Megan Moroney is flipping the script on those late-night “I miss you” texts with 6 Months Later, the sharp-witted lead single off her third album Cloud 9, dropping February 20, 2026, via Columbia Records, and it snaps like a door slamming shut on 2019 heartbreak, all sass and survival wrapped in a breezy country hook.
Moroney has this gift for turning real-life mess into songs that feel like chatting over wine with your best friend, and 6 Months Later is peak her. She co-wrote it with Ben Williams, Rob Hatch, and David Mescon during a reflective stretch last year, channeling that raw ache of barely surviving a breakup into something triumphant. The sound leans into her signature country-pop blend: twangy guitars that build to a full-band swell, her voice dipping playful then cutting deep on lines about therapy-stable exes and what doesn’t kill you calling drunk-dial style.
It’s got that post-heartbreak glow-up vibe, themes of healing through pettiness and owning your stronger, blonder self, without ever losing the fun. Dropped as the first single back on June 20, it shot to her highest Billboard Hot 100 debut and cracked the Top 10 at country radio, proving she’s got that earworm magic down pat.
Cloud 9 isn’t just a follow-up to her 2024 breakout Am I Okay?—it’s her claiming a whole state of mind, as she put it in the announcement. The 14-track set (teased so far) orbits confidence after the storm, with Beautiful Things as the second single bringing a tender ballad that hit No. 64 on the Hot 100. Produced by Kristian Bush and crew, it’s all personal stories from Moroney’s most assured era, clocking around 45 minutes of no-filler feels—from the title track’s euphoric opener to deeper cuts unpacking the what-ifs. No big collabs named yet, but expect that intimate polish she nails every time.
She’s riding high right now, fresh off sold-out tours where she owned arenas with that Georgia drawl and stories that hit home. At 28, after Tennessee Orange put her on the map and Am I Okay? went gold, Cloud 9 feels like her locking in the next level—less wide-eyed wonder, more “I got this” fire that makes you want to raise a glass to moving on.
X has been alive with the singles’ rollout, folks sharing their own six-month-later revenge tales and calling it the breakup Bible for 2026.
Dive into the 6 Months Later lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Cloud 9 tracks for more of Megan Moroney’s sassy resilience.
| Lead Vocals | Megan Moroney |
| Songwriter | Ben Williams, David “Messy” Mescon & Rob Hatch |
| Music Producer | Kristian Bush |
| Mastering Engineer | Nathan Dantzler |
| Mixing Engineer | Justin Niebank |
| Video Director | CeCe Dawson & Megan Moroney |
| Video Producer | Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry |
| Label | Sony Music Nashville & Columbia Records |
| Release Date | June 20, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Sony Music Nashville & Columbia Records |
Lyrics of 6 Months Later by Megan Moroney
[Verse 1]
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 Six Feet Deep, I Was Five
Pretty Sure They Called A Hearse Outside, Okay, That’s Dramatic
But I Survived, Then I Survived
[Chorus]
The “Hey Meg, I Think I Want You Back
I’m A Couple Drinks In, Thinkin’ It’s My Bad
That I Let You Walk Away And Let You Go” (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 (Little Too, Little Too Late), Heartbreaker
What Doesn’t Kill You Calls You Six Months Later
[Verse 2]
Oh, How The Turns Have Tabled
All The Sudden, Now You’re Willing And Able
Little Therapy, Now You’re So Stable
Okay, Well
Your Next Girlfriend Will Be So Lucky
To Not Hear
[Chorus]
“Hey Meg, I Think I Want You Back
I’m A Couple Drinks In, Thinkin’ It’s My Bad
That I Let You Walk Away (Let You Walk Away) And Let You Go” (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 (Little Too, Little Too Late), Heartbreaker
What Doesn’t Kill You Calls You Six Months Later
[Bridge]
What Doesn’t Kill You
Makes You Stronger And Blonder And Hotter
Makes You Wonder What You Even Saw In Him At All
What Doesn’t Kill You Always Calls
(Oh, Sorry, I Think You Have The Wrong Number?)
[Chorus]
With A “Hey Meg, I Think I Want You Back (I Think I Want You Back)
I’m A Couple Drinks In Thinkin’ It’s My Bad (Thinkin’ It’s My Bad)
That I Let You Walk Away (Let You Walk Away) And Let You Go” (Go)
It’s A Tale As Old As Time, I Guess (It’s Old As Time)
When You Couldn’t Care More, I Couldn’t Care Less
You’re A Little Too Late To The Party (Little Too, Little Too Late), Heartbreaker
What Doesn’t Kill You Calls You Six Months Later
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