Zach Bryan has removed his song featuring John Moreland from streaming services and aims to eliminate Moreland from his catalog after signing lucrative deals worth $350 million. Moreland, who collaborated with Bryan on “Memphis; The Blues,” expressed indifference on Instagram, stating Bryan was just an “off-brand version” of him. Bryan responded, insisting he won’t associate with anyone who has an issue with him and pulled the song. Moreland later posted videos, detailing his negative experiences with Bryan, claiming he felt uncomfortable with Bryan’s behavior and expressed he wouldn’t collaborate again.
Zach Bryan has removed his song featuring John Moreland from streaming platforms and is working to eliminate it from his catalog, which Moreland says is perfectly fine with him.
This action follows reports that 29-year-old Bryan signed two significant deals — renewing his contract with Warner Records and selling his publishing rights — totaling an impressive $350 million.
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Moreland, who worked with Bryan on the track “Memphis; The Blues” from Bryan’s “The Great American Bar Scene” album, reacted on Instagram, saying, “$350M is a substantial amount to pay for the fu-in off-brand version of me. Y’all have a great day.”
Although Moreland later deleted the post, it had already reached Bryan, who shared it via a screenshot on his Instagram story.
“Yooo just saw this from an artist I’ve always respected and supported,” he commented. “Not trying to be dramatic, but I refuse to keep anyone who has a problem with me on my records. Replacing ‘Memphis the Blues.’ If it’s unavailable for a while, just know this is why! No hard feelings! Confused as (expletive), Tulsans look out for Tulsans.”
Bryan then reportedly had the song removed from all platforms.
Moreland responded on Instagram with a series of videos making some alarming accusations against the singer.
“OK, so I’ll just say one more thing about this and then I’m going to get back to my real life while you have fun on the internet,” Moreland stated. “When I was invited to be on that album (The Great American Bar Scene), I didn’t know that dude. I had never met him. Just a really big artist from my hometown asking me to collaborate. Cool. The first time we met was to record the song. I didn’t have the best impression, but no big deal — whatever. We recorded the song, and then the album was released about a month later. I had only met him once by that point.”
Moreland mentioned that after hanging out with Bryan several times, “I don’t like this (expletive). Should I be upset?”
“If I were asked to be on the album now, I wouldn’t do it,” he added. “I don’t want to collaborate with someone who disrespects my wife and friends right in front of me each time I see him. I don’t want to be part of a project with someone who tells borderline racist jokes repeatedly. I don’t want to work with someone who tries to bring a 19-year-old girl to a bar, and then, when told she can’t enter, looks at me as if I should back him up. I don’t like that person.
“I don’t like that person.”