But for one person who ran a Carrie Underwood stan account on Twitter, the answer was clear. They announced they would be rebranding their account effective immediately, to change affiliations. Now, they would be throwing their support behind rising country singer Megan Moroney.
“New era,” they wrote, with a screenshot of their old username (@ChartCarrie) and their new one (MegCharts).
The anonymous proprietor of the account tells me that they had loved Underwood since her very first album, Some Hearts, was released when they were a child. Since then, they have followed her career as she continued to rise.
“Her ability to succeed in a male dominated genre was not only aspiring to women in country,” they say. “She had success compared to Rihanna and Miley Cyrus at the time. Her success and appeal was outside of the nutshell count try artists are usually expanded to. She was international. I think it had a lot to do with not only her sound but her relatable appeal. She didn’t just sing your typical country cowboy songs. They were deeper and spoke on real issues.”
When the ex-stan found out about Underwood’s inauguration performance, they found it “disappointing more than shocking.”
“Her being a Republican is one thing, but the fact that she is performing at inauguration for Trump, when everything he stands for is the opposite of what she’s preached her entire career really makes you question,” they say. “Did she ever really care about the messages and people she ‘supported?’ And the fact that in 20 years she’s never spoken out or even acknowledged politics but the first time she does is for Trump? That stings.”
The newly-christened @MegCharts isn’t the only former Carrie Twitter stan pivoting to Maroney, a 27-year-old artist who has released two albums and won the New Female Artist of the Year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2023. (A rep for Moroney politely declined to comment on the controversy or the hype surrounding her).
People on the platform have been hyping up Moroney ever since Underwood’s performance was announced, encouraging people to stream her 2024 single “Am I Okay?” and referring to her as an “unproblematic” country queen.
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