Welcome To Plathville: Everything To Know About Moriah Plath's Music Career (She Just Released A New Song)

Summary Moriah Plath has advanced her music career with a new single, breaking away from her family band.

Moriah's solo music reflects a transition towards mainstream pop and a departure from religious hymns.

Amid family tensions and legal threats, Moriah's latest single, "I'm Glad it's Not September Anymore," was released early.

Moriah Plath, the second-oldest daughter of the Welcome to Plathville family, has advanced her music career by releasing her new single. Viewers watched Moriah launch her career in season 3 when she performed her first concert, sharing the stage with her brother Micah Plath and sister-in-law Olivia Plath. In season 4, she recorded her first single, “Missed Myself,” and filmed the music video in California. Her last single, “Circus,” was released in 2023.

Moriah’s journey within her family has been bumpy. She distanced herself from the family and their religious beliefs early in the series, becoming estranged from her parents, Barry Plath and Kim Plath. However, Welcome to Plathville season 5 saw her rebuild those relationships and get baptized in the faith. Moriah has embraced her differences from her family while also following her heart and expressing herself through her music.

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Moriah’s Music Career Started With The Plath Family Band

The Family Sang Gospel Music

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Moriah’s musical talent runs in the family. The Plaths, whose fundamentalist religion kept the children largely isolated from mainstream culture and technology, performed music under the name The Plath Family. Their YouTube channel, The Plath Family, describes the group as “a happy family of 11 singing Southern Gospel music.” Each of the children played instruments and sang on the band’s two albums. Moriah’s younger sister Lydia Plath, who remains deeply connected to the family’s faith, has also expanded on her musical roots and released an album in 2023.

Moriah’s solo music has ventured away from the family’s religious inclination and steers more toward mainstream pop. As she explored her musical talent, Moriah also began to express herself by wearing revealing clothes, coloring her hair, and getting numerous tattoos. During her estrangement from her family, exploring musical genres outside religious hymns was an act of rebellion. When she experienced a painful breakup with her first serious boyfriend, Max Kallschmidt, Moriah used her music to cope with her heartache.

Moriah Plath’s Music Caused Disagreement With Olivia Plath

Olivia Had Helped Moriah Store Her Music

Moriah was previously very close with her brother Ethan Plath’s estranged wife, Olivia. The three lived together after Moriah left her parent’s home, and Olivia helped Moriah break away from her conservative upbringing. When Moriah started to record her music, Olivia used her technological expertise to help her store it online. However, Olivia’s relationship with Barry and Kim was tumultuous, and as Moriah grew closer to her parents, her bond with Olivia weakened.

Moriah insinuated her musical career was impacted by her inability to access her recordings.

Tension between Moriah and Olivia reached a breaking point when Moriah claimed Olivia stole all of her music, leaving her without access to her digital files. Olivia explained in Welcome to Plathville season 5 that she never stole anything, and Moriah had access to her music the whole time. Moriah eventually threatened legal action against Olivia. The former sisters-in-law saw their once-close relationship deteriorate amid the allegations, and Moriah insinuated her musical career was impacted by her inability to access her recordings.

Moriah’s New Release Is Called “I’m Glad It’s Not September Anymore”

She Released The Song Earlier Than Planned

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Moriah’s latest single, “I’m Glad it’s Not September Anymore,” was released on May 3, 2024. She revealed in an Instagram video that while the song was originally scheduled to debut on May 31, she felt the urge to release it earlier. Moriah explained that after pouring her heart into the writing process, she could not wait to share it. The song is a pop ballad with soulful vocals and reflects on leaving a stage of life behind.

Considering Moriah’s challenges over the last several years, the song could have several meanings. In keeping with her family’s focus on religion, as the Plath family band did, Moriah may be singing about straying away from faith and her relief that she has returned to God. Perhaps the song is about her relationship with Olivia and how she is happy to be free from outside influences. Moriah has also alluded to struggling with self-love during her religious journey, and the song could be about emerging from a dark period in her mental health.

Moriah appears to have found peace within herself after several difficult years. Her music allows her a medium to express herself in a way that the Welcome to Plathville family’s religion denied her during her childhood. While she lives a lifestyle that goes against the Plath family’s beliefs, Moriah finds the confidence through music to be her true self, which allows her to mend her relationship with her family and faith.

Welcome to Plathville is available to stream on Discovery +.

Source: The Plath Family/Youtube, Moriah Plath/Instagram