Already cooking up the sophomore album. This week, Ella Langley appeared on the God’s Country podcast, where she of course talked about her viral, CMA Award-winning hit with Riley Green "You Look Like You Love Me," as well as sharing some details about her next record. Ella just put out her debut album Hungover in the summer, but she's already writing for the next one, saying she has the title ready, a plan for a music video, and all of the other creative parts that go into an album release ready to go: "I'm really excited about where I'm going next. I have the title for the next record, I have the music video planned out, I have the creative for it pretty much done. It's really organically fallen out... I'm really just letting God take the wheel, honestly. I have always believed that he wouldn't have put this passion on my heart so aggressively, so aggressively to the point where I would feel sick as kid thinking... like, going to concerts was kind of a miserable thing for me at a young age, because I would sit up there and I would want to do it so bad that I would feel sick to my stomach." She explained that this next album will focus more on who she is as a person and where she comes from, and I think it's safe to say that fans want to know more considering how much her career has taken off this year... Ella also added that she's been listening to a lot of Ronnie Milsap and George Jones as inspirations for the music, which I of course love and makes me really excited to hear what she's got in the works: "So, with this next record, I kinda wanna show that side a little more of me. The Alabama, who is Ella Langley, not just the songwriter or the artist, but the human being. I think there is a level of honesty in my songs that not everyone has, and I think that may be what's gonna set it apart a little bit, you know? But this next record, I'm so excited about it. I start every one of my writes right now with  this massive spiel... I've made this  whole playlist I listen to everyday of reference tracks just to kinda get me in the headspace of where I want it. It's gonna be groovy, country... I've been listening to a lot of Ronnie Milsap, if that gives you any indication, a lot of George Jones." Ella definitely has a bit of a rock edge to a lot of her music, and I think that's a cool sound, but it seems like this album might be going in a bit of a different direction musically, which will be fun to listen to and sounds very intriguing. Many artists can struggle with what many in the industry call a "sophomore slump," meaning someone who has a big and successful debut album can struggle to put out something equally as great, though it sounds like Ella isn't trying to recreate Hungover, but rather show off another side of her artistry, and I think that's a really solid strategy. She's already off to the races in terms of her career and one of the biggest up-and-coming names in mainstream country, so I think she's well on her way and the next project will be a big success no matter what direction she's taking it. You can watch the podcast below. https://youtu.be/i9lbk-tO7ek?t=4803 “You Look Like You Love Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm2TSMerGPQ&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

The story behind the video. Morgan Wallen appeared in the music video for Drake's song “You Broke My Heart,” which was featured on his 2023 For All The Dogs album, and was the last track on the For All the Dogs Scary Hours edition. But the story behind it isn't exactly what you'd think... there wasn't months of planning that went into it, or long conversations about details, and it all happened within the span of 24 hours from Morgan being asked to do it to the video being filmed. Morgans manager at the time, Troy "Tracker" Johnson, appeared on photographer Spidey Smith's (who has shot all of Morgan's album covers) In The Trenches podcast this week, where he detailed the story, starting with how he got a text from Tracy Martin, President of The Core Entertainment, saying Drake's team was trying to get ahold of him. Finally, after lots of phone tag, they told Tracker they wanted Morgan to fly up to Toronto the next day, and Morgan, who is a fan himself, was obviously excited to get Tracker's text: "Morgan calls me and I'm like, ‘Man, I don't know. This is what I got for you. Drake would like to fly us out,' and he's like, ‘What do you think we should do?’ and I was like, ‘I think the answer is, ‘Yeah. What time? What time do we need to be awake and at the airport?’ I think this is an opportunity you cannot pass up. Then his manager texts me a few more details. I connected someone with Cody, who was Morgan's right hand, and that conversation started. Even the next morning we wake up and we're not 100% sure what we're doing." They pretty much only knew that Morgan was going to be in a video, and when they arrived at the airport in Toronto, they still didn't even know where the location for the video was. Someone sent them a pin on the map that appeared to be in the middle of a field: "We pull up and it's just this gated, really dark road, and we start driving, and at this point we're also going, ‘Okay, now we're back to being murdered. I don't know what's going on!’ Then we pull around this corner, and it's a full-blown movie set. You know that little town square in Universal Studios where everyone shoots? It looked like that. There was a town square, and there were restaurants and there were all these things - all fake." That's the music business for you... They finally get in and get to Morgan's trailer, and Drake stopped by to meet Morgan and chat for a little bit: "We pull up and they're just like, 'Mr Wallen, there's your trailer,' and we go sit in this trailer. The door opens up, and I'm walking out, and Drake is walking in. There are a lot of people I've met in my life, but there are people like Drake that might throw you back a little bit. The door opens, he looks up at me and goes, ‘Hey, what's up, man?’ I was like, ‘Oh, hello, Mr. Drake.' He walks in and hangs out with Morgan for 15, 20 minutes, and then walks off. It was such a cool moment. We'd finally gotten to the point - we're there, they have talked, he is real, it is real, everything is real." Morgan finally got some sort of script for his part too, and Tracker says Morgan and Drake hit it off very quickly, and had a great time doing the video together. I would've never known this came together in 24 hours... if you haven't seen the video before, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-jss2mZlY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whiskeyriff.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE The full podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRk7c2mswE&t=1s

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