Nashville Broadway Performer Puts A Fun Twist On Ella Langley & Riley Green’s Hit Duet, “You Look Like You Love Me”

Gotta keep it fresh.

Of course, Riley Green and Ella Langley’s smash hit “You Look Like You Love Me” was (and still is) absolutely everywhere last year… from radio, to social media, the song was (and still is) everywhere, and it certainly launched Ella’s career and put her into a new stratosphere in terms of her place in mainstream country.

It hit #1 at country radio, and the pair also won the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year for “You Look Like You Love Me” last year. The song was included on Ella’s 2024 debut studio album Hungover, and became a staple in terms of her catalog, and Riley’s too.

But I’ll be honest, I have heard it so many times since it was released that I can’t even remember the last time I went out of my way to play it. It’s a great song, but I got burned out on it, and don’t think I’m alone in that… but Nashville performer Ingrid Griffin, who has a TikTok account where she shows her daily life as a performer on Broadway in Nashville, has come up with a creative way to keep it interesting and fun.

I mean, after two or three drunk bachelorette’s requests that song in the span of an hour, you just have to do something to make it fun for yourself…

Ingrid explained that “You Look Like You Love Me” is easily one of the most requested songs she gets from visitors in the bars, but because she’s gotten so used to singing it with her friend Nick, they change it up a lot now, and I love the concept.

During the line where Ella usually sings, “I handed that man a beer and looked him in the eyes…,” Ingrid changes it to any random alcoholic beverage, and Nick has to come up with something that rhymes for Riley’s part where he usually says “Well, she walked right up to me, handed me a beer. Gave me a look like, ‘Let’s get out of here.'”

For example, Ingrid says one of her favorites was when she said she “handed him a shot of Jack,” and Nick responded with:

“She handed me a shot of jack and gave me a look like let’s go out back.”

It’s impressive to think he can always come up with a response that rhymes on the spot having no idea what Ingrid is goign to come up with, and a really fun way to get the crowd involved too:

“I’m a singer in Nashville, and one of my most requested songs when I play downtown is ‘You Look Like You Love Me,’ the duet between Riley Green and Ella Langley. And a lot of times I sing with my friend Nick, so he and I are so used to that song, that to keep things interesting, instead of saying in my verse, instead of saying, ‘I handed him a beer,’ I’ll change up what drink I handed him.

So like today, I said, ‘I handed him an old-fashioned.’ And what’s funny about that is in the second verse, he has to then come up with a rhyme for that. Because the real lyric is, ‘She handed me a beer, and gave me a look like let’s get out of here.’

So I kind of force him to come up with stuff, so today he said, ‘She handed me an old-fashioned, and gave me a look like, let’s see what will happen.’ And one of my other favorites, one time I said, ‘I handed him a shot of Jack,’ and he said ‘She handed me a shot of jack, and gave me a look like let’s go out back.'”

Now I just need to see them do it live… maybe Riley and Ella should take some notes, too, because this is adorable:

@ingrid.griffinnn He has to think of it on the spot too lol I don’t give him a warning I love this song, people always sing along which is a blast!! #youlooklikeyouloveme #ellalangleymusic #broadwaynashville #thingstodoinnashville #rileygreen ♬ original sound – Ingrid Griffin

I’m sure you have it stuck in your head now, too…

“You Look Like You Love Me”

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