After months of swirling rumors, Riley Green and Ella Langley have officially confirmed what fans have long suspected: they’re a couple. And how did they make it public? Not with a press release — but with a kiss, caught on camera at the tail end of a backstage concert clip that’s now making the rounds online.
The video, which surfaced late Tuesday night on TikTok and quickly spread to Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), shows the pair walking arm-in-arm behind the stage at a festival in Georgia. As the camera pans back, Riley leans in and kisses Ella on the cheek — before pulling her in for a quick, unmistakable kiss on the lips.
“I knew it!! Riley kissed Ella and I screamed,” one fan commented.
“That wasn’t a friend-zone hug. That was country love realness,” another wrote.
Fans first began speculating after Riley and Ella performed together at multiple shows in early 2024. Their on-stage chemistry — playful banter, knowing glances, and the way they harmonized on “When It Rains, It Pours” — didn’t go unnoticed.
“We’re just having fun,” Riley teased in an interview last fall.
“He gets me,” Ella added in a separate podcast, blushing at the mention of his name.
Now, there’s no more hiding it — and fans are loving every second of this country-music power pairing.
Fellow artists were quick to chime in on social media:
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Lainey Wilson: “Y’all are too dang cute. Country music needed this.”
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ERNEST: “Bout time.”
Fans have dubbed them “RelLa”, and hashtags like #RileyAndElla, #CountryCoupleGoals, and #GreenLangley are trending.
Whether it started as a friendship or a duet that turned into something more, one thing is clear: Riley Green and Ella Langley aren’t hiding anymore.
And if this kiss is just the beginning? Country music may have just found its next great love story — cowboy boots and all.