"6 Months Later" is a song by American country music singer Megan Moroney. Initially released on June 20, 2025, as a promotional single, it went for immediate airplay at country radio on July 14, 2025,[1] and later received an official adds date of August 11, 2025.[2] It was written by Moroney, Ben Williams, David "Messy" Mescon, and Rob Hatch, and produced by Kristian Bush.
Megan Moroney first teased the song in February 2025. For the next few months, she shared snippets of the song on social media, before hinting and finally confirming the release date.[3]
Composition and lyrics
The song centers around one's feelings after a breakup, over an instrumental of guitar and drums.[3] At the start of the song, the protagonist feels devastated after her partner decided to end their relationship. With her distinctive dark humor, Megan Moroney describes feeling like she was close to death but survived, highlighting that as she recovered from grief, she realized she was better off without her ex. He calls her six months later in an attempt to re-enter the relationship, but she turns him down.[3][4] The narrator sarcastically compliments him for supposedly being "stable" after going to therapy and "OK well... your next girlfriend will be so lucky".[3] She plays on the phrase "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger", singing in the chorus: "What doesn't kill you calls you 6 months later", and in the bridge: "What doesn't kill you / Makes you stronger and blonder and hotter / Makes you wonder what you even saw in him at all / What doesn't kill you always calls".[3][4]
Critical reception
Maxim Mower of Holler wrote that the song "finds Megan Moroney's charismatic, conversational vocals gliding across the energizing instrumental, with the 'Tennessee Orange' hitmaker delivering each amusing punchline and cutting witticism with a metaphorical wink. The infectious, bright guitar riff that extends throughout the track combines with a simple, rhythmic drum pattern to give this a slightly nostalgic country feel."[3]
Music video
The music video premiered on July 16, 2025, and was directed by Megan Moroney and Cece Dawson.[5] In it, Moroney portrays a customer service representative at a fictional call center called Karma Now! Hotline, where she helps a heartbroken version of herself get back at her ex.[6] She enacts revenge by tracking him from her computer screen and interfering with a "magic button panel", finding subtle ways to ruin his day like making his milk go sour and his steak taste bad, until he finally caves and calls Moroney's character back while she's sitting in her bedroom, allowing her the satisfaction of turning him down.[6]
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