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Megan Moroney spilled the tea about a “heartbreaker” — and her sweet form of “revenge” — in a “fiery” post-split anthem that arrived on Friday (June 20).
Moroney teamed up with Ben Williams, David “Messy” Mescon and Rob Hatch to write “6 Months Later.” The reigning Country Music Association New Artist of the Year revealed in the summer storytelling anthem that she “survived” a “dramatic” breakup only to receive a call from her ex several months later. But by then, he’s “a little too late to the party.” The summer single “amps up the triumphant energy at the bridge, with Moroney offering undeniable proof that living well is the best revenge: ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger/And blonder and hotter/Makes you wonder what you even saw in him at all,’” reads a press release issued Friday morning.
“Let me set you the scene/ November circa 2019/ Put a hole in my heart, watched it bleed/ You said that we were better off as strangers/ I was barely alive/ Out of 6 feet deep I was 5/ Pretty sure they called a hearse outside/ OK that’s dramatic, but I survived/ Then I survived…
“The ‘hey Meg, I think I want you back’/ ‘I’m a couple drinks in thinking it’s my bad that I let you walk away and let you go’/ It’s a tale as old as time I guess/ When you couldn’t care more I couldn’t care less/ You’re a little too late to the party, heartbreaker/ What doesn’t kill you calls you 6 months later”
Moroney has been teasing “6 Months Later” on her social media accounts in recent weeks. It’s the singer-songwriter’s latest single since “You Had Yo Be There,” a collaboration with Kenny Chesney that she wrote as a Christmas gift to him. “6 Months Later” arrives as fans eagerly await details on Moroney’s third studio record, though she hasn’t announced the project as of publication time. Moroney’s latest album is Am I Okay?, which she released last summer and extended with a deluxe edition months after the original’s debut. Listen to “6 Months Later” here: