Megan Moroney’s ‘Authentic’ Songwriting Takes Her To The Top
Megan Moroney has scored a number-one song with her first release, a very rare feat. It’s a song she co-wrote, “Tennessee Orange.” What’s even more interesting is that she didn’t start writing songs until just a few years ago. She told us in a recent interview, “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 writer’s 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. I try to come up with the ideas, and they’re really based on personal experiences. ”
She added, “I think because no one taught me how to write songs. It just is authentic. When I go into a writer’s 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. 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, I’m like, Oh, well. ”
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During another interview, Megan told us that the video for “Tennessee Orange” would never have happened without her mom. She told us, “I gotta brag on my mom for the ‘Tennessee Orange’ music video. She is the reason that could happen. We did the video after Christmas, and that is when all the flights got canceled, so my flight from Savannah, Georgia, to Nashville, kept getting delayed until nine thirty PM. It’s nine-thirty PM in Savannah, and I need to be in Nashville at 7:30 AM to start getting my hair and makeup done for the music video.”
She added, “And it wasn’t one of the things where we could just postpone it because the crew had flown in, and there’s way too much on the table here, and I needed to be in Nashville.”
Moroney said she was saved by her mom, telling us, “So, my mom, without question, picked me up from the airport and was like, ‘Well, I’m driving you to Nashville.’ We drove like eight hours, nine hours through the night, and I ended up making it there on time. I sent her flowers when she got home because I knew that was a horrible thing to have to do. But, yeah, my mom is the best ever.”
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