Zach Bryan is taking a stand in opposition to a critic.
The “Something in the Orange” singer took to Instagram Friday to name out one other singer-songwriter, John Moreland, for a refined dig he seemingly made about him on his personal account.
“$350M is a lot to pay for the f—in off-brand version of me,” Moreland wrote to his Instagram story. “Y’all have a great day.”
Selection reported earlier this week that Bryan had made a brand new cope with his label, Warner Data, to increase his contract to incorporate at the least two extra albums. The outlet claimed that he has additionally both offered or is presently within the means of promoting his publishing catalog, and that collectively, the 2 offers whole $350 million.
Bryan, who wrote and recorded a duet with Moreland referred to as “Memphis; The Blues” on his 2024 album “The Great American Bar Scene,” shared a screenshot of Moreland’s remark and added a response of his personal.
“Yooo just saw this from an artist I’ve always respected and supported,” he wrote. “Not trying to be dramatic but refuse to have anyone with a problem with me on my records. Replacing Memphis the Blues. If it goes down for a bit just know this is the reason!”
He added, “No hard feelings! Confused as s—t, Tulsans look out for Tulsans!”
In one other put up, Bryan mentioned that his message could be the final he commented on the matter, explaining, “Not partial to arguing with butt hurt grown men.”
“Memphis; The Blues” is presently unavailable on streaming providers like Spotify and Apple Music, although Bryan has assured his followers that that is solely short-term.
“Gonna re-release it btw!!!” he wrote in one other Instagram put up. “All is well!! All is well.”
Moreland didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
This isn’t Bryan’s first time posting about one other artist on social media. Final yr, the singer deactivated his X account after making a remark about Taylor Swift.
“Eagles > chiefs, Kanye > Taylor, who’s with me,” he tweeted earlier than deleting the message and later shutting down the account. He then defined his line of pondering in a sequence of posts on his Instagram story.
“For the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” Bryan wrote on high of a screengrab of Swift’s tune with Submit Malone, “Fortnight,” on Instagram. “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.”
The “Heading South” singer acknowledged the longtime feud between Swift and West, as he continued to clarify, “I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often.”
Bryan, 28, added that he hoped at some point to clarify to Swift about his controversial social media put up. He moreover apologized to Swifties and detailed why he had deactivated his X account.
“Twitter gets me in trouble too much and I’d say it’s best I stay off it,” he penned. “I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let down. Love you guys and I’m trying my best!”
Fox Information Digital’s Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.
