Fortunately, he was improper. Very improper.
I feel we’ve all heard Riley Inexperienced and Ella Langley’s smash hit “You Look Like You Love Me” in all probability greater than we needed to at this level… it’s an ideal tune, however I’ve heard it so many occasions now I don’t assume I can take heed to it even another time. From radio, to social media, the tune was (and nonetheless is) all over the place, and it actually launched Ella’s profession and put her into a brand new stratosphere by way of her place in mainstream nation.
She co-wrote most of it with Aaron Raitiere, whereas Riley got here up with the phrases for his second verse afterward, after Ella had already reduce it as a solo tune. She recalled Aaron asking her about her love life throughout a write, and he or she informed him:
“‘Truthfully, I’m on the level the place in the event that they appear to be they love me, I gotta get out of there. It’s simply an excessive amount of for me proper now.’ And we giggled at that, after which as songwriters, once you hear one thing like ‘you appear to be you’re keen on me,’ we’re like, ‘Nicely there’s a title, You Look Like You Love Me.’
And we simply wrote the title down… we wrote the tune in 2022, so six months later, we had a day write, he loves to speak about how I introduced on this bowl of spaghetti. I made my lunch, introduced it in… and we are saying that is just like the luckiest bowl of spaghetti. I feel we’d get a tattoo with a tiny piece of spaghetti on it.”
They sat down and penned it in a short time, and Ella defined that she was impressed by what she referred to as the “speaking nation” she grew up on, particularly one among her first favourite songs in David Coe’s “You By no means Even Known as Me by My Title.” She didn’t assume “YLLYLM” would ever even make it onto a report, as a result of they had been “simply speaking,” not likely singing, and by way of the content material of the lyrics, it actually was very completely different than the standard nation cliches with the lady strolling as much as the person in a job reversal from most nation music.
And Riley appears to really feel the identical manner.
In a function interview with Billboard, he talked about how he grew up on nation classics like Dolly Parton’s “I Will At all times Love You” and George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her In the present day,” which each embrace spoken phrases components, although these songs are from a unique time and in all honesty, it actually was a danger for them to place this out as a single, although I feel it helped once they began getting such constructive suggestions on social media.
It went #1 at nation radio, they usually additionally received the CMA Award for Musical Occasion of the Yr for “You Look Like You Love Me” final 12 months, along with three ACM Awards this 12 months for Single of the Yr and Visible Media of the Yr, and Music Occasion of the Yr.
However Riley admits he thought the speaking verses had been in all probability “too conventional” to be on nation radio, including that he’s “so glad I used to be improper”:
“I assumed the speaking verses had been in all probability too conventional to be a giant hit on nation radio. and I’m so glad I used to be improper.”
Even just some years in the past, I feel he would’ve been proper and who is aware of how properly the tune would’ve accomplished… wouldn’t it have been the mega viral hit that it’s now? Who is aware of, however because of artists like Riley and Ella, that sort of music is “cool” once more, and has taken over by way of the recognition in not simply the nation basic, however music generally in some ways proper now.
Elsewhere within the interview, BMLG founder and CEO Scott Borchetta famous that Riley is keen on doubtlessly performing some performing, and that’s one thing that’s within the works, too:
“Riley referred to as me a few 12 months in the past and requested about Tim McGraw and the way did Tim [get into acting]. That’s one thing that he’s going to spend some power on, and I feel we may see one other gear with him in that house.”
He clearly has the seems for it, and also you would possibly vs properly strike whereas the iron is scorching, so to talk:
“When issues are going properly, you’ve obtained to go. ‘Make hay whereas the solar is shining’ is what Granddaddy would say. And I really feel like that’s the place I’m. Issues are going rather well.”
Very true phrases, and I forgot what a very good saying that’s… I’m gonna have to make use of that one once more quickly.
Riley is presently out on the street with Ella opening for him on his Rattling Nation Music tour, and hopefully, possibly we’ll get to listen to some new music someday this 12 months too. He most not too long ago launched Don’t Thoughts If I Do final fall.
“You Look Like You Love Me”
Could 30, 2025 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Heart
Could 31, 2025 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
June 12, 2025 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
June 13, 2025 – Wilmington, NC – Stay Oak Financial institution Pavilion
June 14, 2025 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit score Union Music Park
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June 21, 2025 – Huntington, WV – Marshall Well being Community Area
July 24, 2025 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
July 25, 2025 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Corridor at Fenway
July 26, 2025 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion
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August 22, 2025 – Idaho Falls, ID – Mountain America Heart
August 23, 2025 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Heart Amphitheater
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