{"id":622175,"date":"2026-04-21T21:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:19:17","slug":"ella-langleys-fans-defend-singer-amid-morgan-wallen-duet-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622175\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley&#8217;s fans defend singer amid Morgan Wallen duet backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Ella Langley&#8217;s fans rushed to her defense after the country star faced online backlash over her upcoming collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/morgan-wallen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The 26-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alabama<\/a> native and Wallen, 32, joined forces for the song &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Love You Anymore,&#8221; which will be released on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Langley made her debut as an opener on Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;Still The Problem Tour&#8221; during his show in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Langley later returned to the stage, where she and Wallen surprised fans by announcing their collaboration and performed the duet for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/morgan-wallen-pokes-fun-ella-langleys-onstage-mix-repeats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MORGAN WALLEN POKES FUN AT ELLA LANGLEY\u2019S ONSTAGE MIX-UP, THEN REPEATS IT<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ella-langley-morgan-wallen-playing-guitar-split.jpg\" alt=\"A split image of Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen, both playing guitars on stage\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley&#8217;s fans pushed back after the singer received backlash over her new collaboration with Morgan Wallen. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>After the duet was revealed, social media users vented their fury at Langley for teaming up with Wallen, with some slamming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">both singers<\/a> over their purported political beliefs and accusing them of being &#8220;MAGA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that she&#8217;s collabing with Morgan Wallen we can assume she&#8217;s MAGA so wdc [what the crap],&#8221; wrote one X user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you think a country singer from Alabama was not going to be MAGA? Hell Morgan Wallen is likely less right wing than her,&#8221; another critic chimed in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tim-mcgraw-stood-firm-against-industry-elites-who-tried-cancel-his-controversial-hit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TIM MCGRAW STOOD FIRM AGAINST INDUSTRY ELITES WHO TRIED TO CANCEL HIS &#8216;CONTROVERSIAL&#8217; HIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Casting a curse on ella langley for collabing with morgan wallen,&#8221; another added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s friends with and collabing with Morgan Wallen. A known racist and maga,&#8221; one social media user commented, while another wrote, &#8220;Hitler and Stalin announce collab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/morgan-wallen-ella-langley-nashville-fox-news-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley performing onstage in Nashville, Tennessee\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Langley was one of the opening acts during Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m the Problem Tour&#8221; last year. (Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for SiriusXM)<\/p>\n<p>However, many of Langley and Wallen&#8217;s fans swiftly came to their defense and blasted their critics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Morgan Wallen is not even MAGA. He&#8217;s rejected invitations to perform for Trump. He even indicates in an album track that he doesn&#8217;t support either party lol,&#8221; one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/zach-bryan-calls-out-fellow-country-singer-takes-down-duet-after-being-mocked-350-million-record-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ZACH BRYAN CALLS OUT FELLOW COUNTRY SINGER, TAKES DOWN DUET AFTER BEING MOCKED FOR $350 MILLION RECORD DEAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is No need for explanations for they hear nothing you say and are just blinded by some sort of sickness,&#8221; one X user replied. &#8220;Keep up the good work MW and Ella! I thought both had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">great music<\/a> way before their popularity grew.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ella-Langley-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait of country star Ella Langley.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Country music stars Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen teamed up for a new song during a show in Alabama. (Catherine Powell\/NBC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are just sad miserable ppl,&#8221; another added. &#8220;Pretty sad they can\u2019t support Ella on this generational run she\u2019s on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who cares bama girl on top,&#8221; one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m so sick of people politicizing f&#8212;ing everything,&#8221; another chimed in. &#8220;Can we just enjoy a collab between two solid country artists without everyone f&#8212;ing crying about it, PLEASE?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other fans predicted that &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Love You Anymore&#8221; would become a major hit for the duo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just saw them in concert last night &amp; got to see them sing this in person. This is the biggest male &amp; hottest new female Country artist &amp; all of music actually. This&#8217;ll be big!&#8221; one X user wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/morgan-wallen-chair-incident.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan Wallen performing on stage wearing a backwards hat at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Wallen&#8217;s duet with Langley is set to release this week. (Christopher Polk\/Penske Media\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest male artist of the 2020s and the princess of country!! Cannot wait!!&#8221; another commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is gonna be the \u2018I Had Some Help\u2019 of 2026, you can bet on it,&#8221; another wrote, referring to Morgan&#8217;s chart-topping 2024 collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/post-malone-prefers-nashville-la-its-always-like-someone-wants-something-from-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Post Malone<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s gonna be YUUUUGGEEE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love Ella Langley. She deserves success. And Morgan is already there so this new song is prolly gonna top some chart somewhere,&#8221; one fan added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to Langley and Wallen&#8217;s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ella-langley-on-stage.jpeg\" alt=\"Ella Langley on stage in a red shirt while performing at the Omni Nashville Hotel in March 2026.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Langley&#8217;s hit album &#8220;Dandelion&#8221; was released earlier this month. (Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The backlash comes after Langley&#8217;s new album &#8220;Dandelion&#8221; became a massive hit. Released on April 10, &#8220;Dandelion&#8221; became Langley&#8217;s first chart-topping album when it debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The album also soared to No. 1 on iTunes almost immediately after its release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;Choosin\u2019 Texas,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/reese-witherspoons-daughter-lands-surprise-role-miranda-lambert-ella-langleys-choosin-texas-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">lead single from &#8220;Dandelion<\/a>, notched its seventh consecutive week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and dominated the Hot Country Songs chart for the 20th consecutive week. &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; is the best-selling song of 2026 so far, with over 525 million global streams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be Her,&#8221; another song from &#8220;Dandelion,&#8221; joined &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas in the Billboard Hot 100&#8217;s top 10 this week, claiming the No. 8 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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