Melanie Meriney’s “Sober You” Music Video Premieres On CMT

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Melanie, you cowrote “Sober You” with Krista Angelucci and AJ Kross -what’s the story behind the song?

The song is about unrequited love! Girl secretly loves guy, guy misses his ex, guy uses girl as a shoulder to lean on, girl will never get the best version of him! The only time he wants to connect with her is when he is drunk and sad, so she has to decide whether to be there for him on a friendship level at her own emotional expense, or cut him loose. I think everyone can relate to having somebody they crush on not notice them or appreciate them for what they could be.

How did this co-write start off?

Krista and AJ are two of my best friends and we try to get together every so often to cowrite. This was just one of those times- we met at Krista’s place- and I’m pretty sure AJ had the hook “I’ll never get sober you”, playing off of “I’ll never get over you”. We wrote the chorus first, sat with it for…