The song is from Megan’s debut studio album Lucky which dropped May 5th of this year. The album has 13 tracks. Megan co-wrote every track on the project. She opens up about her songwriting process.

“Well, I wrote my first song when I was 19. And then I didn’t really start consistently writing until 2020. Usually when I go into a writers room, I bring the idea because we’re writing for me. So other writers usually like the artists to like, kind of know what they want to write about. Because if I just went in the room, and I was like, uhh I don’t know, like, you know what I mean? So I try to come up with the ideas, and they’re really based off personal experiences. And I think, because I’m not, no one taught me how to write songs. It just is authentic. When I go in a writers room. I’m not trying to write the next hit. I’m just writing what is relevant to my life and making it as good as possible. So I think that’s, I don’t put pressure on myself when I’m songwriting either, like if I go into the room and we don’t get a good one, and I’m like, Oh, well.”

“Tennessee Orange” is at #4 this week on the Billboard chart. We will have to wait and see if it can make to the top of the chart or not in the coming weeks.

(Photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville)

By: Buck Stevens