JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<body ng-app ng-controller="Controller">
    <div>
        <h2>Number of changes: {{numOfChanges}}</h2>
        <select ng-change="change()" ng-model="currentSelection">
        <option ng-repeat="option in options" value="{{option}}">{{option}}</option>
      </select>
    </div>
    <div>
      {{currentSelection}}
      {{test}}
    </div>
</body>

JavaScript

function Controller($scope) {
    $scope.numOfChanges = 0;
    $scope.change = function() {
        $scope.numOfChanges++;
    }
    if ($scope.currentSelection) {
    		$scope.test = "WORKS";
    }
    $scope.options = ["do", "ray", "me", "far", "so", "la", "tee","dah"]
}