Country music singer Ella Langley has responded to Doja Cat on social media after the pop star stated during a podcast interview that she did not know who Langley was.
The 30-year-old singer Doja Cat made the comments during a recent appearance on the Sundae Conversation podcast hosted by Caleb Pressley.
During the interview, Pressley asked Doja Cat if she was an "Ella's fella." Doja Cat replied, "I don't know what that is."
When Pressley pressed further by asking, "Do you like Ella Langley?" the singer repeated her response, stating again, "I don't know what that is."
Doja Cat repeated Langley's name before Pressley recommended that she check out the country star's music. Her reaction divided fans online, with some praising Doja Cat for her authenticity while others speculated she was feigning ignorance.
Social media response
Langley, 27, took the jab in stride and referenced the podcast interaction on social media. She shared an Instagram post featuring a collection of photos and videos of herself.
She captioned the post, "Ella Langley? What is that?" in a direct reference to Doja Cat's comments on the podcast show.
Doja Cat, born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, is known to ruffle feathers with irreverent and playful comments. The pop star has built a reputation for making unpredictable statements during interviews and public appearances.
Chart success with Choosin' Texas
The exchange comes as Langley experiences major commercial success with her music. Her song Choosin' Texas has enjoyed unprecedented success on the record charts.
The track spent 19 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the flagship weekly music chart in the United States published by Billboard magazine.
That achievement made Langley the longest-running solo female artist atop the chart for a non-holiday song in music history.
Upbringing in Alabama
Before achieving chart success, Langley grew up as one of four children in Hope Hull, Alabama, an unincorporated community located in Montgomery County, south of the state capital of Montgomery.
She spent her childhood on a property with a barn amid rolling pastures south of Montgomery, where she used to sing to cows. Her family sometimes struggled financially during her upbringing.
Langley's aunt, Ruth Meek, recently told the Daily Mail that the family had little money for entertainment or formal music lessons. "When you're that poor and you don't have access to much of anything and no one has a car, the family just made music together," Meek explained.
After being homeschooled for years, Langley enrolled in Hooper Academy in Hope Hull. She found a musical mentor in her high school guitar teacher, Maury "Coach Pop" Popwell.
Popwell recalled her early dedication to learning the instrument. "She could not play very well when she started to come to me," he told the Daily Mail. "She worked and worked at it. She was just one of these people that she wouldn't take no for an answer."
Mental health disclosures
Earlier this year, Doja Cat opened up publicly about her borderline personality disorder diagnosis. The Mayo Clinic defines borderline personality disorder as "a mental health condition that affects the way people feel about themselves and others, making it hard to function in everyday life," marked by symptoms such as "mood swings, anger and impulsiveness."
Doja Cat first spoke about her diagnosis in March, admitting she has been "struggling" and has been in therapy for years.
She told Elle UK magazine in May that she has found it hard to trust her romantic partners. "If I have a boyfriend and he leaves just to run errands, my brain thinks he's breaking up with me," she explained of her condition. "I have to scrape against it and teach myself that that's not happening to me. I'm safe."
