Beyoncé thrilled her fans with the release of her first country album, Cowboy Carter, on Friday.
The 42-year-old superstar entered the country era with his eighth album, which has a list of 27 songs and a duration of 80 minutes.
The record features a modern version of Dolly Parton, 78’s classic 1973 hit ‘Jolene’, where Beyonce warns: ‘I’m warning you: Don’t come for my man.’
Miley Cyrus, 31, is also among the big names who lent her voice to Beyoncé’s new album, on the song II Most Wanted.
In addition to Dolly, there are also spoken interludes by 90-year-old country legend Willie Nelson. They are among a host of music stars featured on the album.
Beyoncé thrilled her fans with the release of her first country album, Cowboy Carter, on Friday.
Dolly and Willie perform as DJs on Country Carter’s abstract radio station KNTRY. They introduce several tracks from the album.
Beyonce’s Jolene remake is a follow-up to Lemonade’s ‘Sorry,’ where she sings about a ‘Becky with the good hair.’
On track nine, Dolly begins by asking, “Do you know that hussy with the pretty hair you sing about?”
‘He reminded me of someone I knew in the past, except he has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart! Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts the same.’
Meanwhile, Beyonce changes the lyrics from the original as she sings, “You’re beautiful beyond comparison/ It takes more than beauty to catch the eye and stand between a family and a happy man.”
‘Jolene, I’m a woman too/ The games you play ain’t nothing new/ So you don’t want any anger with me, Jolene.’
“I’ve been deeply in love for 20 years/I raised that man, I raised his children/I know my man better than he knows himself,” Beyoncé continues.
‘I can easily understand why you’re attracted to my man, but you don’t want the smoke/So shoot with someone else/You heard me!’
The 42-year-old superstar entered the country era with his eighth album, which has a list of 27 songs and a duration of 80 minutes.
The album features a modern version of Dolly Parton, 78’s classic 1973 hit ‘Jolene’, where Beyoncé warns: ‘I’m warning you: don’t come for my man’; Parton seen in 2023
The record features a modern version of Dolly Parton, 78’s classic 1973 hit ‘Jolene’, where Beyonce warns: ‘I’m warning you: Don’t come for my man.’
Jolene’s new version of Beyoncé is a follow-up to Lemonade’s ‘Sorry,’ where she sings about a ‘Becky with good hair.’
Miley Cyrus is among the big names who lent their voices to Beyonce’s album; Cyrus photographed last month
The song appears to pick up where Beyonce left off in her 2016 Lemonade song ‘Sorry’, in which she sings to a woman who has been sleeping with her husband.
Although she never confirmed that the lyrics are about her husband Jay-Z, it has long been speculated that the song is about an alleged affair.
“He only wants me when I’m not there/He better call Becky with pretty hair,” he sings.
Post Malone, 28, is another big name featured on the album; He also provides his voice for the song Levii’s Jeans.
He has also collaborated with Linda Martell, the first black soloist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, as well as black country musicians Willie Jones, Rhiannon Giddens and Tanner Adell.
The singer will also cover the Beatles classic, Blackbird. An interpolation of the Beach Boys’ song Good Vibrations also appears in their song Ya Ya.
Excited fans went online after the album’s release to praise the superstar.
‘Queen Beyoncé has arrived!’ one wrote. ‘Dolly!!! And Beee!’ added another fan.
Many fans already claimed that the album was the ‘album of the year’ minutes after its release. Others nicknamed her ‘the cowgirl Beyoncé’.
Excited fans went online after the album’s release to praise the superstar.
‘Queen Beyoncé has arrived!’ one wrote
‘Dolly!!! And Beee!’ another fan added
Many fans already claimed that the album was the ‘album of the year’ minutes after its release.
Others nicknamed her ‘Cowgirl Beyonce’
Fans couldn’t get enough of the new music.
‘MOTHER’, an avid fan called the singer
It comes after Beyonce revealed the track listing for her debut country album. ‘Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit,’ reads the vintage country-style graphic she shared on Instagram on Wednesday. ‘Presented by Kntry Radio Texas.’
Among the songs is the notable inclusion of a cover of Dolly Parton’s 1973 single ‘Jolene’, which the country icon previously previewed.
Parton, 78, said Knox News Earlier this month he “heard” Bey cover the song, which he “hopes” is true.
‘Well, I think so!’ Parton said. “I think he’s recorded “Jolene” and I think it’ll probably be on his country album, which I’m really excited about.
‘I love her! She’s a beautiful girl and a great singer,” she enthused.
Parton said she and Beyoncé have “messaged back and forth over the years,” all the way to the cover.
“And she and her mom were like fans, and I was always touched that they were fans, and I always thought she was cool,” Parton added.
Beyoncé previously teased that she “collaborated with some brilliant artists who I deeply respect,” leading fans to speculate about a song with Taylor Swift.
On Wednesday, Beyoncé gave her fans the track list for her debut country album.
Beyonce previously teased that she “collaborated with some brilliant artists who I deeply respect,” which also includes Willie Nelson.
In addition to previously released singles ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages’, the rest of the chart includes songs such as ‘Ameriican Requiem’, ‘Blackbiird’, ‘Protector’ and ‘My Rose’.
Although there’s no sign of Swift, another country legend appears on the tracklist with the song ‘Smoke Hour’ featuring Willie Nelson.
In addition to previously released singles ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ’16 Carriages’, the rest of the chart includes songs such as ‘Ameriican Requiem’, ‘Blackbiird’, ‘Protector’ and ‘My Rose’.
‘Bodyguard’, ‘Dolly P’, ‘Daughter’, ‘Spaghetti’, ‘Alliigator’s Tears’, ‘Smoke Hour II’, ‘Just for Fun’, ‘II Most Wanted’, ‘Levii’s Jeans’, ‘Flamenco ‘, ‘The Linda Martell Show’, ‘Ya Ya’, ‘Oh Louisiana’, ‘Desert Eagle’, ‘Riiverdance’, ‘II Hands II Heaven’, ‘Tyrant’, ‘Sweet Honey Buckin’ and ‘Amen’ complete the list.
Beyoncé previously debuted the album cover earlier this month when she announced the Cowboy Carter title and March 29 release date.