Am I Okay?

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Am I Okay?
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Studio album by
Megan Moroney
ReleasedJuly 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
Genre Country
Length45:44
Label
Producer Kristian Bush
Megan Moroney chronology
Lucky
(2023)		Am I Okay?
(2024)

Am I Okay? is the second studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Megan Moroney, and was released on July 12, 2024, via Sony and Columbia Records. [1] The album is produced by Kristian Bush, who also produced Moroney's debut album Lucky . [2] Moroney wrote or co-wrote all fourteen songs on the album, which was preceded by the release of the lead promotional single "No Caller ID" on January 19, 2024. Additional promotional singles followed, including "28th of June", and "Indifferent". [3] [4] In the week leading up to the album's release, Moroney put out two more singles: "Man on the Moon" and "Hell of a Show".

Contents

Background

Am I Okay? follows Moroney's debut album Lucky , released the year prior. [5] Moroney announced the album on May 3, 2024, along with the promotional single "Indifferent". [4] The album has been described by a press release as a "endless ways that heartbreak upends our lives". [6] Moroney has established an "emo cowgirl" style since the release of her first single due to the emotions displayed in her songs, and this album has fully committed to that style. [7]

In an interview with Billboard , Moroney discussed re-teaming with Kristian Bush for a second time, stating "he's a huge part of the sound we've created. I love that everything sounds very live. You can tell it's real people playing the instruments. We go into the studio and we’re like, 'I'm a songwriter first, so what sounds best to amplify the story I'm telling?' He's brilliant, and I don't see us not working together", and expressed that she felt more pressure making Lucky than Am I Okay? because she was so busy recording this album that she "didn't have time to overthink it". Describing how the songs were written organically, Moroney explained "There would be things going on in my personal life and I wanted to write about it. I wrote it to be therapeutic, and then I look down and I'm like, 'Oh, I have a whole album, and all these songs go together', and added that she assigns a color to each of her projects because she "associates color with emotion". She stated that "when I wrote 'Miss Universe,' the oldest song on the album, I was like, 'That's my royal blue color,' and I hoped the rest of the songs I wrote for the album would fit into that blue. I think, 'Indifferent,' 'Am I Okay?' 'Man on the Moon,' all of those feel like that. Royal blue is this powerful color—it can be strong and it can be sad. So, everything in my world is blue right now." [8]

Moroney stated she had been developing the album "living in the studio" since the release of Lucky, alongside her touring. [9] The track listing was revealed on June 28, 2024. [10]

Track listing

Am I Okay? track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Am I Okay?"
3:55
2."Third Time's the Charm"Moroney3:51
3."No Caller ID"
3:28
4."Man on the Moon"
3:07
5."28th of June"
  • Mackenzie Carpenter
  • Micah Carpenter
  • Mescon
  • Moroney
  • Ben Williams
3:45
6."Indifferent"
  • Mackenzie Carpenter
  • Micah Carpenter
  • Moroney
  • Williams
2:56
7."Noah"
  • Alexander
  • Dillon
  • Harrington
  • Moroney
3:31
8."Miss Universe"
3:01
9."Mama I Lied"
  • Rob Hatch
  • Mescon
  • Moroney
  • Williams
3:27
10."I Know You"
2:40
11."The Girls"
  • Mackenzie Carpenter
  • Micah Carpenter
  • Moroney
  • Williams
3:06
12."Heaven by Noon"
3:42
13."Hope You're Happy"
3:28
14."Hell of a Show"Moroney1:47
Total length:45:44

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Am I Okay?
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA) [11] 16
Scottish Albums (OCC) [12] 43
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [13] 28
UK Country Albums (OCC) [14] 4
US Billboard 200 [15] 9

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References

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