Dolly Parton is giving her tackle Beyoncé’s cowl of her hit tune “Jolene” on Beyoncé’s nation album Cowboy Carter.
In an interview with E! Information, Parton mentioned she was stunned when she discovered Beyoncé didn’t cowl the unique “Jolene” tune on her Cowboy Carter album however quite presents her personal rendition of it.
“I feel it was very daring of her,” Parton instructed E! Information of Beyoncé’s take. “After they mentioned she was gonna do ‘Jolene,’ I anticipated it to be my common one, nevertheless it wasn’t. However I like what she did to it. And as a songwriter, you like the truth that folks do your songs irrespective of how they do them.”
“She wasn’t gonna go beg another lady like I did,” Parton quipped. “‘Don’t steal my man.’ Shit, get out right here, bitch. You ain’t stealin’ mine.”
As for the Cowboy Carter album, Parton mentioned she was “proud” of the general physique of labor.
“I believed she did an amazing job in nation music, and I believed it was nice. And I used to be simply blissful she did ‘Jolene.’ I, after all, would have cherished to have heard how she would have accomplished it in its authentic method. However after all, you realize, it’s Beyoncé. Yeah, her life is totally different than mine,” she mentioned.
Beyoncé introduced the discharge of Act II in the course of the 2024 Tremendous Bowl with the discharge of its lead singles “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” Following its success — the album broke Spotify’s file for many streams in a single day — Cowboy Carter is anticipated to be a Grammy contender. Ought to the album be nominated, Parton mentioned it will “be great” to sing with Beyoncé on the Grammys stage.
“Why after all I might—if I’m out there, if I’m not caught up in one thing I can not get out of, yeah, that’d be great,” Parton mentioned. “I imply, who wouldn’t wanna sing ‘Jolene’ with Beyoncé?”
For the album, Parton recorded an interlude “Dolly P” wherein she tipped her hat at one other well-known character: Becky with the nice hair.
“Hey miss Honey B, it’s Dolly P,” Parton says within the interlude, “You recognize that hussy with the nice hair you sing about? / Jogged my memory of somebody I knew again when / Besides she has flamin’ locks of auburn hair / Bless her coronary heart / Only a hair of a distinct shade nevertheless it hurts simply the identical.”
“We communicated when the album got here out, once I was doing a few of the little issues to placed on the album,” Parton added. “And we have been sending one another flowers and little love notes and all that. So, yeah, it’s all good.”
Parton’s feedback on aren’t the primary time the nation icon praised Beyoncé. When Beyoncé’s single “Texas Maintain ‘Em” made historical past on the Billboard Sizzling Nation chart, Parton shared an announcement on social media on the time, supporting the achievement. She wrote on the time, “I’m an enormous fan of Beyoncé and really excited that she’s accomplished a rustic album. So congratulations in your Billboard Sizzling Nation primary single. Can’t wait to listen to the complete album!”
