Her duet partner, her executive producer, her co-writer, her musical hero, and most importantly, her friend. Miranda Lambert is a huge part of Ella Langley’s forthcoming and very highly-anticipated sophomore album Dandelion, which she executive produced, helped write, and Ella revealed today that Miranda is also the only featured artist on the tracklist on the song “Butterfly Season.” Of course, Miranda also helped write the smash crossover hit single “Choosin’ Texas,” with Ella, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, and it allowed Langley to become the seventh woman in history to top the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. She also became the first woman ever to triple up and top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay and Hot 100 charts simultaneously. Additionally, last week, she’d dethrone Taylor Swift and officially become the first female country artist ever to spend 4+ weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. It’s been incredible to watch this song take off, and last night, Ella put out a star-studded music video which was filmed at the historic Stagecoach Ballroom in Fort Worth, Texas. The story follows the storyline in the song, as Grimes, the leading man, seems to fall back in love with an old girlfriend from Texas, played by Ava Phillippe (daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe). Miranda is also in the video, as well as Texas country favorites like Kaitlin Butts, Wade Bowen, Casey Donehew and Tanner Usrey, in addition to cameos from rodeo stars JB Mauney and Dale Brisby. And Ella had Entertainment Tonight on set to get some behind-the-scenes footage, where she spoke about how crazy it’s been to see how “Choosin’ Texas” has exploded: “This song continues to surprise me. It’s about a girl, her man is kind of in love with someone he was in love with before.” In terms of how important it’s been to have Miranda in her corner and guiding her through this explosion in her career, Ella says she has given her more advice than she would “possibly ask for,” adding specifically what it has been about: “Miranda has given me more advice than I can possibly ask for. Just be myself, make it about the music, and all else will fall in line afterwards.”  It’s simple, but it’s so true, and really, it can apply to any aspect of life and any profession. Miranda has been a mentor to so many up-and-coming artists, that aren’t so up-and-coming anymore, including Ella and Lainey Wilson, and she spoke not long ago about why it’s so important to her to help guide the next generation of female country stars. In particular, she’d explain how the generation ahead of her, including the likes of Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Jo Dee Messina, Martina McBride and others, were off doing their own thing. “I didn’t really have that. I had some great guy friends, but I came up [when] there wasn’t a lot of girls at the time. The ones that were a generation ahead of me were kinda doing their own thing, so I didn’t really have like that 3:00 a.m. meltdown call person. I wish I did, and I think it would have helped me earlier on.” She’d then go on to express how she makes it a point to build trust with younger artists, letting them know they can call on her to talk about the highs and lows of the music industry. “Nobody truly understands what it feels like unless you’ve lived it, so it means a lot to me. And then they trust me with calling me with the good, bad and ugly. I learn a lot from them. I’m learning from the girls that are just working their a** off and so inspired and so sure of who they are. It’s inspiring to me. It reminds me to stay true to that thing that I had too.” I am loving everything Miranda and Ella have done together so far, and I think they’re such a great match from a musical standpoint, and I can’t wait to hear everything they’ve cooked up on Ella’s album, especially that duet. Check it out the behind-the-scenes here: And the star-studded music video: Dandelion Tracklist “Froggy Went A Coutrin’ – Intro” “Dandelion” “Choosin’ Texas” “We Know Us” “Low Lights” “Be Her” “You & Me Time” “Loving Life Again” “Bottom Of Your Boots” “Speaking Terms” “I Gotta Quit” “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” “Last Call For Us” “Broken” “Somethin’ Simple” “Butterfly Season” (feat. Miranda Lambert) “Most Good Things Do – Acoustic” “Froggy Went A Coutrin’ – Outro” The post Ella Langley Reveals Some Of The Best Advice Miranda Lambert Has Given Her first appeared on Whiskey Riff.