Ella Langley pauses concert to pan bullies: 'I don't know if I'm strong enough for this, Lord.'

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Set us as preferred Ella Langley has some thoughts for her online critics.The chart-topping country star took a break between songs during a recent Columbus, Ohio, concert to address one of the dark sides of her rapid rise to fame.

In a video shared on TikTok, the “Choosin’ Texas” hitmaker said that even growing up in a small town, she’s never experienced such intense commentary on every aspect of her persona.“I don’t think I’ve ever had more opinions on myself in my life than I have in this last year,” she said.

“The way I look, the way I speak, the way I dress, the way I move, the way I sing, the way I write.And at first, it bothered me.

I won’t even lie.” Langley said that initially she was wary of what exactly she’d signed up for, stepping into the public eye.She just wanted to do what she loves: make music.

Music Ella Langley has more than a record-breaking hit on her hands.The “Choosin’ Texas” country music breakout is now reportedly in a budding romance with Tucker Wetmore, also a musician.“If this is what it’s going to be whole entire time, I mean ...

I don’t ...know if I’m strong enough for this, Lord,” she told her audience.The more Langley reflected on the scrutiny, the more she realized that “the girl that they’re kind of picking on is the girl that got me where I’m sitting today.”“That’s the girl that rode in a 15-passenger van night after night after night.

She rode in a Honda Accord, night after night after night, chasing her dream, living on bar food, living on tip-jar money.She didn’t have anything but a dream and the ability to get out and do it every single day,” she continued.

“So I’m going to tell you right now, I was proud of that girl that everybody seems to be picking on all the time.” Entertainment & Arts Ella Langley’s ‘Cho...