A beautiful perspective to have on life.
There’s no doubt that the last year has been nothing short of an absolute whirlwind for Ella Langley. While most of the music world was introduced to her through the record-breaking success of “Choosin’ Texas” over the past three months, the Alabama native has been making waves in the genre for the better part of three years at this point.
As most country fans know, before “Choosin’ Texas” became the longest-running #1 hit by a female country artist on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 (10 weeks and counting), the only country song by a woman to triple up and go #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Hot Country and Country Airplay chart simultaneously and just the seventh country song solely recorded by a woman to go #1 on the Hot 100 in the history of the chart, Langley scored massive success with the likes of her Riley Green-collaboration, “you look like you love me” as well as “weren’t for the wind.”
During the time period before “Choosin’ Texas,” however, Langley was fighting her own personal battles. Famously, she’d open up shortly after the 2025 ACM Awards, where she brought home four trophies on the night, noting that the week was one of the hardest mental health weeks she has had in a long time.
“I won’t lie, this last week has been probably one of the toughest mental health weeks I’ve had in a long, in a long time. Which is crazy because so many good things are happening, so many things I’ve prayed for and dreamed about. It’s just a struggle, it’s a disease in my family, really. I think it’s important to talk about it and to share that, just because I might seem like that, I’m on top of a mountain right now doesn’t look like that all the time.”
Later in August, she’d also cancel shows due to sickness, explaining that, in general, she feels overwhelmed and needs some time off. She also quoted the Bible verse Matthew 11:28, which talks about being “weary and burdened.”
These trials and tribulations eventually led to her writing one of Dandelion’s lead singles, “Loving Life Again,” which she described as the “most sentimental” song she’s written.
“It’s probably the… one of the most sentimental. I went through a time and a half last year. I took a couple of weeks off, and I got to refine myself. I got to have a lot of talks with the Lord, and I got to be re-grateful for all of the things that he’s given me.
Thankfully for the superstar, it seems that she’s in a much better headspace now, and she’s encouraging fans to be just as grateful for each passing day as she’s learned to be over the past year.
In particular, her recent speech from her concert over the weekend in Estero, Florida, has gone particularly viral, garnering over 1.1 million views, 344,000 likes and 19,600 saves since being posted on Friday.
@savannah.northup “if you wake up grateful for the day you were given, everything else is a cherry on top.” @Ella Langley #ellalangleymusic #ellalangley #dandelion #dandeliontour #inspirational ♬ original sound – Sav
Poignantly, Langley would encourage fans to be grateful for every day, adding that just waking up healthy is a privilege not everyone has. Additionally, she’d go on to say how thankful she is to be given the opportunity to perform each and every night, noting that she “doesn’t deserve” it but instead was “given” it.
“If you wake up grateful for the day that you were given, everything else is a cherry on top. And even today, if my costume is digging into my shoulders, and I was like, ‘Ugh, I can’t move around in this thing.’ And I almost let that affect myself tonight. But why? No, because I’m given this show tonight. I don’t deserve it, but I’m given it. And I’m so grateful to be here.”
She’d then thank the Estero crowd for showing up and being present with her in the moment before telling them to put their trust in God during periods of doubt and hardships, promising that they’ll be back to loving life again.
“I’m so grateful that every single person here bought a ticket, and they’re watching this, and they’re singing along, and you’re here with me having this moment in real life… I’m gonna tell you right now that if you’re in that spot that I was in. If you feel like, ‘I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to do it. I don’t know how to wake up in the morning.’ You trust Him, and you will be back to loving life again. I promise you that.”
Wise words from Ella, especially considering the absolute whirlwind of a year she’s had.
“Loving Life Again”
