Spotify is being MESSY. A little over a week ago, Megan Moroney released her third studio album Cloud 9, which includes a song called “Who Hurt You?” that fans are convinced is about Riley Green. There’s been speculation about that one for months, and Moroney says writing it was a cathartic moment, that finds her being incredible honest about this elusive situation. She explained that she tried to include “every possible detail” so she never has to talk about it again: “I remember coming up with that song and trying to include every possible detail that rhymes, so that I could put it out into the world and never have to talk about that situation again. Songwriting is always therapeutic for me—but with ‘Who Hurt You?’ in particular I released so many emotions, and it feels really great not to have that all pent-up inside me anymore.” That she did… it’s pretty ruthless, opening with a line that seemingly gets straight to the point about who it’s about, and while I’m sure she’ll never say for sure, it’s one of those “read between the lines” moments, I think… Really, where she sings “the devil went down to Georgia, then he crossed the Bama line” says a LOT about who the subject of this song might be. She goes onto reference “hometown happy hours” and “hand-delivered flowers,” explaining that she “tried to run” while it was still a fun fling, alleging it was the man who “cosplayed someone with feelings” and convinced her to stay: The last verse is really the most scathing, where she calls this person out for dating 21-year-olds and constantly needing his ego fed… she admits that even though she fell for it, she knows she’ll eventually move on, and he won’t. He’ll “stay the same forever”: “You said you needed less flashy, more fun Oh, of course she’s 21 On your arm through the bar God, I hate how gross you are And how did I not see it? Your ego, it needs feeding Endlessly, relentlessly At the cost of me And I’ll move on and I’ll find better But you’ll stay the same forever” Ultimately, she boils it down to the fact that this guy has a lot of unresolved issues from someone who hurt him before, and honestly, scathing doesn’t feel like nearly a harsh enough word to describe this song. Riley seemingly had something to say about it too, putting out his own song called “POS Like Me” that same evening, which tells his side of this supposed breakup story: View this post on Instagram But it sounds like they’re not the only ones getting involved, and streaming giant Spotify is taking sides… the side of miss Megan Moroney. She shared a very interesting photo on Instagram over the weekend of The Nashville Sign yesterday, which is a 38-foot-tall digital billboard located in downtown Nashville at 1616 Broadway, situated at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue, and 16th Avenue, which isn’t far at all from Riley’s Midtown bar, Duck Blind, for whatever that’s worth. It’s a very popular place for artists in particular to advertise when they have new music coming out because of it’s great location, a lot of them will post photos standing in front of it on Instagram during a big release, but Spotify was very careful with what they put up, sharing lyrics from the bridge of “Who Hurt You?” where Megan sings: “You said you needed less flashy, more fun. Oh, of course she’s 21…” They also put a pink animal print background on it to advertise the theme of Cloud 9, and Megan shared it to her millions of followers simply saying in the caption: “Hahaha.” Obviously, they could have chosen different lyrics and any other song, but Spotify is coming for the subject of this song in support of Moroney, that’s for sure: View this post on Instagram The people in the comments of course had a field day with this whole thing: “Placement is perfection.” “Spotify is on the right side of history.” “Read it and weep bebeeeee.” “Messyyyyy Spotify.” “Spotify is that girl.” “Spotify is a girls girl.” “They’re always younger than us huh.” “Spotify about to get blocked next.” “I am deceased. The placement is spot on.” “Putting bets on Duckman taking his music off Spotify the next day.” “Oh I know this pissed him off LOL.” “Oh he’s gonna hate that.” “Oh you gave him a big ole heaping spoon of his own medicine.” “Oh they get it.” “Not Spotify thinking how gross he is too.” “They get it.” “The lyric choice for the billboard. They know you so well.” “ICONIC.” “Diva behavior.” I guess Spotify is team Moroney… even though Riley is in the top 10 of artists with the most monthly Spotify listeners. “Who Hurt You?” The post Picking Sides? Country Fans React To Spotify Using Very Specific Lyrics From Megan Moroney’s “Who Hurt You?” On A Sign In Nashville first appeared on Whiskey Riff.