With her new album debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, for her first leader, Megan Moroney is very much still on cloud 9.
The country singer and songwriter brought those good vibes to late-night television on Wednesday night (March 4), when she performed album track “Medicine.”
Moroney stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a full band, a glittery acoustic guitar and matching pink mic stand, all of it staying true to the aesthetic of her new LP. The Savannah, GA native doing it on a sound stage that was bathed in pink and converted into a drug store bearing the name “Cloud 9 Pharmacy.”
Before she could turn tail, Fallon jumped onto the stage yelling, “I like it a lot. I love. That’s how you do it.”
He’s not the only one who feels that way.
On Monday, March 2, Billboard announced that Cloud 9 had ousted J. Cole’s The Fall-Off for the top spot on the all-genres albums chart. “Not to be cliche but I’m on cloud 9!,” she said at the time. “I have to give credit to my fans, they’re the best in the world,” she continued of the feat. “To have them embrace an album like this is a dream come true. I can’t wait till we’re screaming these songs together on THE CLOUD 9 TOUR!”
With that chart feat, Moroney is a part of history. As Cloud 9 bowed atop the Billboard 200, Ella Langley‘s “Choosin’ Texas” returned to No. 1 for a second week on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time country women have ruled both charts simultaneously, and just the fifth time two country artists of any gender have doubled up on top.
Cloud 9 is Moroney’s third studio album, after 2023’s Lucky (No. 38 on the Billboard 200) and 2024’s Am I Okay? (No. 9). Moroney will support the collection with a months-long arena tour, which is slated to get going in May with stops in the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Watch her performance on NBC’s The Tonight Show below.
