Ella Langley has some thoughts for her online reviews.
The chart-topping country star took a break between songs at a recent concert in Columbus, Ohio, to address one of the dark sides of his rapid rise to fame. In a video shared on TikTok, the “Choosin’ Texas” hitmaker said that even growing up in a small town, she had never heard such intense comments about every aspect of her personality.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had as many opinions about myself in my life as I have in the last year,” she said. “The way I look, the way I talk, the way I dress, the way I move, the way I sing, the way I write. And at first it bothered me. I won’t even lie.”
Langley said she was initially wary of what exactly she had signed up for, thus putting herself in the public eye. She just wanted to do what she loves: make music.
“If this is what it’s going to be like for this whole time, I mean…I don’t know…if I’m strong enough for this, Lord,” she told her audience.
The more Langley thought about the scrutiny, the more she realized that “the girl that they’re sort of picking on is the girl that got me to where I am today.”
“She’s the girl who rode in a 15-passenger van night after night after night. She rode in a Honda Accord, night after night after night, chasing her dream, living off bar food, living off tip money. She had nothing but a dream and the ability to go out and do it every day,” she continued. “So I’ll tell you right now, I was proud of this girl that everyone seems to pick on all the time.”
Langley is wrapping up his 37-stop Dandelion Tour, which began May 7 in Toledo, Ohio, and concludes Halloween night in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earlier this year, she made her Stage Coach debut, and it was announced this week that her megahit “Choosin’ Texas” spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, surpassing Mariah Carey’s record for “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which held the top spot for 22 weeks.
The country star’s fifth entry on the Billboard Hot 100 first appeared on the chart in November 2025, a few weeks after its release. The song became her first to climb the top 10 in January and reach number one in February.
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