{"id":61956,"date":"2026-04-08T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/ella-langley-reveals-gnarly-details-of-childhood-surgeries\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:42:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:42:26","slug":"ella-langley-reveals-gnarly-details-of-childhood-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/ella-langley-reveals-gnarly-details-of-childhood-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Reveals Gnarly Details of Childhood Surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ella-langley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley<\/a> recently opened up about several surgeries she underwent as a kid, and then she\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>opened up.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; singer had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B55KxLsA06J\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously said<\/a>\u00a0she had a\u00a0tonsillectomy in 2019. That was one of of the Ella Langley Facts featured in a recent Secret History of Ella Langley video.<\/p>\n<p>This new confession is unrelated. Talking to Theo Von, Langley shared details.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; is currently the No. 1 song on <em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s all-genre Hot 100 chart.<\/li>\n<li>Her new <em>Dandelion<\/em> album drops on Friday.<\/li>\n<li>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8jqyklYKjMU&amp;t=2685s\" target=\"_blank\">appearance on <em>This Past Weekend<\/em><\/a> with Theo Von dropped on Monday (April 7).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Related<\/strong><\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/ella-langley-choosing-texas-music-video-easter-eggs\/\">Watch Ella Langley&#8217;s Star-Studded &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; Music Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a bunch of eye surgeries when I was young, for the muscles in my eyes. Sometimes I\u2019d be a little cross-eyed,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>Later she forwards a comparison someone from her surgery team shared that relates her two eyes to horses pulling a carriage. &#8220;They\u2019ve gotta learn to work together and mine just never did,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>The vivid (to say the least) part came a few seconds earlier after she admitted the most recent of these surgeries happened two or three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s kind of brutal honestly,&#8221; Langley says. &#8220;They had to take your eyeballs out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Take a second to let that sink in! Von did. It doesn&#8217;t sound like\u00a0Langley&#8217;s exaggerating either. Without more details it&#8217;s hard to pin down the exact nature of her surgery but somewhere out there is a doctor who&#8217;s hovered over an eyeless country hitmaker.<\/p>\n<p>The full interview including a few more revelations about Langley, including how hard she fought to keep &#8220;You Look Like You Love Me&#8221; exactly the way you hear it, and that her graduating class had only 32 kids. The conversational nature of the podcast leads to plenty of stories from Von&#8217;s life as well.<\/p>\n<p>Taste of Country is planning a full review of <em>Dandelion<\/em> for Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">13 Ella Langley Facts Guaranteed To Shock Her Biggest Fans<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div>This list of 13<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ella-langley\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Ella Langley<\/a> facts includes the things you actually want to know, not just biography info you can find with a Google or Wikipedia search. Name, age, hometown &#8230; we&#8217;ll let other outlets handle the simple stuff.<\/div>\n<p>Our Ella Langley fact sheet zooms in on the pop-country star who gave her a big break, a surgery that may have changed her voice and the state championship team she was a part of in high school. Plus, did you know she had to fight to record her breakthrough hit the way she wanted to?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">The 10 Best Ella Langley Songs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>As a breakout artist, having one massive hit is sort of a mixed blessing. So it is with Ella Langley and &#8220;You Look Like You Love Me,&#8221; a Riley Green duet that was a monster country radio hit in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a great song, but fans are doing themselves a disservice if they don&#8217;t dig further. In fact, the very top song on this list is another &#8212; way underrated &#8212; track. Keep reading to see which one it is!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/cliptak\" target=\"_blank\">Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=75&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/ella-langley-childhood-surgery-eyes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ella Langley recently opened up about several surgeries she underwent as a kid, and then she\u00a0really\u00a0opened up. 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