A heartbreak heater. Today, Ella Langley released her highly-anticipated new single “Choosin’ Texas,” which was co-written by Miranda along wtih Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. Miranda is also featured on background vocals, and co-produced alongside Ben West. Soaked in steel and full of heartbreak, it finds Ella reminiscing on a lost love who fell in love with a Texas girl, leaving her heartbroken in Tennessee: “Well, I guess he forgot about the Smoky Mountain rain Them old Hank tunes, the Memphis blues we used to sing He always loved ‘Amarillo by Morning’ I should’ve taken that as a warning She’s from Texas, I can tell by the way He’s two-stepping ’round the room And judging by the smile that’s written on his face There’s nothing I can do” Ella says it was born out of a writers trip she went on with Miranda, Joybeth and Luke about a year ago: “I had the amazing opportunity to sit down in a room with Miranda, Luke, and Joybeth on a writing retreat about a year ago. We wrote a bunch of songs together, but the second one really stuck with me. Miranda, being from Texas, started telling us one of her wild stories about drinkin’ and doing something ridiculous, and I said, ‘Well, she’s from Texas, I can tell.’ As soon as I said that, we all just looked at each other like —yep, that’s it! That’s the next song. She’s from Texas, the girl he went with. And I thought well…you know I love a song like that.” Miranda added that she wanted to let Ella’s “artistry shine” through the song, and it’s something she’s really proud of: “Ella may have grown up in Alabama, but she has a rowdy, fiery side that us Texas women recognize and respect. She’s an artist through and through, and it was important to me to let her artistry shine through at every stage of the process, from co-writing to co-producing. I’m so proud of how ‘Choosin’ Texas’ does that, and can’t wait to see the world continue to get to know Ella through this song.” Of the inspiration that first let to writing the song, Ella previously shared that it came after Miranda told her a story about getting pulled over with a kangaroo in her car. “She told me she had a pet kangaroo, and she was doing something, she was driving down a dirt road, and the kangaroo was in the back seat, and the dog was in the front seat. There was a lot going on. Then she got pulled over with a kangaroo in the passenger seat. And I was like, ‘This story’s as good as I thought it would be.’  She said the lady cop pulled her over, and she’s like, ‘Of course I have Texas plates on the back of my car.’” After hearing that, Langley responded to Lambert, saying, I’m sure the cop could tell she was from Texas, given the chaos unfolding in the car with a kangaroo and a dog in the passenger and back seats. “And I was like, ‘She’s from Texas, I can tell.’ And from that phrase right there, I don’t know, I was walking to the bathroom and I started to go, ‘She’s from Texas, I can tell by the way he’s two-steppin’ around the room.’  And Miranda was walking behind me to the bathroom, a separate one, and she was like, ‘Wait a minute! The b***h he went with, she’s from Texas, I can tell.’ The girl he went with, you know?  And from there, I think the song fell out in about 30 minutes, and it’s one of my favorite ones we got off the retreat that weekend. And it’s my first song with Miss Miranda Lambert coming out.”  And somehow, out of that, a honky tonk heartbreaker was born… “Choosin’ Texas” is easily my favorite song Ell has ever released, and I think it’s obvious that she and Miranda make a great team, so I really hope this isn’t the last of them working together. Ella’s voice sounds amazing here, the production is beautiful, and of course the concept for the song is super unique and I can see this becoming a huge hit. Fans already love it just based on the teasers and a couple of live performances, and this is exactly what I was hoping for and more, so it will be on repeat for the forseeable future. Ella has hinted that she’s working in a new album that will likely be released in 2026, and if the rest of the tracklist is anything like this, I think it will be incredible. Without further ado, you can check it out here: “Choosin’ Texas” The post Ella Langley Releases Highly Anticipated Honky Tonk Heartbreaker Co-Written With Miranda Lambert, “Choosin’ Texas” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.