BOBBYCAST - Megan Moroney Shares Swiftie Dreams, Tour Burnout and Why She Loves Sad Songs
The Bobby Bones Show
Premiere Networks
4.8 • 10.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Megan Moroney joins Bobby for Episode 601 to share why meeting Taylor Swift is still on her wishlist, how she handles the nonstop demands of touring, and why sad songs always hit the hardest for her. She opens up about pushing through burnout and writer’s block, the physical prep that goes into life on the road, and how she stays connected to fans along the way. Plus, she gets into reading internet comments, the wild pace of touring, and some of the personal moments that keep her grounded through it all.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:10.7 | I'll do all my rehearsals in a weighted vest |
| 0:12.7 | because sometimes my outfits weigh like 10 to 15 pounds. |
| 0:15.6 | And when I've done the performance, I'm like, oh, I am not in shape for this. |
| 0:22.6 | Today's guest is one of the biggest stars in country music and one of my favorite artists, |
| 0:27.1 | Megan Maroney, billions of streams, so many number one songs with songs like Tennessee Orange. |
| 0:32.7 | Am I okay? Jam. She just dropped her brand new album, Cloud 9, which obviously debuted at number one. |
| 0:39.5 | And she's about to hit the road on her massive Cloud 9 tour. And somewhere in the middle of all that, she's writing songs. |
| 0:47.3 | She leads the ACM Awards nominations this year with nine nominations, including Entertainer of the Year. |
| 0:53.3 | Big fan, awesome artist. Here she is, |
| 0:56.1 | Megan Maroney. Megan, good to see you. Good to see you. I wanted to start. This is a little bit |
| 1:01.6 | selfish of me, but I get a lot of emails asking for advice to me. Okay. And I give the same answers |
| 1:07.7 | over and over. It feels like. So you want to do some of these with me? |
| 1:11.0 | Sure. |
| 1:11.6 | Thank God. |
| 1:12.9 | What if I was just like, no? Then we would just move on. We would literally just move on. I'm down. I'm down. Okay. Let's go with the first one here. Hey, Bobby, I'm a 23-year-old singer-songwriter living in a small town in North Carolina. I've been writing songs since high school and playing local coffee shops and bars on the weekends. |
| 1:29.1 | I've saved up a little money. |
| 1:30.2 | Nashville has always been a |
| 1:31.1 | dream, but making that leap feels terrifying. What advice would you give me? Signed girl with the guitar. |
| 1:38.0 | I think all good things are terrifying at first. And I would say if I'm in your position, that's kind of like where I was at |
| 1:46.7 | in Athens, like when I was like playing at bars and like, um, I was scared to move to Nashville, but I |
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