{"id":61558,"date":"2026-04-02T19:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/watch-ella-langleys-choosin-texas-music-video\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:25:45","slug":"watch-ella-langleys-choosin-texas-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/watch-ella-langleys-choosin-texas-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8216;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8217; Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/ella-langley\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley<\/a> dropped her official &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; music video this week, and it&#8217;s a mini-movie that&#8217;s absolutely\u00a0<em>jam-packed<\/em> with star cameos and fun twists.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/yellow-stone\" target=\"_blank\">Yellowstone<\/a><\/em> star <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/luke-grimes\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Grimes\u00a0<\/a>plays Langley&#8217;s love interest in this story, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/miranda-lambert\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Lambert\u00a0<\/a>also co-stars as the bar performer who (spoiler alert) winds up rescuing Langley from being stuck in Texas with a boyfriend who&#8217;s still hung up on another girl.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read More<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/choosin-texas-chart-success\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Secret Behind Ella Langley&#8217;s Massive Hit, &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another familiar face is <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kaitlin-butts\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlin Butts<\/a>, who follows Langley into the bathroom to warn her that her relationship just might be on the rocks. Butts plays the part of the mean girl\u00a0<em>perfectly<\/em>, and the duo&#8217;s real-life friendship adds a little bit of an extra dynamic to her participation in this video (more on that later.)<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all that the &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; video delivers. Langley&#8217;s new clip includes some intriguing imagery and audio snippets that left us wondering: Is she teasing new music? What&#8217;s the story behind it? And why does everyone in this video look so familiar?<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling as Taste of Country attempts to answer all your burning questions about Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas video.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>No. 1: Who Plays\u00a0The Ex-Girlfriend in Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; Video?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Ella Langley, YouTube<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Ella Langley, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This girl \u2014 most often seen looking sultry and mysterious across the bar from Langley and her love interest <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/luke-grimes\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Grimes<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 looks\u00a0<em>so<\/em> familiar, but we couldn&#8217;t\u00a0quite place her.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we did a little digging and solved the mystery. The ex-girlfriend stealing Langley&#8217;s man in the music video is played by Ava Phillippe, aka Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe&#8217;s daughter!<\/p>\n<p>Country fans might know Phillippe from her role in\u00a0<em>Ransom Canyon<\/em>. She&#8217;s also a model who&#8217;s worked with brands such as\u00a0Chanel Beauty and Dior Beauty.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>No. 2: Why Do\u00a0So Many of\u00a0the Bar Patrons Look Familiar?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Ella Langley, YouTube<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Ella Langley, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Why?\u00a0Because you&#8217;ve seen a lot of them onstage elsewhere, of course! Langley enlisted a bunch of her Texas-born friends in music and entertainment to act in this music video, including Texas singers Wade Bowen and Casey Donahew (whose wife also plays the bartender.)<\/p>\n<p>Eagle-eyed fans will spot Tanner Usrey playing pool \u2014 he&#8217;s a Texas artist who just made headlines earlier in the week when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tanner-usrey-arrest-dwi-fentanyl-felony-drug-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\">arrested<\/a> on serious drug charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tanner-usrey-arrest-dwi-fentanyl-felony-drug-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Usrey Arrested On Felony Drug Charges<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodeo personality Dale Brisby makes an appearance, as do members of the Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s Aggie Wranglers dance team.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>No. 3: What Are the Unreleased Song Teases in the Music Video?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Ella Langley, YouTube<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Ella Langley, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the music video starts in earnest, Langley and Grimes are cruising into Abilene, and playing on the radio is a song we can barely make out, and can&#8217;t place. It certainly\u00a0<em>sounds<\/em> like it could be Langley&#8217;s voice, but we&#8217;d be hard pressed to say\u00a0<em>anything<\/em> for sure about it.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re much more confident in another clip from the very end of the video, which includes a brief audio snippet as the credits role. In it, Langley sings, &#8220;<em>I think we both know, it&#8217;s last call for us \/ It&#8217;s last call for us<\/em>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/news\/ella-langley-drops-all-star-choosin-texas-video-and-possibly-an-easter-egg\" target=\"_blank\">Parade<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>did some extra sleuthing and discovered a blank YouTube page under Langley&#8217;s channel that&#8217;s called &#8220;Last Call For Us,&#8221; but offers no additional information.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a song called &#8220;Last Call For Us&#8221; listed on the track list of Langley&#8217;s upcoming\u00a0<em>Dandelion\u00a0<\/em>album, which is due out this month. Seems like a pretty likely bet that this is teasing that track.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>No. 4: What the Heck Does &#8220;ICLYA&#8221; Stand For?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Ella Langley, YouTube<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Ella Langley, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the end of the &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; music video, Langley&#8217;s character meets Lambert&#8217;s, and Langley confides in Lambert that she&#8217;s afraid she&#8217;s losing her relationship. Lambert says their tour van is headed back to Tennessee and offers her a ride.<\/p>\n<p>Langley accepts, and hops into the van as the camera prominently displays its Tennessee license plate, reading &#8220;ICLYA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s way too much focus on the plate for it to be a coincidence, but what does it stand for? Most fans seem to be guessing &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Love You Anymore,&#8221; perhaps another new song title (or even a duet with Lambert?).<\/p>\n<p>But as of now, it&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s best guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No. 5: The Backstory Behind Kaitlin Butts&#8217; Cameo (Fun Fact!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Ella Langley, YouTube<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Ella Langley, YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/kaitlin-butts\" target=\"_blank\">Kaitlin Butts<\/a> is actually\u00a0<em>not<\/em> from Texas like many of the other artists who made cameos in the &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; video. She&#8217;s from Oklahoma, though, and has ties to the country music scene.<\/p>\n<p>Butts and Langley are good friends, and they&#8217;ve toured together and shared stages.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Langley also famously lip synced to Butts&#8217; viral hit &#8220;You Ain&#8217;t Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me)&#8221; in a TikTok post.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/are-ella-langley-riley-green-dating\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Langley Clears Up Romance Rumors\u00a0About Riley Green<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was smack-dab in the middle of a bunch of romance rumors that were circulating about Langley and her &#8220;You Look Like You Love Me&#8221; duet partner <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/riley-green\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Green<\/a>, and many fans drew a connection between those rumors and Langley&#8217;s posts of Butts&#8217; song.<\/p>\n<p>Those rumors also included a love triangle with <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/megan-moroney\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Moroney<\/a>, so it&#8217;s a bit of a full-circle moment that Butts would play a role in this fictional love triangle in the story for the &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; video.<\/p>\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><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/ella-langley-choosing-texas-music-video-easter-eggs\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ella Langley dropped her official &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; music video this week, and it&#8217;s a mini-movie that&#8217;s absolutely\u00a0jam-packed with star cameos and fun twists. 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