Megan Moroney caught a stray early this 12 months after some followers, sad with Carrie Underwood‘s choice 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 in opposition to girls — for any motive — 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 pleased they relate to my music,” she continues, “… [but] I am by no means pleased tearing down one other lady.”
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A Glamour article from January digs into a number of 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, a lot 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.
Chatting with Rolling Stone, Moroney mentioned “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 large household, with both sides of the [political] spectrum. And I’ve discovered which you could’t change anybody’s thoughts,” she displays. “The perfect factor I can do is love them. That is what I wish to give my followers, too. My music is there so hopefully they’ll discover consolation.”
As for whether or not she’d make the identical choice did to sing at Trump’s inauguration? “It is laborious to say,” Moroney replies.
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