{"id":1008906,"date":"2026-08-18T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008906\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:00:18","slug":"ella-langley-surprises-fort-worth-crowd-with-matthew-mcconaugheys-viral-choosin-texas-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1008906\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Surprises Fort Worth Crowd With Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Viral \u2018Choosin\u2019 Texas\u2019 Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ella Langley has found a pretty perfect way to kick off \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas<\/a>\u201d at her Texas shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During her Aug. 15 concert at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Langley used Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Fallon\u2019s bluegrass cover of her hit song as the introduction to her live performance. The unexpected moment came just days after McConaughey surprised viewers by putting his own spin on Langley\u2019s chart-topping country anthem during\u00a0The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Version Opens the Show\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before Langley appeared onstage in Fort Worth, the crowd watched footage of McConaughey and Fallon performing their bluegrass-inspired rendition of \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the cover played, the excitement inside the arena built before the screen transitioned to Langley\u2019s live performance of the song.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The choice was especially\u00a0fitting\u00a0for the Fort Worth concert. McConaughey\u2019s version had quickly gone viral after his\u00a0Tonight Show\u00a0appearance, where he teamed up with Fallon and The Last Bison to perform the song after a fan suggestion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ella\u00a0Langley Was Blown Away by McConaughey\u2019s Cover\u00a0<\/p>\n

Langley had already made it clear that she was thrilled when McConaughey covered \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the performance aired on Aug. 12, the singer reacted on social media, writing that she\u00a0didn’t\u00a0think she would ever recover from seeing the actor perform her song.\u00a0McConaughey\u2019s rendition gave the song a completely different feel, swapping Langley\u2019s modern\u00a0country\u00a0production for a more stripped-down bluegrass sound.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor\u2019s connection to the performance also goes beyond simply being a fan of the song. McConaughey has been promoting his upcoming film\u00a0The Rivals of\u00a0Amziah\u00a0King, a Southern drama that incorporates bluegrass music and features him performing music as part of the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d Has Become a Massive Hit\u00a0<\/p>\n

Langley\u2019s decision to incorporate McConaughey\u2019s version into her show comes as \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d continues its remarkable run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The song, which Langley co-wrote with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, became a major crossover success and propelled the singer to a new level of stardom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its success has also helped turn Langley into one of country music\u2019s biggest breakout artists, with the song attracting fans far beyond the traditional country audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley has found a pretty perfect way to kick off \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d at her Texas shows.\u00a0 During…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1008907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,115623,7371,7372,1029,75753,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1008906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-ella-langley","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117117349183107058","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1008907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}