{"id":58442,"date":"2026-02-19T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/megan-moroneys-cloud-9-nearly-had-a-wildly-different-title\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:08:45","slug":"megan-moroneys-cloud-9-nearly-had-a-wildly-different-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/megan-moroneys-cloud-9-nearly-had-a-wildly-different-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Moroney&#8217;s \u2018Cloud 9\u2019 Nearly Had a Wildly Different Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/megan-moroney\">Megan Moroney<\/a>&#8216;s third album &#8216;Cloud 9&#8217; is releasing on Friday (Feb. 20), but Moroney herself just admitted that the record almost had a completely different title which would have taken it in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;6 Months Later&#8221; singer appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/channels\/the-highway\" target=\"_blank\">SiriusXM\u2019s The Highway<\/a> where she said, &#8220;Initially I thought the album was going to be called <em>Medicine<\/em>. It was one of the first songs I wrote where I was like, &#8216;Oh, I can build a world around that. It&#8217;s going to be so much fun.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not sure why, but the name <em>Cloud 9<\/em> feels a lot happier and more pink, the theme-color of her record, than the name <em>Medicine<\/em> does.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Did Megan Moroney Name Her Album Cloud 9?<\/h3>\n<p>The singer\/songwriter says, &#8220;I just got to a point in my life, it was like a very foreign feeling to feel so happy. Just like an excitement to live, which you know I feel like is rare for a lot of us to just wake up and be like, &#8216;Wow, today is wonderful.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moroney continued explaining how she is the happiest she has ever been in her life. &#8220;I was just in my career, in my personal life, like I was just, I could see where Cloud 9 was and I knew that I was way above it,&#8221; she reflects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/megan-moroney-accounting-background\/\">Megan Moroney Could File Your Taxes For You Without Any Help [EXCLUSIVE]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She does have a song on the record named &#8220;Medicine&#8221; and it has some fierce lyrics that don&#8217;t really necessarily show her being above Cloud 9 with happiness.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oh, poor, poor you, now, who&#8217;s the fool \/ Saying I&#8217;m messing with your head again? \/\u00a0Well, how you like to taste your own medicine? (You know, baby?)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is a safe bet that theming the record around her &#8220;Cloud 9&#8221; song, would evoke more of a happy feeling from the listener than &#8220;Medicine&#8221; might.<\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m walking on sunshine, holding your hand \/\u00a0You&#8217;re putting stars in my eyes like no one else can \/\u00a0You get me high, high, high \/\u00a0You give me that look, I&#8217;m floating on air.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The 10 Best Megan Moroney Songs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>With a sharp pen and even sharper observational skills, Megan Moroney has recorded some of the very most relatable lyrics in country music during her years in the spotlight to date.<\/p>\n<p>Moroney&#8217;s breakout hit was &#8220;Tennessee Orange,&#8221; a song about flipping football teams (however hesitantly) to align with a love interest. That song has held up \u2014 it&#8217;s in our list of her Top 10 songs \u2014 but it&#8217;s just scratching the surface of this singer&#8217;s songwriting capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading for Taste of Country&#8217;s list of the best sad, smart and laugh-out-loud funny Megan Moroney songs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/megan-moroney\" target=\"_blank\">Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The Best Photos of Megan Moroney<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Check out the best photos of rising country star Megan Moroney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/nicoletaylor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=75&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/megan-moroney-cloud-9-album\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Moroney&#8216;s third album &#8216;Cloud 9&#8217; is releasing on Friday (Feb. 20), but Moroney herself just admitted that the record almost had a completely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":58443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}