“We have to watch out, though,” says Aiden, a PR intern. “This has already gone way beyond the scope of what we’ve seen before. Harmony’s other musically inclined exes—”
“Riff isn’t my ex,” I cut in.
Aiden cringes. “Right. Sorry. Um … ‘entanglements’?” He ignores my stony glare. “The others didn’t get anywhere near as much attention as Riff’s getting. To this day, I don’t think the ‘Thanks, I Woke Up Like This’ video has even broken two hundred thousand views, and ‘All Over You’ was objectively good but it was cryptic enough it didn’t perk up anyone’s ears right away. This, on the other hand, is making headlines on day one.”
“Yes, but it’s just Muse News,” Lori argues. “It’s trending at the moment, but it probably won’t end up more than a snippet inPopulus, if that.”
“Hopefully not.” Aiden shrugs.
“It’s fine,” Stefanie insists. “It’s going to be an onslaught of comments and questions for a bit, and then everyone will move on to the next thing. But we’ll still get a boost in sales, streams, social media engagement, and general interest, all of which are good. So let’s just focus on the usual.”
Lori nods. “Well said. Especially because a strong collaboration partner can gain positive attention and detract from Riff’s growing popularity.”
“Let’s get people talking about ‘Harmony’s new track with Dizzy B,’” Stefanie says. “Or with Ava Royale, or Mason Cobalt.”
The team rattles off a few other names, but I’m still numb in my seat.
Riff thinks I’m a hazard? He thinks I’m a danger zone?
“Mighty words, Miss Five-Foot-Three.”
He thinks he can talk down to me like that? He thinks his song is going to shut me up?
Well it’s not.
While my team seems relatively unbothered and continues to speak as though I’m not in the room, new words come to me like pelting rain, and I’m collecting them in my little mental buckets and sorting them with a fury.
If Riff Hurley thinks I’m a flash flood, he’s right—and he better brace himself.
Fans react as Harmony Sonora drops her second “diss” track aimed at country artist Riff Hurley
“So you’ve got a few inches on me, that doesn’t mean that you’re a stand-up guy,” Sonora sings to open the new song, “Mr. Five-Foot-Ten,” a single that may or may not be on her upcoming as-yet untitled album. As she continues with “Your words do come off as comedy, but I’m the one delivering the punchlines,” it’s clear to fans and casual listeners alike that these lyrics are in direct response to Hurley’s recent “In Harm’s Way,” which refers (allegedly) to Sonora as “water on a grease fire” and “the eye of a hurricane,” among other comparisons to hazardous scenarios.
“I’m not here to name names,” Sonora said in an interview last week. “Mr. Five-Foot-Ten knows who he is. Beyond that, I want fans to take the song as an anthem of empowerment when it comes to anyone who tries to reduce you to something smaller or simpler than what you are. Whatever you do, stand tall when you do it.”
Even without confirmation, however, fans have drawn parallels between the singers’ two songs. The title alone, “Mr. Five-Foot-Ten,” points directly to the phrase “Mighty words, Miss Five-Foot-Three” in “In Harm’s Way.”
When asked to comment on “Mr. Five-Foot-Ten,” Hurley kept his answer short and sweet: “Let me set the record straight: I’m actually five-foot-eleven.”
More than hearsay: Riff Hurley song “Everyone’s a Comedian” claps back at Harmony Sonora once again as feud continues
Riff Hurley went viral on YouTube after posting another solo that implied his musical battle with Harmony Sonora is far from over. Alone in his California home, he sat with his Gibson J-45and smiled at the camera while he began to play an upbeat country tune.
“If I’m not funny,” he sang, “it’s just ‘cause you’re a tough crowd. I didn’t read the room, I shouldn’t have assumed … you’d have a sense of humor, so now we’re starting rumors.”
The song comes just two weeks after Harmony’s latest, “Mr. Five-Foot-Ten,” in which she comments that Hurley is “not a stand-up guy” but thinks his words “come off as comedy” while she’s “the one delivering the punchlines.” No surprise, Hurley’s retort follows the same theme—and takes it a few steps further.
Where feud songs involving Sonora in the past have been vague or only mention a former love interest in passing, these songs have evolved into an ongoing conversation in rhyme, leaving fans baffled at the brazen digs from both sides.
It’s never a dull moment with these two; Hurley and Sonora still at it
Determined to have the last word, Harmony Sonora releases yet another lyrical response to Riff Hurley, this time focusing on his “Everyone’s a Comedian” line, “Now we’re starting rumors.” To that, Sonora says, “Let them talk, let them talk,me encanta el chisme, seems like I’m the topic of discussion these days. Say what you will but I don’t really care; no bad press sono quiero saber.” The song is called “I Heard a Rumor (Chisme)” and it’s now available on Spotify.
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A lot of people have been asking what my response is to the implication that I have no sense of humor, and to that I say: What I DO find funny is that some people only go viral because they allude to ME. I guess I should also say, “You’re welcome.” ;)
