Megan Moroney Celebrates ‘Tennessee Orange’ At First No. 1 Party
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 11: Megan Moroney performs onstage during day four of CMA Fest 2023 at the Chevy Riverfront Stage on June 11, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images)
Country music “met somebody” back in 2022 when a song titled “Tennessee Orange” was released. Fast forward to today: Megan Moroney has just had her first No. 1 party for the breakout hit.
The celebration took place on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, with members of her label Sony Music Nashville /Columbia Records, and label producer, Sugarland’s Kristian Bush in attendance.
Moroney is one of the fastest-rising stars in country music. From TikTok trends to crowds singing along at bars to her making her Grand Ole Opry debut, “Tennessee Orange” is the song that keeps on giving.
Since day one, her lyrics have been infectious and her relationship with her fans has grown. The song has connected with fans and obviously has raised some questions about who the song may be about.
“Tennessee Orange” was the lead single on her debut album, Lucky, released back in May. Moroney went on to unveil a deluxe edition with three new songs and guest appearances by Kameron Marlowe and Mackenzie Carpenter.
“I don’t think I realized how special the song would be. It was one of those things where I’d worked on for so long and I didn’t know if it was good or not,” Moroney told People magazine.
Not only did the 25-year-old take home a win for CMT Breakthrough Female Video of The Year at the 2023 CMT Awards but she has also earned herself a nomination for New Artist of the Year and Song of the Year at the upcoming CMA Awards this November.
Moroney is currently out on the road for her 2023 headling “The Lucky Tour” now through December. You can find out more about the tour by clicking here.
Click here to listen to Megan Moroney’s “Tennessee Orange.”
6 Country Star Commercials We Love: Lainey, Blake and Gwen
Lainey Wilson posted a clip of her new commercial for Wrangler now long ago. It features the country star in her Wranglers surrounded by wild horses. Of course, she’s wearing her many Wrangler bell-bottom styles. At the end of the commercial clip, Lainey says, “Wrangler, long live cowgirls.”
Wilson captioned the video clip on Instagram, “Turn heads and capture hearts (smiling emoji with cowboy hat). I partnered with @wrangler to show y’all some of their new Fall styles.”
Many of her die-hard fans reacted to her post, including one who wrote, “Lainey Wilson do a Flicka remake.” Another fan commented, “My favorite new ad or commercial! I’m loving it. Way to go, Lainey.” One more fan gushed, “I absolutely LOVE the trail you are blazing for women in country music.”
See that post here.
Over the decades, country stars have lent their talent to promote many items through print, TV, and radio commercials, from the 1970s, when Loretta Lynn was talking about Crisco Oil to Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson doing Taco Bell spots. It was actually Toby Keith’s Ford commercial that started to get him more noticed by a wider audience. Some credit that commercial with cementing his superstar status.
Even country icon Dolly Parton teamed with her goddaughter Miley Cyrus for a 2022 Superbowl commercial for T-Mobile. Kelsea Ballerini also became a commercial girl when she announced in 2022 that she was an official “Cover Girl” for the makeup brand. Faith Hill has been in Pepsi commercials, Shania Twain has done Revlon commercials and Garth Brooks has done Dr. Pepper commercials.
The news of Wilson’s commercial got us thinking: what other country stars have teamed with companies and made commercials? So we dove in and found seven commercials that some of you may recall through the years as companies turned to country music royalty to promote their brands.
