Megan Moroney Hints That Pop Star, Ed Sheeran, Could Be Featured On ‘Cloud 9’ – “When The Song Is Right… It’ll Happen”

Sounds like it’s happening.

Megan Moroney announced her third studio album Cloud 9, which will be out everywhere on February 20th, 2026. Moroney says she can’t wait to start a new chapter in her music career, and adds that these songs were written by the “strongest, most confident version” of her:

“I am so excited for my fans and I to dive into this new world of Cloud 9 together. Similar to the first two albums, it’s all written about honest, personal experiences, but these songs were written by the strongest, most confident version of myself I’ve ever been.

My feet feel firmly planted in my artistry and it was fun to play around sonically, while still sticking to my roots of what my fans and I love. Cloud 9 is a state of mind, and I have no doubt this will be the best chapter yet.”

I’m sure you’ve seen the album cover and all pink everything by now, but the color scheme for this new record will be pink, as she says goodbye to blue which defined her Am I Okay? era, and this is my favorite color choice of any of her albums so far:

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The announcement post on Instagram also showed the back of the album, though all of the songs were blurred out except for already-released singles  “6 Months Later” and “Beautiful Things,” in addition to the title track “Cloud 9.”

If you count the rows, it looks like there will be 15 songs in total, and in all likelihood, there will be at least one or two collaborators on there as well.

A few of the song titles are pretty long, so of course, fans have been speculating about who might be some of the featured artists. I’ve already seen several people throw around Ed Sheeran’s name, who is a British pop star that Moroney has performed with before. They sang together at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville earlier this year, and then again at a pop-up show at Brooklyn’s KidSuper last month.

so this is definitely Ed Sheeran thanks for helping me crack that @emogirlinmirror https://t.co/mhUNCmDSkS pic.twitter.com/f9a0OXaBB8

— ethan is on cloud 9 (@ethansflavor) November 12, 2025

But here’s the real kicker… we know for a fact that Meg and Ed have written a song together, because it’s registered by their publishers on BMI and ASCAP’s Songview platform. Titled “I Only Miss You,” the song was also written by Micah Carpenter, Mackenzie Carpenter and Ben Williams, all three of which have collaborated with Megan on multiple songs for both, Lucky and Am I Okay?.

It looks like there might be one other collab, and Moroney has also performed several times with Canadian pop star Tate McRae, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see her on there, either. In terms of her musical heroes, Moroney has named Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves as her favorites, so maybe we could see on of them on a song too.

Sheeran has worked with Luke Combs in the past, and has expressed more recently that he wants to eventually get into country music, so I think this would be a natural fit and great duo.

@keepingupwithhopie a duo we didn’t know we needed !!!! @Megan Moroney @Ed Sheeran @Ed Sheeran HQ #meganmoroney #edsheeran #privateconcert #brooklyn ♬ original sound – Hope Spinner

And during a recent interview with PEOPLE for her StyleWatch cover shoot, Megan was at that aforementioned show with Sheeran, and she told the outlet they’ve been trying to find the “right song,” and it’s definitely something they both want to do:

“We’d email and send each other songs back and forth, so it’s been really cool to get to know him a little bit. I think when the time is right and the song is right, it’ll happen.”

That’s artist speak for “I can’t tell you yet, but you’re on the right track,” in my humble opinion, but who knows… we’ll have to wait and see who is on the record once the full tracklist gets revealed.

Megan has had a huge year in 2025, playing an extensive tour with tons of sold-out shows, and recently wrapping it up with nods for Single of the Year for “Am I Okay?”, for Album of the Year Am I Okay?, Song of the Year for “Am I Okay?”, Female Vocalist of the Year, Musical Event of the Year for “You Had To Be There” with Kenny Chesney, as well as Music Video of the Year for “Am I Okay?”

She ended up going home empty-handed, despite being one of the most-nominated artists alongside Lainey Wilson and Ella Langley, but she still has so much to be proud of, and I think an even bigger 2026 is on the horizon.

“6 Months Later”

“Beautiful Things”

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