nostalgia

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7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-09-02

Final complete day: 2026-09-02. Attention was 0.1% — this entity appeared in 24 of 19,111 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (25 mentions).

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1. 2026-09-02 13:34 UTCComment

   If you haven’t yet heard about how a certain fella is choosin’ a woman from Texas over Ella Langley, it’s only a matter of time. Langley’s massive hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” began dominating the Billboard Hot 100 charts a few months ago — and never looked back. It’s still sitting at No. 1 after 19 weeks, tied for the longest time spent atop the charts among non-holiday songs. In a few more weeks, Langley could shatter the all-time record and dethrone Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” It’s a runaway success for Langley, who is relatively new to country music but has quickly vaulted to a new tier of stardom. To break down how it happened, *Today, Explained* turned to Marissa Moss, a senior writer at Rolling Stone and the author of *Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be*. Moss talked with *Today, Explained* co-host Noel King about where Langley’s success came from, what it means for women in country music, and why many fans don’t know what to make of Langley, who has maintained a low profile for a star artist. **Tell me about “Choosin’ Texas.”** “Choosin’ Texas” is a song about a woman who is essentially losing her man in real time. She goes to a bar or a honky-tonk in Texas. She’s from Tennessee. She suddenly realizes that he sees his ex who’s from Texas and drifts away from her to this woman. It’s that feeling of knowing when you see it in someone’s face that they’re going to be leaving you and figuring out whether it’s worth it to hold on or to let go. **How big is this song, exactly?** It is huge. It is up there right now in competition with Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which owns the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 22 weeks. Her only \[other\] competition is from Shaboozey and Lil Nas X, which are country-adjacent songs. She really could blow by Mariah Carey. Of course you get a boost every time Christmas comes around, but we’re a little ways off from Mariah Carey declaring once and for all that it’s Christmas season. So I think Ella has plenty of time to catch up. And it could be the biggest song of all time, which is crazy. **You’re a music writer and you’re based in Nashville. How big a deal is Ella Langley in a place like Nashville and in the country industry?** She’s a big deal. And it’s exciting because she’s a relatively newish artist in terms of how long she’s been putting out music. She only released her debut album in 2024, called *Hungover*. It’s really exciting because as a lot of people know, it can be really hard for a woman to make it in Nashville. Usually under 10 percent of songs on country radio are by women, so having someone like her out there and having so much country radio airplay and presence on the Hot 100 and breaking all these records, you really hope that it’s going to help influence people in Nashville to sign more women, platform more women, do all of those things to try to sort of flip this longstanding sexism that has existed in Nashville. Not to put all of our hopes and dreams on one woman, because it’s not up to her to do this. It’s up to the industry to respond. But you sure have to hope so. **Was it a surprise that “Choosin’ Texas” became such a big hit?** I would’ve never predicted this. I loved the song when I heard it, but I don’t think I ever thought that something this country could be this popular. And yes, country music is becoming so much more popular nationwide, worldwide. But it is also country music in a lot of ways that is a little bit more pop-leaning. Morgan Wallen is extremely popular, but he’s not putting out super-twangy tears-in-your-beer kind of country music songs. “Choosin’ Texas” is kind of sad, but more than sad, I think it’s relatable. It taps into this feeling that a lot of people have, especially in the summer. If you’re thinking about a summer romance, of losing something that you once had, of letting go, of nostalgia, I think that’s something that we really want to feel right now. And despite the lyrical content, which may be a little bit of a bummer, the song does just feel so good. And it’s like a little bit of a brain weed gummy. The second it comes on and you hear that little guitar lick it relaxes you. It gives you that summer feel of airy and fresh and a lot of people want to feel that way right now.

2. 2026-09-02 12:05 UTCComment

   Back when these songs were on the radio, I always thought they would be forgotten in time. Turns out it was the opposite, and I regularly listen to the them, primarily for the nostalgia.

3. 2026-09-01 22:15 UTCComment

   You realize there are still entire stores dedicated to physical media, and Sony is in court arguing right now that you don't own digital purchases. Whatever.... it won't be my nostalgia that's ruined in 40 year.

4. 2026-09-01 20:55 UTCComment

   This will sound silly but I have a few old, low quality MP3 files I downloaded back in the Napster/Limewire era. Despite being migrated to several computers since they were downloaded the “created on” info still says things like September 14 2003 2:35AM. Even though I have since acquired higher quality copies of these songs, I keep those old files in my library with an \[old file\] tag on them. They’re not even physical objects but I feel compelled to keep them anyways. Whenever I see them I feel so much nostalgia. What was I doing up at 2:35am in 2003? I was 17! Other than downloading music lol

5. 2026-09-01 18:53 UTCComment

   I love vinyl, but now in my 40s I’m finding some charm and nostalgia in buying CDs again. Dusted off my old 5-disc carousel. Sounds awesome!