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Music's Lost History Artist Edition Tik Tok Wins Again · Arroe Collins Music's Lost History

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  Speaker 1: Hey, welcome back to Music's Lost History, the Artist Edition.
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  Speaker 1: This is a new generation country star. In fact, one
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  Speaker 1: music critic clearly states, is this artist moving too incredibly fast?
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  Speaker 1: One minute she's jamming out in a small southern town,
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  Speaker 1: and then it feels like an overnight sensation was given birth. Well,
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  Speaker 1: this is far, far, far away from an instant walk
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  Speaker 1: with fame. Exposed to country music at a very early age,
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  Speaker 1: her kinfolk said, hey, look, you got to do rock,
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  Speaker 1: folk and alternative music. And so that's exactly what she
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  Speaker 1: did during those early days in small clubs and public events.
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  Speaker 1: Things really got serious when her grandfather decided, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to plant this guitar in your arms. And right then
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  Speaker 1: and there, a songwriter's dream began. By 2019, she was
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  Speaker 1: in Nashville, Tennessee, doing what three quarters of the residents
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  Speaker 1: are doing, trying to land that recording deal or a
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  Speaker 1: songwriting deal. Coming up next, when you moved to Nashville,
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  Speaker 1: music success doesn't always show up, but when she landed,
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  Speaker 1: suddenly records were being broken. Darryl Collins is back. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for coming back to Music's Lost History, the Artist Edition.
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  Speaker 1: When you move to Nashville, music success doesn't automatically show
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  Speaker 1: up at your front door. This songwriter spent night and
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  Speaker 1: day grinding with the world of writing circles while saying
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  Speaker 1: yes to anybody who would just crank up her sounds.
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  Speaker 1: It was TikTok in 2021 that brought her to a
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  Speaker 1: global connection. That song's success put a pin in her
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  Speaker 1: hand to sign a recording deal with Sony Music. And
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  Speaker 1: then here it came, that EP, Excuse the Mess. Guess what?
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  Speaker 1: It led her to the Grand Ole Opry. Sure, she's
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  Speaker 1: been doing tunes like Hungover and You Look Like You
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  Speaker 1: Love Me, but it was in 2026, seven years after
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  Speaker 1: moving to Nashville, that she became the only woman to
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  Speaker 1: reach the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 list
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  Speaker 1: and the country airplay. Plus, that connection with Miranda Lambert
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  Speaker 1: has helped things out in a huge way. She's earned
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  Speaker 1: nine Grammy nominations. Why? Well, because Ella Langley has brought
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  Speaker 1: grit to mainstream country music. The artist we're talking about
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  Speaker 1: is Ella Langley. I'm Errol, and that's Music's Lost History.