On her chart-topping nation music album “Cloud 9,” Megan Moroney is being brutally sincere. Her observe “Who Hurt You?,” launched in late February as a part of the nation singer’s third studio album, has induced a flurry of hypothesis amongst fans.
The tune is a husky break-up anthem the place the 28-year-old Georgia native calls out a “fake” and “cold” lover for shattering her coronary heart.
Megan Moroney performs throughout the 59th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.
“Hometown happy hours / The hand-delivered flowers / You looked me in the eyes and told me what was yours was ours,” Moroney sings.
“And when I tried to run / Pump the brakes, just call it fun / You’d cosplay someone with feelings / Oh, l’ve never felt more dumb.”
In her gravelly voice, Moroney sings that she would not ever take him again and needs to know who harm him so unhealthy.
But who precisely is Moroney calling out? Here’s our idea.
All indicators level to a ‘Bama boy
Moroney opens the song by singing, “I was blinded by the lies / And the manufactured smile / The devil went down to Georgia / Then he crossed the ‘Bama line.”
It’s unclear which ‘Bama boy Moroney is referring to, however fans speculate the lyrics are about nation singer Riley Green.
The 37-year-old artist, who is identified for his song “Worst Way” and hit with Ella Langley, “You Look Like You Love Me,” is from small-town Jacksonville, Alabama.
Riley Green arrives on the crimson carpet of the sixtieth annual Academy of Country Music Awards present on the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on May 8, 2025.
Starting in late 2024, fans banded collectively on TikTookay with the suspicion that Moroney and Green had been relationship.
They pointed to alleged public sightings and comparable trip areas. The web exploded with hypothesis, however the nation stars by no means confirmed a romance.
Now, fans think the song is a couple of break up between Moroney and Green. As of 2025, each nation stars are reportedly single.
Megan Moroney has denied Riley Green rumors
After fans speculated Moroney and Green had been on an island trip collectively in St. Barts, Moroney shut down the connection rumors.
In March 2025, Moroney informed Rolling Stone that they each occurred to be within the Caribbean on the identical time and that it was merely a coincidence.
Megan Moroney stands for a portrait at House of Adora in Nashville on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.
“He was individually on his vacation with his friends. St. Barts is a popular place,” she said.
“It’s one of those things here if you know someone on a small island, you’re like, ‘Oh, s***, you’re here too.’ So it was fun. Just because we’re hanging out doesn’t mean we’re romantically dating. You know what I mean?”
Who has Megan Moroney dated?
Megan Moroney was briefly concerned with Tennessee native Morgan Wallen in 2020.
While Moroney has never confirmed the rumor, fans believe her hit “Tennessee Orange” is about her fling with Wallen.
Morgan Wallen performs during his One Night at a Time Tour concert at Nissan Stadium on May 2, 2024, in Nashville, where he was arrested less than a month ago for throwing a chair off the rooftop of Chief’s.
In March 2025, Moroney told Rolling Stone that she had also recently dated a “common finance dude” in Nashville.
Who has Riley Green dated?
Despite fans’ speculation that Riley Green has dated both Megan Moroney and Ella Langley, Green has denied relationships with these country music singers.
“I’m rumored to have dated lots of people. I form of perceive that. People all the time lengthy for that Tim and Faith, Johnny and June, George and Tammy factor,” Green told Bev Rainey on “Country Nights Live.”
“Me and Ella have two large songs collectively, and I think fans wish to consider that what you’re singing about is actual.”
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Audrey Gibbs is a music journalist at The Tennessean. You can attain her at agibbs@tennessean.com.
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