In 2024 Ella Langley brought home the CMA musical event of the year trophy for “you look like you love me” with Riley Green. Not only was it her first CMA, it was her first CMA nomination.

And that was before the track from her Hungover album ever hit #1.

“We worked really hard on this first record, and it was kind of a shot in the dark,” she tells ABC Audio. “It was my first one, [we were trying] to see what the reaction is, if people were understanding it or not. And, you know, with the past year and everything that’s happened, it was like, ‘Oh, I think they’re understanding it. I think they’re relating.'”

“And it’s just so cool because when your dreams come true almost every day — imagine if every day was your birthday,” she says. “It is a little insane. It’s how it feels.”

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