Today,  Riley Green announced a new album called That’s Just Me, in addition to released a new song, “Think As You Drunk,” which features a sample of the late, great Toby Keith’s  “As Good As I Once Was.” He sat down with Billboard for an extensive, wide-ranging interview, talking about growing up in Alabama, his career thus far, and of course, the topic of his love life came out. Country fans know that there are constant rumors about who Riley may or may not be dating, from influencers to even fellow country stars Ella Langley and Megan Moroney. There’s a ton of history to it, but basically, Megan and Riley were spotted out together on several occasions, and while it appeared to be nothing serious, fans think Moroney was upset over whatever might have happened, and they also think she aired out all the drama on her song “Who Hurt You?”, which was included on her third studio album Cloud 9 that was released in February. Moroney previously explained that writing it was a cathartic moment, which 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. And the day that song was released, Riley teased a new songs on Instagram called “POS Like Me”, which tells his side of this supposed breakup story… or so we all thought. “You can drag every letter of my name, On a chain through the Mississippi mud, Tell all your friends, your mama and them, That I’m a lying, cheating, stealing son of a gun You can call me every name, you can blame it all on me, You can say I’m an SOB, hell I might be” He continues, getting into the nitty gritty and acknowledging that he definitely has his flaws in terms of his part in the relationship (though I think there’s a lot of sarcasm there), and he even points out that this girl “hated his dog,” which a lot of fans in the comments took offense to because Carl, his corgi, is a staple on the road. Riley closes it with a little self-deprecating humor, saying this girl can look and look, but she will never be able to find another “low down… piece of s*** like me”: “And yeah I drive too fast, Spend too much time chasing largemouth bass, And I’m hooked on cussing, I’m hooked on snuff, And we both know you love that, Drink a little cold, every hunting season I disappear, You hated my dog, I guess you hated my songs, Hell you hated it way out here, One day you’re gonna try, but you ain’t never gonna find, Another low down, no good, rusted truck driving, Waffle House, eating overall wearing, piece of s*** like me” I thought the last couple lines about her not finding someone else like him could have been a direct response to Megan’s aforementioned lines about how she’ll move on and find better, and of course he didn’t name her outright, but it seemed like one of those “read between the lines” and “timing is everything” kind of things: View this post on Instagram But Riley is insisting that “POS Like Me” had nothing to do with Moroney, saying that he was simply  playing a song he’d written for his fans, and that he’d written “POS Like Me” six months before Moroney’s song came out. He says it “just happened” to be posted on the same day as Moroney’s album was released, and that’s why it got talked about a lot: “What I was doing was I was playing this song that I’d written, you know, for my fans. And I wrote ‘POS’ like six months before that. It just happened to be that day I was at home and I was wanting to post a song, and it got talked about a lot.” Even if he had written the song that long before “Who Hurt You?” came out, I can’t imagine he didn’t think people would at least wonder if it was about her, because no one knew that at the time, but I don’t think there’s any question her song is about him. Maybe it just worked out that he had the perfect response song ready to go and it was purely serendipity. Although, if Zach Bryan can release an EP the same day as his friend, Charles Wesley Godwin, releases an album, and not realize it, I’m sure Riley could do the same thing. Either way, Riley also explained that he doesn’t think anything about his personal life “is anybody’s business,” so don’t expect him to ever go into deep conversation about anything of that nature: “There’s nothing about my personal life that I feel like is anybody’s business. What would you tell a stranger about your personal life in your everyday life? I kind of look at it like that. What I do on social media or [in] interviews is more of what the entertainer Riley Green would be doing and what I think somebody would like to hear about.” I totally get that, I think he actually does a really good job at finding that balance and sharing just enough, and clearly, I don’t think the interest in terms of people wondering about his love life is ever going to change, and he handles it really well for the most part. You can listen to Megan’s song here and see what you think… in my humble opinion, it would be hard not to respond if you thought it was about you, even if it was with a song that was penned six months earlier. If the shoe fits, ya know… “Who Hurt You?'” Check out Riley’s new song here: “Think As You Drunk” The post Riley Green Says “POS Like Me” Was NOT A Response To Megan Moroney’s “Who Hurt You?” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.