Penned by Moroney, Emily Weisband, Hillary Lindsey, and Luke Laird, “Wish I Didn’t” begins with a breezy intensity as she sizes up a potential paramour with a checkered past: “I’ve heard all of the horror stories / Your graveyard of girls before me / If you play dirty / Hmm, how do I say this? / Hell hath no fury.” As the track’s infectious chorus kicks in, Moroney confesses to catching feelings but playfully states her refusal to get hurt (“Consider this a warning / You’ve got one shot to listen / I think I’m falling for you / Don’t make me wish I didn’t”). In a particularly brilliant twist, the second verse nods to her immaculate track record of turning heartbreak into hits (“You’ve been great / But honey, don’t get me wrong / Stone cold killers have guns / But I’ve got songs”).
Produced by Kristian Bush (who also helmed production on Moroney’s gold-certified and game-changing 2024 sophomore album Am I Okay? and 2023 gold-certified debut LP Lucky), “Wish I Didn’t” channels an unstoppable energy with its massive vocal layering, pulse-pounding rhythms, and radiant guitar tones. The result: a high-octane country/pop stunner built for instant replay.
Directed by Lauren Dunn, the official music video for “Wish I Didn’t” arrives as a modern-day update of the action-comedy classic Mr. & Mrs. Smith, with Moroney and Efron playing the parts of a seemingly perfect married couple living secret double lives as competing assassins. After picking up where her recently released Cloud 9 tracklist reveal video left off, the Easter egg-filled visual delivers wall-to-wall thrills (including a fantastically choreographed tussle at the dinner table) and ends on a spectacular cliffhanger. Taking her star power to a whole new level, the “Wish I Didn’t” video also features plenty of high-glam looks from Moroney, thanks in part to a soft flush of pink and mesmerizing sparkle courtesy of leading makeup brand Too Faced.
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