Mashup Of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” & Wham!’s “Last Christmas” Has No Business Being This Good

The holiday jam you never knew you needed.

The holiday season is here, which means that Christmas music is on full blast for some. While some folks are the kind that like to listen to Christmas music long before the first frost, I personally cannot get into the holly jolly spirit until after Thanksgiving—and not even because I’m a Thanksgiving superfan, but more because I believe that each holiday deserves its own moment.

In fact, there’s even a psychologist by the name of Linda Blair who suggests listening to Christmas music too early can have adverse effects on your mental health. She warns that the constant, early push of Christmas tunes can actually lead one to enjoy the holiday less, since the music can trigger thoughts of and pressure to do Christmas chores: like buying gifts, putting together parties, and even booking holiday travel. The early cueing up of Christmas music – and the repetitive, elongated nature of it – can apparently really get under the skin of people:

“You’re simply spending all of your energy trying not to hear what you’re hearing. Christmas music is likely to irritate people if it’s played too loudly and too early.”

Just sharing that for folks to be educated… If, for some reason, you need to get back into the Christmas spirit and are burnt out on traditional holiday music, let me introduce you to what could be your next holiday hyper-fixation.

There is nothing better than taking one of the biggest songs of the year and dusting it with snow, right?

There is no denying that Ella Langley has been on a hot streak since her viral duet “You Look Like You Love Me” featuring Riley Green. The song was the first song in CMA Award history to win Music Video of the Year, Musical Event of the Year, Song of the Year, and Single of the Year. And Ella Langley might be on track to do the same thing with her latest single, “Choosin’ Texas.”

“Choosin’ Texas” has been such a success, in fact, that it recently scored Langley her first-career #1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, rising from #4 to #1.

The track, which was now famously co-written with Miranda Lambert, was released on October 7th and quickly became one of the most buzzed-about songs of the year for a couple of reasons. The release of the single added fuel to the fire of the seemingly never-ending online drama surrounding Langley and Green’s relationship, with countless fans online speculating whether the song was written about Green himself. This theory was mainly due to the single’s artwork depicting a couple, a man wearing a cowboy hat and a blonde woman, in a red convertible, which made fans once again stir up rumors surrounding the alleged “love triangle” between Langley, Green and Megan Moroney.

Unsurprisingly, Langley would all but deny these rumors, telling fans at her Athens, Georgia, concert back in October that she’ll never reveal who the song is about. But what might be surprising to country fans is seeing that “Choosin’ Texas” is going viral for being mashed up with an ’80s Christmas classic.

A travel DJ on TikTok, DJ Vic, is taking off online with this exceptionally catchy mashup of “Choosin’ Texas” with Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Did I ever imagine hearing a Wham! x Ella Langley mashup? No. Did I think it would be good? No. Did I instantly take back my words? 100% Yes.

DJ Vic has a knack for beat-matching because this mashup is stupid good. The twangy melody of “Choosin’ Texas” plays for the first few notes before Langley’s voice dives into the chorus, which is where he mixes it with the melody of “Last Christmas.” The mix of the two songs totally changes the vibe of “Choosin’ Texas,” but it works so well, with the DJ intertwining the heartbreaking lyrics of “Last Christmas” at the end of the viral video. Given that the subject matter of these two singles is both heartbreaking, I’m dying to hear a more extended version.

In short: This has no business being this good. Turn it all the way up.

@vicmixes1 choosin texas x last christmas #wham #ellalangley #chrismas #mashup #country ♬ original sound – DJ Vic

The mashup, rightfully so, took off online, with many users sharing sentiments regarding how good this crossover was. Who knew that country music and ’80s Christmas music would blend so well together?

Read a few comments before you go:

“OKAYYYY, wearing cowboy boots while I hang Christmas lights.”

“MY TWO PERSONALITIES.”

“Best Christmas mashup of the season.”

“How do I listen to this every day?”

“Excuse me, sir….this is exquisite.”

“You got the most musical ear.”

“Genius.”

“I need this on Spotify ASAP.”

“I’M SCREAMINGGGG.”

“This is just what I needed!!”

“This is everything I didn’t know I needed.”

The Wham! “Last Christmas” music video is certainly something…

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