Today, Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records singer/songwriter Megan Moroney kicks off the holiday season with Blue Christmas …duh — a surprise EP featuring two all-new original songs and a heart-melting rendition of the timeless holiday classic “Blue Christmas.” Go here to check out Blue Christmas …duh now.

With its title nodding to the signature color for Moroney’s blockbuster sophomore album Am I Okay? — a summer 2024 release that marked the year’s third-biggest Billboard 200 debut from a female Country artist — Blue Christmas …duh begins with a glorious bang on “All I Want for Christmas is a Cowboy.” Written by Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter the hip-swinging anthem serves up a bit of feel-good holiday honky-tonk, laying down hard-thumping rhythms and saloon-style piano melodies as Moroney reveals what’s at the top of her wishlist. Meanwhile, the track’s handclap-backed chorus shows off the whip-smart sass that’s made her one of the brightest new stars in Country (“Put him in some new Luccheses/Make him call me baby/'Cause swear I’ve been good all year/Oh please Santa please/All I want for Christmas is a cowboy/Who only wants me”).

Produced by her frequent collaborator Kristian Bush, Blue Christmas …duh next drifts into the slow-burning ache of “Christmas Morning” — a gorgeous new addition to Country’s time-honored lineage of holiday heartbreak songs. Also written by Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter, and Micah Carpenter, the mandolin-laced ballad tells the tale of a Christmastime breakup (from the chorus: “'Tis the season, you’ve got reasons/I know I’ve got mine/We’ve been falling apart all year and today I can’t ignore it/Baby when did our love stop feeling like Christmas morning”). In the latest example of the Emo Cowgirl’s phenomenal gift for giving words to the most painful of feelings, “Christmas Morning” offers up plenty of one-liners that cut right to the heart (e.g., “What a bad day for the truth”).

In a breathtaking finale, Blue Christmas …duh closes out with Moroney’s unforgettably lovely cover of “Blue Christmas,” bringing soulful steel-guitar tones and a softly stunning vocal performance to her update of the Billy Hayes/Jay Johnson-penned tune made famous by Elvis Presley. With each song accompanied by a specially created lyric video, the EP follows the recent arrival of Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) — the deluxe edition of Moroney’s critically acclaimed and massively successful sophomore album. A No. 1 hit on Apple Music’s Top Country Albums chart (and No. 3 hit on Apple Music’s all-genre Top Albums chart), Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) features three brand-new tracks: “Bless Your Heart,” “I'll Be Fine,” and “Break It Right Back” — a piano-laced ballad streamed over 1 MILLION times on its very first day of release.

Tracklist for Blue Christmas …duh by Megan Moroney:

ABOUT MEGAN MORONEY:
A Country phenomenon with major star power and massive talent to match, Megan Moroney is the rare artist to earn icon status soon after breaking onto the scene. With nearly 2 BILLION total global streams to date, the Georgia-bred singer/songwriter kicked off the latest era of her formidable career with her critically acclaimed sophomore album Am I Okay?: a July 2024 release that debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, emerged as the year’s third-biggest debut from a female Country artist, and won rave reviews from many of the music world’s leading publications (including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Variety, Billboard, American Songwriter, and more). Featuring the Emo Cowgirl’s post-breakup ballad “No Caller ID” — a track that shattered the record for the biggest Country female song debut in streams in the U.S. — Am I Okay? continues the meteoric rise first set in motion with “Tennessee Orange,” a 3X PLATINUM #1 hit included on her 2023 blockbuster debut Lucky. Soon after Lucky’s arrival, Moroney began amassing a steady stream of accolades, including winning Breakthrough Female Video of the Year at the 2023 CMT Music Awards, MusicRow’s Breakout Artist of the Year at the 2024 CountryBreakout Awards, and New Female Artist of the Year at the 59th ACM Awards (where she reigned as the most nominated female artist with SIX NODS). Now up for three categories — Female Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Music Video of the Year (“I’m Not Pretty”) — at The 58th Annual CMA Awards (airing November 20), she’s previously earned nominations for People’s Choice Country, iHeart, CMT Music, and Billboard Music Awards. The latest in a hot streak of headline tours, Moroney’s AM I OKAY? TOUR launches in March 2025, following wildly successful runs like THE LUCKY 2.0 TOUR (a spring/summer 2024 trek that sold out in just five minutes) and the GEORGIA GIRL TOUR (a sold-out 15-date tour of UK/Europe). Bringing her notoriously dazzling live show to audiences all over, she’s played stadiums across the country as support for Kenny Chesney, in addition to taking the stage at high-profile festivals like Stagecoach and Lollapalooza.