MEGAN MORONEY - Indifferent - Columbia Records Nashville

Since releasing her double platinum single “Tennessee Orange,” breakout star Megan Moroney has continually proven to be so much more than only that one song, tallying high marks and strong radio impact with her follow-up releases, “I’m Not Pretty” and “No Caller ID.”

On the heels of her uber vulnerable “28^th of June,” and the official announcement that her sophomore album Am I Okay? will arrive on July 12, 2024, Moroney now continues opening her highly anticipated next chapter with “Indifferent.”

The song, co-written by Megan and frequent “Jimmy James” collaborators Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter, turns the pages of her diary as she relays a finally moving on from him confidence into twists of sass that flow through her carefreeness as she holds her head up high within an aura of reclaimed self-worth.

Floating the breeze of the soft strum over the waltz embedded melody, Moroney uses the bends of her voice to waver its rawest edge, gripping the drive of the lyrics within her tone as she glides used to be emotions into the here and now realization of how much better off she is without him and how she was just simply wasting her time “on a guy who was more wrong than right.”

By running a countdown of her previously wasted, worrisome moments in the opening verse (caring about where he went, where he’s been, who he was with, and crying too many times), she expertly sets the feelings of her letting go freedom as she strikes the athematic punch of the chorus amongst a swirling assault of crunching guitars:

“Now I don’t even know what I’m missing

Don’t care what it is or it isn’t

Don’t need your attention (no) or your time They say did you hear

I say “no thanks I’m fine”

I think I could wish you the best

The truth is I couldn’t care less

How sweet it is to be so (so) so indifferent”

Flowing the essence of the chorus with cloud-nine confidence, she examines how she no longer cares about his birthday or gets upset when she sees his truck because as she enthusiastically stamps, “All of my give-a-damns have already been given.”

Having induced pure vulnerability over her last few releases, Moroney takes a fresh step into the best friend role with “Indifferent,” using her own getting over him story to give an encouraging push to those who are allowing themselves to stay stuck in the hurts of their past with a bold message that reminds you that you’re better than that. 

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis/Cover Photo by: CeCe Dawson)