Happy Monday, y’all.
Today for the song of the weekwe have a new piece of Ella Langley called “Could’ve Been Her.”
From his just-released debut studio EP Forgive the messthe song is a beautiful stripped down ballad where she very honestly details how a relationship ended simply because she couldn’t and wouldn’t change herself for someone else.
Written by Ella with Joybeth Taylor, Trannie Anderson and Will Bundy, I love the chorus where Ella explains that there were probably a few things she could have done to make it work being untrue to herself, but refused to do it because “it wouldn’t be me”:
“If I had closed my mouth, faked that smile
Probably could have made it work for a while
I cried in the dark instead of screaming
There would be no red wine stains on the ceiling
If I had buried my feelings
I pushed the pain away and let you cheat
I could have been her
But that wouldn’t be me”
I think it’s a pretty universal concept, but not one I’ve ever heard in a song like this with that kind of conviction, and it’s easily one of my favorites on his new project.
His sincerity in delivery and simplicity of production here is just spot on, so do yourself a favor and “Could’ve Been Her” to your playlist ASAP.
I’ve already rehearsed the whole project, and I certainly used the repeat button on this one in particular…
“Could have been her”
Forgive the mess track list:
1. “Make me want to smoke”
2. “Excuse the mess”
3. “It Could Have Been Her”
4. “That’s Why We Fight (with Koe Wetzel)”
5. “A Country Boy’s Dream Girl”
6. “Hell of a Man”
7. “Where You Left It”
8. “We don’t all do it”
Ella Langley 2023 Tour Dates:
6/11 Nashville, TN CMA Fest
6/16 Santa Rose, California Summer Country Music Festival
6/22 Mack, CO Country Jam
6/29 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheater
7/2 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry
7/20 Cullman, AL Rock The South
8/4 Quincy, WA Watershed Festival 2023
8/25 Belfast, Northern Ireland Ulster Hall
8/28 Glasgow, UK Town Halls and Old Fruitmarket
8/29 Manchester, United Kingdom O2 Ritz Manchester
8/31 Bristol, United Kingdom O2 Academy Bristol
9/1 London, United Kingdom O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
9/3 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
9/4 Hamburg, Germany Gruenspan
9/6 Oslo, Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
9/7 Stockholm, Sweden Debase Hornstulls Strand
9/28 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
9/29 Pikeville, KY Appalachian Center Arena
9/30 Savannah, GA Enmarket Arena
10/5 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
10/6 Estero, Florida Hertz Arena
10/7 Jacksonville, Florida Daily’s Place Amphitheater
10/19 Brookings, CD Swiftel Center
10/20 Omaha, NE Baxter Arena
10/21 St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Chaifetz Arena
10/26 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena
10/27 Abbotsford, BC Abbotsford Center
10/28 Everett, WA Angel of the Winds Arena
11/2 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center Arena
11/3 Missoula, MT Adams Center
11/4 Billings, MT First Interstate Arena
11/16 London, ON Budweiser Gardens
11/17 Oshawa, ON Tribute Community Center
11/18 Hershey, Pennsylvania Giant Center
11/30 Independence, MO Cable Dahmer Arena
12/1 Tulsa, OK Center BOK
12/2 Fort Worth, TX Dickies Arena
12/8 Fresno, CA Fresno, CA
9/12 Las Vegas, Nevada Michelob Ultra Arena
