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CMA Awards 2025: Megan Moroney Reveals How Heartbreak Inspired Her New Music

Megan Moroney‘s new album won’t be completely filled with sad songs for sad people.

However, there may be parts that do. As the country singer put it, Cloud 9—set to be released Feb. 20, 2026—draws from her own life experiences, including both the best and hardest parts of being in a relationship.

“I literally write about my real life,” she exclusively told E! News Nov. 19 at the 2025 CMA Awards. “There will definitely be songs on the album where you’re trying to put the pieces together.”

As to whether the album will be more focused on love or heartbreak? The “Tennessee Orange” singer shared, “A little bit of both.”

And for Megan, who performed her single “6 Months Later” in a sparkly pink get-up at the award ceremony, that girly aesthetic behind the album is more than just a style choice.

“I chose pink because I think there is a softness about this music that isn’t in my other albums,” she told Variety in an interview published Nov. 19. “I think it’s come from the confidence that I have now. It’s about falling in love and falling out of love, but when you’re truly confident, it’s not the end of the world when it doesn’t work out.”

She continued, “My other albums, maybe I perceived it as the end of the world. Now this new music is just more carefree and confident. So I thought pink was a perfect color to feel empowering and confident, but also soft, and that’s what the new music is like.”

But despite the upbeat vibe of the upcoming record, she emphasized, “There’s definitely still some heartbreakers.”

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“Writing sad songs is so easy for me, for whatever reason,” she added. “But even in the saddest songs, there’s so much hope and confidence that it’s gonna be OK, which is definitely a new theme that I explored in this album.”

—Reporting by Jeremy Parsons

For more stars who took the red carpet at the 2025 CMA Awards, read on.

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Kelsea Ballerini

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LeAnn Rimes

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Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney

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Lainey Wilson

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Hayley Stommel & Tyler Hubbard

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Morgan Stapleton & Chris Stapleton

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Billy Ray Cyrus & Elizabeth Hurley

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Old Dominion

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Nicole Hocking & Luke Combs

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Ella Langley

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Steve Martin

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Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild & Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town 

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Russell Dickerson & Kailey Dickerson

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Brett Young & Taylor Mills

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The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. & Tanya Trotter

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Shay Mooney, Hannah Mooney, Dan Smyers & Abby Smyers

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Haley Kalil

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Mark Collie, Billy Bob Thornton and Carter Faith

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Cam Arnold & Lauren Alaina

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Bailey Zimmerman

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Ne-Yo

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Grace Van Patten

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Cody Johnson

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Riley Green

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Morgan Evans & Laci Kaye Booth

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Chris O’Donnell

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Arielle Kebbel

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Gretchen Wilson

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