Beautiful Things

Album

Cloud 9

Label

Sony Music (Formerly American Record Corporation (1929–1938) Columbia Records, USA (1938–1966) CBS Records (1966–1991) Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. (first incarnation; 1991–2004) Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008))

Genre

Country

Composer(s)

Megan Moroney;Jessi Alexander;Jessie Jo Dillon;Connie Harrington

Entered Chart

Nov 8, 2025

Peak Date

Mar 7, 2026

Released

October 27, 2025

"Beautiful Things" is a tender, quietly philosophical ballad that hangs on its deceptively simple thesis: "The world is hard on beautiful things." It sits comfortably among Megan Moroney's gallery of "emo cowgirl" hymns, songs that admit life isn't fair but still look it in the eye. If "Tennessee Orange" found her risking her heart for love and "No Caller ID" mourned the ghost of it, then "Beautiful Things" feels like the reckoning that follows: a deep breath, a reminder to keep going. Moroney wrote the song for her niece, who had just turned 2, a love letter disguised as life advice. "When she was born, I wanted to write something she could turn to when life starts to hurt a little," Moroney explained. "Something that says, 'You're gonna fall down, but you'll be okay.'" The result is part lullaby, part battle hymn for the bruised and sensitive. There's another layer here: the song is also meant for herself. "It's the closest I've ever come to writing a song directly to me," Moroney said during a stop in Charleston, South Carolina, where she told fans she wished she'd had "Beautiful Things" in high school, back when she wasn't invited to parties and couldn't make a certain boy fall in love with her. The track reunites Moroney with the songwriting trio of Connie Harrington, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Jessi Alexander, the same three who helped her pen "No Caller ID." Kristian Bush produced the track. He's been Moroney's collaborator since her early days in Nashville and helmed both her debut album Lucky and her sophomore set Am I Okay? Moroney first teased the song during a surprise performance with Ed Sheeran at Nashville's legendary Bluebird Café in March 2025, and it subsequently became a fan favorite during her sold-out Am I Okay? Tour. She released "Beautiful Things" as a single on October 24, 2025. 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You're standing at your bathroom mirror
Crying, "What did I do?" tears
Your friends are out, and you're right here
There's a party you didn't know
You just found out from your phone
Did they not want you to go?

Oh, oh, oh, yeah, you feel that twist of knife
Oh, I know it ain't right

Fires burn up canyons
A hurricane can wreck a beach
Words can make a mockingbird forget they're born to sing
Lies can break a fragile heart
And doubt can crush your dreams
But honey, just take it from me
The world is hard on beautiful things

You're pretty, and you're smart
God made a work of art
Girl, don't pick yourself apart
And quit wondering why he did it
Nothing 'bout you needs fixin'
It ain't what you are, it's what he isn't

Oh, I know it don't feel fair
But oh, I can count the times I've been there

Fires burn up canyons
A hurricane can wreck a beach
Words can make a mockingbird forget they're born to sing
Lies can break a fragile heart
And doubt can crush your dreams
But honey, just take it from me
The world is hard on beautiful things

That shine
It's gonna be alright
You're gonna be alright

That shine
It's gonna be alright
You're gonna be alright

'Cause fires burn up canyons
A hurricane can wreck a beach
Come on, pretty mockingbird, I want to hear you sing
Lies can break a fragile heart
And doubt can crush your dreams
But honey, just take it from me
Just hold on, just breathe
The world is hard on beautiful things

That shine
It's gonna be alright
You're gonna be alright