Country singer Ella Langley celebrated a record-breaking run for her song “Choosin’ Texas” by confronting her fear of exotic animals. In a TikTok video, she held a parrot, sat beside a baby kangaroo, handled an Argentine boa and hugged a lemur, drawing enthusiastic reactions from fans.

The song has spent 23 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, overtaking Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” as the chart’s longest-running leader. Langley said the achievement was changing her life, benefiting the song’s writers and family, and creating opportunities for a lasting career; the track entered the chart in November 2025, reached the top 10 in January and first hit No. 1 in February.