Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is available now.
Caylee Robillard
He chose Texas, and so did Ella Langley when looking for the perfect spot to shoot the music video for her No. 1 single “Choosin’ Texas.” The music video, which was released on April 1, was filmed in Fort Worth.
The Stagecoach Ballroom served as the quintessential setting for Abilene, or the kind of Texas people envision before setting foot in the state, the type where children ride horses to school and tumbleweeds decorate every road.
“When Ella chose Stagecoach Ballroom for this production, it felt like she was bringing a heartbeat back to our dance floor,” Julia Paur, a spokesperson for the Stagecoach Ballroom, said in a press release. “This entire production came together in just two weeks.”
In the seven-minute video, a recreation of the song’s lyrics, Langley is seen arriving in Abilene, Texas, her boyfriend’s home state. There, he runs into an old flame, and Langley realizes he’s probably choosing Texas over her, forcing her to return to Tennessee alone.
The video boasts a roster of Western Renaissance media giants, including Luke Grimes of Yellowstone, Ava Phillippe, daughter of Reese Witherspoon and a cameo by country music star and native North Texan, Miranda Lambert.
The video, directed partly by Langley, also employed local film industry professionals.
“We are grateful to have unique locations and a film-friendly community to consistently make the production process seamless and successful,” Taylor Hardy, Fort Worth Film Commissioner, said in a press release.
The song, released in October 2025, spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. And a large part of that is from the Dallas Stars, who have claimed the song as their “unofficial anthem” and keep it on repeat before games and practices, the team told the Dallas Morning News.
“When we hop on the plane, we throw on the same tune, kind of on repeat,” said rookie center Justin Hryckowian. “We kind of all got forced to like it. As soon as we kept hearing it, we were like, ‘All right, we really like this.’”
The song is the lead single for Langley’s album, Dandelion, which is set to be released on April 10. She will tour the album nationwide, stopping in Fort Worth at Dickie’s Arena on Aug. 15.