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Dolly Parton wished for Beyoncé to cover “Jolene” years before “Cowboy Carter”

What inspired Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter”?

What inspired Beyoncé’s new album “Cowboy Carter”?

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Looks like Beyoncé got the message —and Dolly Parton got her wish.

In a 2022 interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, Parton was asked about her wish to have the “Renaissance” singer cover her iconic song “Jolene.”

“I don’t know if she’s even got the message, but wouldn’t that be killer?” Parton says in the interview. “I would just love to hear ‘Jolene’ done in just a big way, kind of like how Whitney [Houston] did my ‘I Will Always Love You.’ Just someone that can take my little songs and make them powerhouses.”

Beyoncé’s album “Cowboy Carter” arrived Friday, with Parton herself appearing on an interlude preceding the cover of “Jolene.”

“Hey miss Honey Bey, it’s Dolly P,” the country music legend says in the track. “You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about? Reminded me of someone I knew back when.”

The interlude connects Parton’s 1973 ballad with Beyoncé’s reference to a “Becky with the good hair” on her 2016 album “Lemonade.”

The country legend has been heaping praise on Queen Bey’s latest music. When the “Cowboy Carter” single “Texas Hold ‘Em” hit No. 1 in February, Parton wrote on social media that she was “very excited that she’s done a country album.”

“I think she’s recorded “Jolene” and I think it’s probably gonna be on her country album, which I’m very excited about that,” Parton told the Knoxville News Sentinel earlier this month.

But Beyoncé’s version of “Jolene” isn’t a line-for-line recreation —a change in the lyrics replaces “begging” and “crying” for a warning.

“I had to have this talk with you, ’cause I hate to have to act a fool. Your peace depends on how you move, Jolene,” Beyoncé croons on the track.

Parton seemed to be pleased with the changes, taking to social media again Friday to say “Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!”

What inspired Beyoncé’s new album “Cowboy Carter”?

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Beyoncé released her highly anticipated album “Cowboy Carter” on Friday, featuring 27 tracks and a genre-bending sound that pays tribute to country music’s Black origins. Lamar Dawson, radio host and pop culture expert, joins CBS News to discuss the new album.

Beyoncé drops 27-song track list for new album “Cowboy Carter”

Beyoncé dropped the track list Wednesday for her hotly anticipated country album, “Cowboy Carter,” in a vintage-inspired social media post, prompting a flurry of excitement and hypotheses among her fans.

Beyoncé’s post features a collection of red, white, black and blue-colored graphics and text boxes reminiscent of a printed, old-school concert advertisement. “Cowboy Carter” appears in block lettering along the upper edge of the graphic beside the album’s release date, which is Friday, March 29.

Although the pop star revealed the album’s title and cover art last week, Wednesday’s teaser included what appeared to be an extended name for the record: “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit.”

With 27 titles listed — assuming they’re all tracks — the album will be Beyoncé’s longest by far.

Beyoncé announced the album during the 2024 Super Bowl, describing it as “act ii” of the three-act project that began with her critically acclaimed “Renaissance” album, which she released in 2022.

The announcement was accompanied by the release of two singles — “16 Carriages” and the smash hit “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which catapulted to the top of Billboard’s country music chart, making Beyoncé the first Black woman to score a No. 1 country hit. The song ultimately nabbed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, too.

Both “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” are included on the apparent track list, and they appear among several intriguing breadcrumbs. The first is “Jolene,” the classic hit by country music legend Dolly Parton that Parton had hinted might appear on the new album.

There also appears to be a track called “Dolly P,” as well as a potential collaboration with Willie Nelson, another country icon, on a song called “Smoke Hour.” Other titles include “Tyrant,” “Desert Eagle” and “Amen.” There’s also a reference to Linda Martell, who is considered to be the first Black woman to have found commercial success in the country music genre.

“This album has been over five years in the making,” Beyoncé wrote on Instagram last week, marking the 10-day countdown to the album’s release.

“It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she wrote, hinting at her appearance at the 2016 Country Music Awards. “act ii is a result of challenging myself, and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work.”

“I have a few surprises on the album, and have collaborated with some brilliant artists who I deeply respect,” Beyoncé added, before ending her message with, “This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album.”