Ella Langley’s 'Choose in Texas' has dominated the summer of 2026, spending 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and threatening Mariah Carey’s record for most weeks at number one. But beyond its chart success, the song is part of a broader cultural shift: pop music this summer is steeped in m
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