“Positive Sign for the Culture”: Matt Walsh backs Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ as critic compare its chart run to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

CMA Fest 2026 - Day One - Source: Getty
CMA Fest 2026 - Day One - Source: Getty

On July 27, Matt Walsh defended Ella Langley’s song ‘Choosin’ Texas’ after a netizen criticized it for surpassing classic hits from singers like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Earlier, on July 21, an X user, @zkdculture, targeted Ella Langley’s song for topping Billboard Charts leaving behind Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ and Mariah Carey’s ‘We Belong Together.’ On X, the user wrote:

“you know the industry is cooked when this song is going to surpass whitney houston’s ‘i will always love you’ and mariah carey’s ‘we belong together’ for most weeks #1 on the billboard chart”

The post went viral online garnering over 21.7 million views on X. A few days later, Matt Walsh reacted to Ella’s criticism and dubbed ‘Choosin’ Texas’ as ‘fine little’ country song. He added that the song’s chart topping success shows positive sign for the culture. The political commentator wrote:

“This is a fine little country song and it’s a rare positive sign for the culture that a song like this — not degenerate nonsense, not a bunch of retarded girl boss gibberish — is topping the charts.”

Ella Langley dropped her album Dandelion in April

The American country music star, Ella Langley, released with her second studio album, Dandelion, on April 10 this year. The record was distributed by Sawgod and Columbia Records.

The latest album of Ella Langley featured a compilation of 18 tracks. Here’s the tracklist of Dandelion:

  • Froggy Went A Courtin' - Intro
  • Dandelion
  • Choosin' Texas
  • We Know Us
  • Low Lights
  • Be Her
  • You & Me Time
  • Loving Life Again
  • Bottom Of Your Boots
  • Speaking Terms
  • I Gotta Quit
  • It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (Kitty Wells cover)
  • Last Call For Us
  • Broken
  • Somethin' Simple
  • Butterfly Season (feat. Miranda Lambert)
  • Most Good Things Do - Acoustic
  • Froggy Went A Courtin' - Outro

As reported by Fox News, “Choosin’ Texas” has spent 15 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the longest-running female solo non-holiday No. 1 hit ever. Previously, Whitney and Mariah’s songs spent 14 consecutive weeks on Billboard chart.

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Edited by Shatakshi Gupta