Megan Moroney Is More Than Okay

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Am I Okay? tour, which kicked off last month. The , who released her sophomore album of the same name last year, wants fans of her music to embrace all parts of themselves, the good and the ugly.

That’s what she does through her songs, which she describes as half “emo cowgirl” half “bad bitch.”“I just want my fans to know, which I think they do, that I love to dress up and stuff, but my songwriting and my lyrics have a lot of layers,” she tells me. “It’s okay that sometimes you feel sad and then the next thing, you’re fine.”The Megan Moroney that greets me at the restaurant of the Four Seasons hotel in Manhattan a few days before the concert looks nothing like the girl on the stage.

Gone are the, as she puts it,“10 pounds” of blonde hair she wears for performing, the bold glam and the babydoll dresses. Instead, Moroney’s dressed casually in a baseball hat and jacket from the viral brand , the only indication of her other self a manicure in her signature cobalt blue.“This is songwriter Megan,” she tells me of her current look. “I always say that there’s a stage Megan and there’s songwriting Megan.

On stage, though, I think people would get bored with an outfit like this.”Moroney once thought she’d maybe pursue a career in digital marketing and got her degree in it from the University of Georgia.