Beyoncé’s long-awaited new nation album, “Cowboy Carter,” is right here, and it finds Queen Bey taking on the style of place with equivalent pieces regard and sass. Nowhere is that combine of attitudes a lot more prevalent than on her go over of a revered Dolly Parton common: “Jolene.”
Today’s launch of “Cowboy Carter” verified a few of factors Beyoncé enthusiasts experienced suspected since the tracklist was unveiled previously this 7 days: To start with, that she would be undertaking a deal with of Dolly Parton’s 1973 track alongside with unique twists on place like the previously common “Texas Maintain ‘Em.” 2nd, that the keep track of “Dolly P” is in point an intro to “Jolene,” carried out by Dolly herself.
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Give it a pay attention on the video clip down below, from Beyoncé’s YouTube channel.
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“Hey, Miss Honeybee, it’s Dolly P,” Parton chimes in over the opening notes. “You know that hussy with the fantastic hair you sing about? Reminded me of anyone I realized back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a unique color, but it hurts just the very same.”
Hair of a diverse coloration in truth. On the authentic song, Dolly is begging a fairly younger point, “please never get my guy.” In the edition we hear on “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé isn’t begging — she’s issuing a warning.
“You never want no heat with me, Jolene,” sings Beyoncé, making it clear that when Jolene’s natural beauty is even now “beyond look at,” she’s not providing up her man with no a combat. Her edition transforms Parton’s song from a lovelorn lament to a brutal takedown of the titular homewrecker. “There’s a thousand women in just about every home / that act as determined as you do,” Bey sings at a person level. Ouch.
It’s all very on-model for the strongwoman of pop (and now region), but what does the authentic singer imagine? Judging by Dolly Parton’s X account (@DollyParton), she’s as tickled to hear Beyoncé’s edition as she was when Lil Nas X and Miley Cyrus place their possess stamps on the music. Late final night, she posted a image of herself in classic Dolly mode.
Just contact me Dolly P 🤠 pic.twitter.com/1xjPkh8ugd
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) March 28, 2024
Parton’s caption on the picture? “Just simply call me Dolly P.”
