Getting John’s side of the story. Earlier this week, John Moreland raised eyebrows when he took a shot at Zach Bryan – who he collaborated with for a song just last year. It was announced a few days ago that Zach had inked a deal to sell his publishing catalog for $350 MILLION, while also signing a new deal with Warner Records to record two more albums. And apparently Moreland wasn’t impressed. The always-outspoken former Zach Bryan collaborator, who joined him on “Memphis; The Blues” on Zach’s album The Great American Bar Scene, took to social media after news spread of Zach’s new deal to give his thoughts. It was short but very much to the point: “$350 M is a lot of money to pay for the f***** off-brand version of me. Y‘all have a great day” Well damn! Tell us how you really feel, John Moreland pic.twitter.com/rzZOQDWf71 — Prairie Playlist (@PrairiePlaylist) May 7, 2025 It was a little weird to see Moreland take such a public shot at Zach, which led some (including us) to wonder whether it was just two friends joking around, busting each others’ balls a little bit, or whether it was truly a shot at Zach. But then Zach made it clear that it wasn’t just a friendly jab when he took to his own Instagram to address the comments from Moreland…and it sounds like he was completely blindsided. Zach also said that he would be removing his collab with Moreland from his album: “yooo just saw this from an artist I’ve always respected and supported. Not trying to be dramatic but refuse to have anyone with a problem with me on my records. Replacing Memphis the Blues. If it goes down for a bit just know this is the reason! No hard feelings! Confused as s**t, Tulsans look out for Tulsans!” He then followed it up with one last comment: “Last thing I say on it! Not partial to arguing with butt hurt grown men” Zach also clarified that he would be re-releasing the song once Moreland was removed. Of course we’ve heard a lot of stories about Zach in the past, especially from his ex-girlfriend Brianna Chickenfry, so the natural question was raised: What exactly did Zach do for Moreland to call him out like that? And it seems like now we have our answer. In a video posted to his Instagram story, Moreland explained that he hadn’t met Zach when he was asked to be on the album: “Just a really big artist from where I’m from asking me to be on a record, cool.” Moreland says that he didn’t have the greatest impression of Zach after their first meeting, but says at that point it was “no big deal.” Afterwards though, he hung out with him a few more times, and…well, I’ll let Moreland explain it from here: “At this point I’ve hung out with him five, six times. I don’t like this motherf*****. Am I supposed to be upset? If I was asked to be on the album today I wouldn’t do it. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who is a d***head to my wife and my friends right in front of me every time I see him. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who I’ve heard tell borderline racist jokes more than once. I don’t want to be on an album with a dude who brings a 19-year old girl in the bar, and then when they tell him she can’t be in there, looks at me like I’m supposed to have his f***** back. I don’t like that person. That’s who thinks I’m an a**hole? Fine. As far as I’m concerned, getting kicked off a Zach Bryan album is way f****** cooler than being on a Zach Bryan album.” Well I guess that explains his feelings towards Zach.The post John Moreland Explains Why He Doesn’t Like Zach Bryan, Says He Wouldn’t Appear On An Album With Him If He Were Asked Today first appeared on Whiskey Riff.