Ella Langley Is Taking Her Time On Next Album: “Not Going To Be Out Until 2026”

Coming in 2026.

Fans are going to have to wait a while until they get a full-length album from Ella Langley, who just released her debut album Hungover, and then the deluxe edition Still Hungover, in 2024.

She has teased that she’s working on her sophomore album, and even just released a new song last week, but in an interview today with Katie & Company, Ella said she is taking her time and wants to make sure Hungover has all the time it deserves to be loved before the next project.

She says she has a very clear vision for the next record, and she’s had the title for a while, but she doesn’t want to just rush to the next thing because that’s what everyone else is doing these days, and I fully support it. It sounds like she know exactly what she wants to put out, and she’s taking the time to really craft it and make sure it’s perfect:

“I think there might be a little bit of both. I worked so hard on that record, and my team worked so hard on that record and songs. There’s so many special songs on that one. My next record’s not going to be out until 2026, so I really feel like people move on from a record so fast. They’re like, here’s a whole record of 20-something songs, and then we’re gonna give you one single off of it and then move onto the next record.

I think there’s something to be said in taking your time in making the record and taking the time to put all those pieces into place where it can last a long time. Last in a way where fans can keep digging into it and digging into it and finding new songs that they love and finding new little pieces about the record that’s different. I would love to try for another single off of ‘Hungover,’ but there is new music coming out because I’m not gonna go a year and a half without putting anything out. But it’s gonna be kind of a separate little thing.

I’m really just trying to do what feels right to me, not really paying attention to what other artists have done. Also doing that, but still keeping my blinders on in a way where it’s like, this is my art, this is how I want to put it out, this is the way that I think would be best for my artistry. That’s what’s so cool about the team that I have is, everyone really sees the vision with me and they believe in it and execute it.”

Ella added that she will still be releasing new music in terms of songs that didn’t exactly fit for the record, so it’s not like fans will have to go a full year or more without new music from her.

She added that it’s already been a labor of love, and she feels confident it’s going to feel almost like having a child by the time it finally comes out because of how much has gone int o it. She says it’s “all I’ve thought about every day, all day”:

“I know what I want to say all the time, is the problem. It’s a good problem to have. But this next record, I’ve known the title for it, I actually go the title for it, it was like 100% concrete this is the title for the next record the day we shot the music video for “You Look Like You Love Me”. I can’t tell you the title yet, sorry, but it’s definitely taking shape and I know exactly what I want in it and how it sounds and I just have such a clear vision on this record.

‘Hungover’ felt like a little bit of me figuring it out, picking my favorite songs and then creating a concept around it. This time, I have a concept and I’m writing towards that concept. Kind of still letting songs that need to be written come out, and I’m just kind of picking the best ones out of that. This record, I understand when people are like, I had a child, because that’s how I will feel after this record comes out because it’s all I’ve thought about every day, all day and I can’t wait.

But there are some other songs that I’ve written along the way that don’t fit on this record because I do have such a clear concept musically or conceptually, so there’s a couple of them that are gonna come out. They are definitely a different taste than what the record is, but a side of me that fans know and I have dabbled in before, and it’s exciting.”

It’s likely fans can expect an EP or maybe just a few more singles between now and then, but she certainly has my attention and I will be looking forward to hearing all of that new music next year. I know it will be well-worth the wait. And honestly, a year and a half really isn’t that long to go in between putting out an album… it’s sad that’s the standard these days in my humble opinion.

And as a young artist, it can be very easy to just go along with how everyone else is doing things, so good for her for taking her time to craft a full album because that’s something that happens way, way less than it should these days.

“Never Met Anyone Like You”

Ella is currently out on the road with Riley Green serving as direct support on his Damn Country Music tour.

Riley Green Tour Dates:

July 10th, 2025 – Winnipeg, Canada – Country Thunder %
July 12th, 2025 – Pendleton, OR – Pendleton Whisky Music Festival %
July 13th, 2025 – Chicago, IL – Windy City Smokeout %
July 18th, 2025 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion *-
July 19th, 2025 – Harrington, DE – Delaware State Fair %
July 20th, 2025 – York, PA – York State Fair %
July 24th, 2025 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 *@&
July 25th, 2025 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway *@&
July 26th, 2025 – Gilford, NH – Bank of NH Pavilion *@&
August 1st, 2025 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest %
August 2nd, 2025 – Richmond, VA – Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront
August 7th, 2025 – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena *@&›
August 8th, 2025 – Jacksonville, FL – Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena *@&
August 9th, 2025 – Birmingham, AL – Coca-Cola Amphitheater *$-
August 16th, 2025 – Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Canada – Lasso 2025 %
August 17th, 2025 – Calgary, Canada – Country Thunder Calgary %
August 21st, 2025 – Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater *?-
August 22nd, 2025 – Idaho Falls, ID – Mountain America Center *?-
August 23rd, 2025 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater *?-
August 25th, 2025 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre *?-
August 28th, 2025 – Corning, CA – Obsidian Spirits Amphitheater *@-
August 30th, 2025 – Puyallup, WA – Puyallup Fairgrounds at Washington State Fair %•
September 6th, 2025 – Niagara Falls, Canada – Misty City Music Festival %
September 10th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town /
September 11th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town /
September 12th, 2025 – London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town /
September 13th, 2025 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy Birmingham /
September 15th, 2025 – Manchester, England – O2 Victoria Warehouse /
September 16th, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow /
September 18th, 2025 – Belfast, UK – Waterfront Hall /
September 19th, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre /
September 26th, 2025 – Washington, DC – Washington Nationals Park
October 4th, 2025 – Winnsboro, SC – Field & Stream Festival %
October 10th, 2025 – North Charleston, SC – Riverfront Revival %
November 1st, 2025 – Gonzales, LA – Boots on the Bayou %
November 6th, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena #~/
November 7th, 2025 – St Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena #~/
November 8th, 2025 – Kansas City, MO – TMobile Center #~/
November 9th, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ – The Hondo Rodeo Fest %
November 13th, 2025 – University Park, PA – Bryce Jordan Center #~/
November 14th, 2025 – Toledo, OH – The Huntington Center #~/
November 15th, 2025 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center Arena #~/
November 20th, 2025 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena #~/
November 21st, 2025 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center #~/
November 22nd, 2025 – Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena#^$
December 12th, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV – Resorts World
December 13th, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV – Resorts World
May 30th, 2026 – Panama City Beach, FL – Gulf Coast Jam %

*Ella Langley
@Vincent Mason
#Jamey Johnson
~Drake White
$Lauren Watkins
-Preston Cooper
!Erik Dylan
&Wyatt McCubbin
?Mike Ryan
•Josh Ross
/Hannah McFarland
^Dustin Lynch
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