From Heartbreak To Healing: Meghan Patrick’s ‘Golden Child’ Unveils An Unfiltered Journey Through Domestic Violence, Family Struggles & More [Exclusive]
“I’ve been telling people that if you want to truly know me, just listen to this record,” shared Patrick.

Meghan Patrick; Photo by Ford Fairchild
There are many obstacles that Meghan Patrick has faced throughout her life, whether it be with family, toxic exes or the reality of the music industry, and for the first time, she’s fully exploring these experiences and more with an open heart in her new album, Golden Child.
The title for this collection originally stemmed from a line in the opening track, “Blood From A Stone,” which finds Patrick reflecting on her childhood, and how having a difficult relationship with her mother has shaped the woman she is today. While discussing the idea to draw the title from this tune with her fellow writers, Joey Hyde and Aaron Eshuis, it was decided that “Golden Child” needed to standalone as its own track.
“I was telling them about the record, told them the title, and he said, ‘Well, I haven’t heard that song yet.’ And I said, ‘I actually don’t have a song called Golden Child.’ And he said, ‘Well, we have to write that. You need to have a song called Golden Child,’” Patrick told us during an interview at Live In The Vineyard’s Elevation.

With this song, Patrick draws back to her childhood using a story penned in the form of a letter to her younger self that features valuable advice and a bit of warning for the future ahead.
She continued, “We were trying to figure out how that goes into a song and Joey said something about, ‘everything that glitters ain’t golden, child.’ And then I had the idea of, ‘well what if we write it like you’re writing a letter to your younger self, like if you could give them some advice, just from this place that I’m at now, this healed, self-loving place.’ So, yeah, that’s the story behind it.”
Some of the hardest lessons Meghan Patrick has had to learn throughout her life emerge in these songs, as well as tracks like “Whether You Love Me or Not,” “Other Side of 25” and “Stoned Alone.” But her healing journey doesn’t end there. Across each of the remaining tracks, the Ontario native continues to showcase a raw look into the moments that have lifted her up and torn her down, and the tremendous amount of work it has taken to reclaim her peace.
While there have been plenty of people who have been put in her way as obstacles, she’s also had people like her husband, Mitchell Tenpenny, who have been the driving force on her healing journey. She makes she to celebrate their love on songs like “God And A Good Man” and “The Sweet Spot (Mitchell’s Song).” By sharing her stories, the female songstress expressed hope that it will help others move on and get closure from situations of their past that have been hard to fully let go of.
Patrick serves as a co-writer on every track except for one, a cover of No Doubt’s iconic hit of 1995, “Just A Girl.”
“That whole album, ‘Tragic Kingdom,’ was definitely a very iconic and influential album for me as a young girl who was learning that I could sing and that I wanted to be a musician and I wanted to be in a band. I mean, she just was so cool. She had her own style, her own vibe. She was so confident, she was this incredible entertainer, songwriter, singer. And I just wanted to be like her,” Patrick said of the band’s leading lady, Gwen Stefani.
Covering No Doubt songs was the norm in Patrick’s early career, and she explained that in recent years, she found herself incorporating “Just A Girl” back into her sets. So in honor of the song’s 29th anniversary, she decided to put her own spin on it.
“Basically, I said, I don’t want to take it too far from the magic of the original, because it’s so great. But I’m like, bring a little Johnny Cash in there, let’s throw in some fiddles and it just kind of really came to life in the studio. It was so fun to record,” she gushed. “The musicians had a great time, they crushed it. And I just feel like that song really holds true today, too. It’s still so relatable and especially being a woman in the industry and in country music, I think there’s still a lot of really valid lyrics in there that a lot of other women would feel.”
In addition to listening to this 18-track project from top to bottom, fans should also watch the docuseries that has featured bi-weekly episodes documenting the creative process behind Golden Child. The full-length episodes are currently available on YouTube and shorter clips are posted across social media.
“I’ve been telling people that if you want to truly know me, just listen to this record. But if you really want to know me, listen to the record and watch the docuseries,” she encouraged. “We really dug pretty deep into just my story my past and also a lot of behind the scenes making of the record and just seeing what it’s really like for me being on the road. So yeah, I hope everyone goes and checks it out. We’ve put so much blood, sweat, and tears and just heart and soul into it. It’s like a package deal. You listen to the record, and you watch the docuseries and that’s it. It’s a full story.”
Fierce authenticity runs thick among the powerful storylines and hard-core truth telling, making Golden Child a body of work that demands a listen as it shines a light on the truly incredible artist and person that Meghan Patrick is.
She will celebrate tonight’s release while performing at Luke Combs’ Bootleggers Bonfire festival in Miramar Beach, FL. Then on November 1, she will return to the road in support of Jon Pardi’s Mr. Saturday Night Tour, followed by upcoming dates with Flatland Cavalry.
Madeleine O’Connell graduated from North Central College with a bachelors degree in Journalism and Broadcast Communications before deciding to pursue her studies further at DePaul University. There, she earned her masters degree in Digital Communication & Media Arts. O’Connell served as a freelance writer for over two years while also interning with the Academy of Country Music, SiriusXM and Circle Media and assisting with Amazon Music’s Country Heat Weekly podcast. In addition to Country Now, she has been published in American Songwriter, Music Mayhem, and Holler.Country. Madeleine O’Connell is a member of the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music.