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Ella Langley Responds to Doja Cat's "I Don't Know What That Is" — With an Instagram Post About Everything Else

Kiran MachadoPublished 8h ago3 min readBased on 3 sources
Ella Langley Responds to Doja Cat's "I Don't Know What That Is" — With an Instagram Post About Everything Else
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Ella Langley had a ready answer for Doja Cat's claim that she didn't know who she was: the same six words, turned back as a caption. On Thursday, August 27, Langley posted photos and videos from her travels and performances on Instagram with the caption "Ella Langley? What is that?" — echoing the phrase Doja Cat used days earlier when asked on the Sundae Conversation podcast whether she was a fan (Billboard).

The post itself had nothing to do with Doja Cat. It was travel snaps and stage footage — the kind of update an artist shares mid-tour. The caption did all the talking.

The exchange began on the Sundae Conversation podcast, where Doja Cat was asked if she was a Langley fan. "I don't know what that is. Ella Langley?" she replied. Billboard reported the moment on August 24 (Billboard).

Doja Cat then pulled up Langley's song "Choosin' Texas" on a Twitch livestream, hearing it for the first time. She called Langley's voice "very pretty" and said she doesn't care for country music (etalk).

The irony — or at least the chart context — is that the artist Doja Cat hadn't heard of is sitting on one of the longest reigns in the Billboard Hot 100's history. The Hot 100 is the US singles chart that ranks songs by a blend of sales, radio airplay and streaming. "Choosin' Texas" has now tied Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus's "Old Town Road" for the second-most weeks at No. 1 on that chart (Billboard).

If "Choosin' Texas" holds the top spot for one more week, it will tie Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" for the longest stay at No. 1 in the chart's history (Billboard).

That is the measure of the artist Doja Cat said she didn't recognise — a singer whose current single is one week away from matching the all-time Hot 100 record. Langley's response, a caption on a holiday photo dump, was as low-key as it gets. It didn't name Doja Cat. It didn't name "Choosin' Texas." It just borrowed the question and let the charts answer the rest.

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