Ella Langley’s new music video for “Choosin’ Texas” is a mini-movie set in the Stagecoach Ballroom of Fort Worth, Texas, where Langley’s lyrics to her massive crossover hit all come to life. There’s the cowboy with a wandering eye, the Lone Star State vixen out to woo him, and Langley’s soon-to-be-drinking-alone narrator. But it’s the names that Langley cast to play those roles that help make the video so charming.
Here are all the cameos you may have missed.
Luke Grimes
The Yellowstone and Marshalls star is about to roll out his brand new country album, Red Bird. For “Choosin’ Texas,” however, he emphasizes his acting, playing the cowboy who just can’t quit the pull of Texas and all that comes along with it.
Miranda Lambert
The native Texan co-wrote “Choosin’ Texas” with Langley (she co-produced Langley’s upcoming album Dandelion, too) and appears in the video as the sage country singer who’s already seen it all. She knows who and what Grimes’ cowboy is going to choose.
Kaitlin Butts
Former theater kid Butts — notably not a Texan, but from Oklahoma — gives Langley’s character a little lip in the women’s room, warning her that Grimes sure isn’t going to choose her. “Sorry for being so mean to you!” Butts posted to Langley online after the video’s premiere.
Ava Phillippe
The daughter of actors Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon is the spitting image of her mother, a Nashville resident. Phillippe plays the woman who makes a play for Grimes.
Wade Bowen, Mike Ryan, Casey Donahew, Tanner Usrey
A quartet of Texas country music singers is all spotted inside the Stagecoach Ballroom, including lifers like Bowen and the upstart Usrey.
Dale Brisby, JB Mauney, Shad Mayfield, Tyson Durfey, Leighton Berry
What’s a music video set in Texas without a bunch of cowboys? Champs at that: Mayfield and Durfy are world champ calf ropers, while Mauney is a PBR world champion and NFR bullrider. And Brisby, the long-haired guy at the table, earned a reputation for being a bull-riding comedian. Think Jackass at the rodeo.
Shea Fisher Durfey
The wife of Tyson Durfy, Shea, is an Australian native who moved to Texas to pursue a country music career.
