Chase Rice Challenged Megan Moroney + It Really Paid Off

“I met her (when she was) in college,” Rice shares. “She was opening for Jon Langston. I watched her play and was like, ‘Man this girl’s good.'”

“I met her (when she was) in college,” Rice shares. “She was opening for Jon Langston. I watched her play and was like, ‘Man this girl’s good.'”

The group went out to dinner that night and Rice looked at his calendar and offered Moroney a proposition. “I said, ‘I’m playing Georgia Theater in a couple of weeks. I’ll let you open for me. I want you to open for me … but you have to write a song between now and then and you have to play it live that night.'”

He says his jaw hit the floor when he heard the song she wrote, but he’s been further impressed how she’s managed to remain in control of crucial components of her business.

“She put songs out and made Sony come to her. That’s what you gotta do,” Rice says. “There’s a right time to sign. Make ’em come to you.”

The conversation is just part of a recent episode of the Taste of Country Nights, On Demand podcast. To be clear, the singer has no hard feelings about separating from BBR and understands they made a business decision. They simply weren’t what the other needed at that time.

Top 20 Songs of 2024, Ranked (So Far)

New country artists rule this Top Country Songs of 2024 list, but that doesn’t mean traditional country isn’t represented early and often.

Zach Top and Ella Langley are two newcomers that purists may enjoy, while fans of more progressive country music will appreciate Jelly Roll, Post Malone and Shaboozey.

Airplay charts, sales data and streaming numbers helped make this list of country music’s Top 20 Songs of 2024, but staff and Taste of Country reader opinion were most influential.

Songs included on previous Top Country Songs lists were not eligible. A song may have been released in 2023, but it had to have the majority of recorded airplay or impact this year to count.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

Broken Bow Records

No. 20: Lainey Wilson, “Hang Tight Honey”

Lainey Wilson’s autobiographical country-rocker is the first taste of her next album and one of the most exciting new songs of the year. The ACM/CMA Entertainer of the Year isn’t slowing down. A sales or streaming surge could take “Hang Tight Honey” further up this list of the best country songs of 2024.

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The group went out to dinner that night and Rice looked at his calendar and offered Moroney a proposition. “I said, ‘I’m playing Georgia Theater in a couple of weeks. I’ll let you open for me. I want you to open for me … but you have to write a song between now and then and you have to play it live that night.'”

He says his jaw hit the floor when he heard the song she wrote, but he’s been further impressed how she’s managed to remain in control of crucial components of her business.

“She put songs out and made Sony come to her. That’s what you gotta do,” Rice says. “There’s a right time to sign. Make ’em come to you.”

The conversation is just part of a recent episode of the Taste of Country Nights, On Demand podcast. To be clear, the singer has no hard feelings about separating from BBR and understands they made a business decision. They simply weren’t what the other needed at that time.

Top 20 Songs of 2024, Ranked (So Far)

New country artists rule this Top Country Songs of 2024 list, but that doesn’t mean traditional country isn’t represented early and often.

Zach Top and Ella Langley are two newcomers that purists may enjoy, while fans of more progressive country music will appreciate Jelly Roll, Post Malone and Shaboozey.

Airplay charts, sales data and streaming numbers helped make this list of country music’s Top 20 Songs of 2024, but staff and Taste of Country reader opinion were most influential.

Songs included on previous Top Country Songs lists were not eligible. A song may have been released in 2023, but it had to have the majority of recorded airplay or impact this year to count.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

Broken Bow Records

No. 20: Lainey Wilson, “Hang Tight Honey”

Lainey Wilson’s autobiographical country-rocker is the first taste of her next album and one of the most exciting new songs of the year. The ACM/CMA Entertainer of the Year isn’t slowing down. A sales or streaming surge could take “Hang Tight Honey” further up this list of the best country songs of 2024.

Read More: Chase Rice Challenged Megan Moroney + It Really Paid Off | https://tasteofcountry.com/chase-rice-megan-moroney-interview/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Read More: Chase Rice Challenged Megan Moroney + It Really Paid Off | https://tasteofcountry.com/chase-rice-megan-moroney-interview/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral