Megan Moroney caught a stray early this yr after some followers, sad with Carrie Underwood’s determination to sing at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, voiced their intentions to boycott Underwood’s music and pivot to Moroney’s as an alternative.
However Moroney tells Rolling Stone that she thinks pitting girls towards girls — for any cause — is an inherently backwards transfer.
“I am like, ‘Why am I getting introduced into this?'” Moroney says, recalling the social media buzz on the time.
“I am blissful they relate to my music,” she continues, “… [but] I am by no means blissful tearing down one other girl.”
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A Glamour article from January digs into among the particulars of the Underwood-to-Moroney fandom shift, interviewing one social media consumer who beforehand ran an Underwood fan account however rebranded themselves towards Moroney after the inauguration.
They described Moroney as “unproblematic” and a “recent, genuine voice that nation music wants.”
In the meantime, the identical fan felt that Underwood — who has a big LGBTQ+ following, lots of whom have discovered a rallying cry in her 2018 track “Love Wins” — had betrayed a portion of her fanbase by selecting to sing at Trump’s inauguration ceremony.
Talking to Rolling Stone, Moroney stated “it is a legitimate feeling” that some followers noticed Underwood’s efficiency as a betrayal. She additionally hopes her music speaks to listeners of all political stripes.
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“I come from a extremely massive household, with both sides of the [political] spectrum. And I’ve discovered which you can’t change anybody’s thoughts,” she displays. “The most effective factor I can do is love them. That is what I wish to give my followers, too. My music is there so hopefully they will discover consolation.”
As for whether or not she’d make the identical determination did to sing at Trump’s inauguration? “It is arduous to say,” Moroney replies.
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