<\/p>\n \u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n \u201cElla Langley wants to write timeless songs, ones that\u2019ll be passed down and rediscovered in 75 years,\u201d said Ethan Beck<\/strong> in Paste<\/strong><\/em>. The 26-year-old Alabama native may have done that with \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d a tune that\u2019s featured on her new album and has now been atop Billboard\u2019s pop chart longer than any other single by a female country<\/a> artist. The song warns that \u201ccowboys always find a way to leave,\u201d and the rest of Dandelion <\/em>also finds Langley putting the Americana of her 2025 debut behind her and focusing on \u201cslick, ethereal pop country\u201d powered by \u201cunquestionable hooks.\u201d Not that Langley simply tries to replicate \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d said Will Hermes <\/strong>in Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/em>. \u201cInstead, she leans into a fresh color wheel of vintage influences,\u201d delivering a \u201cwholly laudable\u201d cover of a 1952 Kitty Wells hit and signaling her allegiances in originals like \u201cWe Know Us,\u201d which \u201cbegins like a Patsy Cline fever dream.\u201d The record includes generic corn too, which even Langley\u2019s plaintive voice can\u2019t save. Still, it\u2019s \u201ca coherent, fully realized album,\u201d one that puts her in the select company of artists bringing \u201csmart, woman-centered songwriting\u201d into country\u2019s mainstream<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\u2018Dandelion\u2019 by Ella Langley <\/span><\/h3>\n
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