Breakups are painful, but for an artist they can be inspirational.

A crowd favorite at Morgan Myles’ recent concerts is “Nobody in Nashville Wants You Here,” a song about her breakup with her fiance earlier this year.

“I learned that my ex-hole decided to stay in my teeny town of Hendersonville, Tennessee, five minutes down the road, which is just complete psycho,” Myles said.

The reaction has been so strong, Myles said they’re trying to figure out how to include it on her upcoming album, which already was finished.

It’s sure to be part of the set when Myles closes out the Amped Up festival at New Waterford Village Park on Sunday.

Her current single, “Que Sera Serenade,” also could be interpreted as a commentary on the split, but it was penned when they still were a happy couple.

“When I wrote it, I was definitely thinking I was getting married and on a really great trajectory with the person I thought was my soulmate,” Myles said. “It’s definitely a song about, it’s not about the fall, it’s how you get back up and learning from those lessons.”

Since the engagement got a lot of attention, including an exclusive announcement with proposal photos on People magazine’s website, Myles has been open on social media about the breakup, sharing such details as the recent arrival of her postalterations wedding dress, which had been purchased months ago.

“It wasn’t easy putting it out there, really not what I wanted to do. But at the same time, it was a 30-day healing journey, and I was getting so overwhelmed by everyone who just didn’t realize I was not engaged anymore,” she said. “At shows they’d go, ‘Congratulations on your engagement,’ and it was every show. I made a post that said, I’m no longer with them, but no one’s seeing it. So I said, ‘Why don’t we get in this algorithm so people understand that I’m no longer with this person.’ So I did a healing journey to hold myself accountable. Honestly, it was really rewarding, because I heard so many stories, and it was just good to hear everybody else’s ups and downs.

“I come from two high school sweethearts that have been married for 46 years, and I’m surrounded by so many successful examples, and it was just, here I go. I failed again. But at the same time, this man completely portrayed himself to be somebody else, and I think that’s where the hurt comes in. So hearing everybody else’s stories was honestly very healing for me. And instead of burying it deep in my soul, like I typically do when I write it out, I had to talk about it.”

Struggles are nothing new for Myles. She first gained attention as a top 3 finisher on the NBC reality competition series “The Voice” in 2022 and holds the distinction of getting all four judges to spin their chair around faster than any contestant in the show’s history.

But the central Pennsylvania native had been pursuing a music career for 17 years at that point, one filled with false hopes, fraudulent booking agents, personal tragedies and other obstacles that might have discouraged most aspiring artists.

“My journey has been hard. Honestly, I don’t know how I persevere. Sometimes I don’t, but then you have a great show, and you hear what people have to say, and you connect with them, and then you’re like, ‘This is my purpose.'”

The new album, which will be released by Blue Elan Records later this year, was produced by Ross Hogarth, who’s worked with some country artists, but his list of credits as a mixer, engineer and / or producer also includes acts ranging from R.E.M. to Def Leppard.

“Ross is a tough cookie. He demands perfection. And, honestly, I love that challenge.”

Myles can’t wait for folks to hear it.

“We spent over a year and a half making it — 80 songs written in five months. A lot of the songs were crafted in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Austin, Texas, and, of course, Nashville, where I’ve been living the last 20 years. So it was a process, for sure, but it’s by far the best album I’ve ever made, hands down.”