Ella Langley’s new song about lost love was co-written with a Texas country icon
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- Ella Langley released “Choosin’ Texas,” co-written with Texas icon Miranda Lambert.
- Song premiered live Oct. 9 at Choctaw Music Fest and hit streaming platforms Oct. 17.
- Langley, 26, built momentum from 2024 TikTok hit and multiple industry award wins.
Country singer Ella Langley just released a new song that she co-wrote with a Texas country music icon.
The “you look like you love me” singer’s new song “Choosin’ Texas” dropped Friday, Oct. 17 on streaming platforms. She debuted a live version of the song on Oct. 9 at the Choctaw Music Fest in Durant, Okla.
Langley co-wrote the song with Texas country icon Miranda Lambert while on a writers’ retreat. She described writing the song to the Oklahoma crowd like this, according to Whiskey Riff:
“You know, Miranda’s from Texas. She said she did something crazy or silly or who knows what Miranda did. She’s like, ‘Of course, I have Texas plates on the back of my vehicle.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m sure he was like, ‘She’s from Texas, I can tell.’ And us being songwriters, I think it just hit us like a bag of bricks…”
The song is a sad love song about losing someone to a former Texas flame: “She’s from Texas, I can tell by the way/He’s two-stepping ‘round the room,” the first lines of the chorus go.
Listen to the full song, which is also credited to songwriter Luke Dick, below.
Fans will be able to see Langley in town (and maybe another live performance of “Choosin’ Texas”) this Saturday, Oct. 18 at Billy Bob’s Texas on her “still hungover” tour. Tickets are currently sold out both on the Billy Bob’s website and on the Billy Bob’s fan exchange ticket site on AXS, but you might get lucky over on StubHub, where the cheapest option is around $200 a ticket.
Who is Ella Langley?
Langley is a 26-year-old country singer from Alabama. Her song “you look like you love me,” from her first album, “Hungover,” went viral on TikTok in 2024. Langley released “Still Hungover,” a deluxe version of her debut album, later in 2024. “you look like you love me” eventually hit No.1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for Dec. 14, 2024.
At this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, Langley won New Female Artist of the Year, and “you look like you love me” earned Langley Single of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year. She’s also nominated for five awards at this November’s Country Music Awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year.
