Luke Bryan Reveals The Career Advice He Offered Bailey Zimmerman and Ella Langley

Luke Bryan has been building his music career since he was just 14 years old and playing in his first band. Over the years, he’s learned the ins and outs of the industry and now, he’s passing that knowledge on to rising stars like Bailey Zimmerman and Ella Langley.

While acting as co-host of Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, Bryan revealed some of the advice that he’s offered to the two artsits as they begin to cement their own names in the business. The Georgia native first thought back to a low moment in Zimmerman’s career back in January when he delivered a performance that he wasn’t proud of while seemingly intoxicated at Bryan’s Crash My Playa Festival in Cancun, Mexico.

Zimmerman took his usual high-energy antics to a new level as he proceeded to trip and fall on the stage, struggle to deliver his best vocals and at one point forgot the lyrics to his own song.  He later apologized and took the experience as a learning moment.

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Bryan says he stepped up to help guide Zimmerman through the experience. Unfortunately, with today’s technology, his situation was further elevated by the large number of concertgoers who caught the moment on video and shared it across social media. While Bryan is no stranger to mishaps on stage, he’s learned that at the end of the day, to best thing to do is to use it as an opportunity for growth and to remember that mistakes happen.

“When I was his age, people didn’t shoot video of everything.  I told him, ‘Learn, be better, and you’re human.’ Then we did a song together, He said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’ He’s being Bailey. When he walked out, the fans lost it. We got him in, and we got him outta there,” Bryan explained as he recalled their conversation at the time.

Zimmerman isn’t the only rising artist Bryan has taken under his wing. He also shared some guidance with one of his recent opening acts, Ella Langley, during a pivotal moment in her journey.

“It so exciting to be on the cusp of your dreams coming true. She’s becoming a celebrity,” he shared. “It’s really fun. She has the right tools. I introduced her to the music of KT Oslin. I told her, ‘You need to listen to KT Oslin.’”

He went on to praise Langley and Lainey Wilson for being strong female forces in the industry who proudly display their “country accents.”

 “It’s so great,” Bryan gushed.

Luke Bryan is currently on the road for his A Country Song Came On tour. The trek launched in May and has a few remaining dates left through the end of August. He will then return to his annual Farm Tour in September.

Along with his upcoming dates, the hitmaker teased that he has new music in the works.

 “It’s nice to kind of depart from what they expect and give them something new.  Now they’ll be wanting, hopefully, the next chapter of my singles, and keeping them guessing, and me trying to stay on top of my game,” he revealed.