Mickey Guyton hopes Beyonce can inspire change for black artists in the country music genre.
The Grammy-winning star recently released Cowboy Carter, which has been widely called a country album.
And Mickey has now suggested that the record could have a huge and lasting impact on the genre.
The 40-year-old star told the New York Post Page six column: ‘I think a lot of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) boards are closing, and… that applies to the entire entertainment industry.
“So I hope she does this and continues the conversation,” the artist said.
‘And there’s a lot of excitement about it, which there should be, and this incredible album that she’s written. So I hope it stays.”
Mickey Guyton, seen at left on Sunday, hopes that Beyonce, right, can inspire change for black artists in the country music genre, he told PageSix.
The 40-year-old star said in the New York Post’s Page Six column: “I think a lot of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) boards are closing, and… that applies to the entire entertainment industry.” “So I hope she does this and continues the conversation,” the artist said.
Mickey has always been open and honest about the issues she faces as a black female artist in the country genre.
And in recent months, several music stars have expressed their support for Beyonce’s country music, including Carlene Carter, who believes the genre is “lucky” to have her.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Carlene explained: “I loved that she came out with her name Carter because she’s married to Jay-Z, and I thought, she’s from Texas, she wanted to make a country record, no one should poop on her.” poop on it, you know?
“But they did and I was like, ‘Okay, you guys can shut up because she’s Beyoncé and we’re lucky she wants to be around us.’
Carlene also noted that country music is constantly evolving.
She said: “It may not fit into the categories of what people think the country is.” [but] Let me tell you, I have been here for a long time and the country has constantly changed.
“It’s constantly changing, and it’s gone from where she is to where I’ve been, to where my mother has been, to where my grandmother has been. [and] all the way back to someone else who will follow Beyonce.
“It will always be there, so that’s what the country is.”
In recent months, several music stars have expressed their support for Beyoncé’s country music, including Carlene Carter, who considers the genre “lucky” to have her.
Last week, Beyoncé shared her thoughts on her new album Cowboy Carter.
The Texas-born star said his first country album is the best he’s ever made. “The joy of creating music is that there are no rules,” Beyoncé said. “The more I see the world evolve, the more I feel a deeper connection to purity.”
The mother of three added that with artificial intelligence and digital filters and programming, “I wanted to go back to real instruments, and I was using very old instruments.”
“I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs to be perfectly in tune.”
He added that he wanted some of the songs to be “raw” and that he “leaned toward folk.”
The star ended with: “All the sounds were so organic and human, everyday things like the wind, clicking and even the sound of birds and chickens, the sounds of nature,” she said.
Beyoncé shared her thoughts on her new album Cowboy Carter last week. The Texas-born star said her first country album is the best she’s ever made.
“The joy of creating music is that there are no rules,” Beyoncé said. ‘The more I see the world evolve, the more I feel a deeper connection to purity’
The press release reveals the inspiration behind the album and how each “song is its own version of a reimagined Western film.”
Some of the films that served as inspiration include The Hateful Eight, Space Cowboys, The Harder They Fall and the recent Oscar-nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon.
The album is considered “an academic and declarative frequency shift, as the world prepares to change again, that redefines and reconstructs what country and Americana is, and who can be included.”
Beyoncé’s eighth studio album landed in nine different genres on the US music charts, including Pop, Hot AC, Country, Rhythmic, Urban and R&B, and made history as Beyoncé became the first black female artist to reach No. 1 on the Hot chart. Country Songs and number 1 on the Hot 100 list with a country song.
It also spent four weeks at the top of the UK music charts.
The album deals with genres, all of them, although deeply rooted in Country.
“I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs to be perfectly in tune.” He added that he wanted some of the songs to be “raw” and that he “leaned toward folk.”
‘This is the work of an artist who thrives in her freedom to grow, expand and create limitlessly. She neither apologizes nor asks permission to elevate, amplify and redefine the sounds of music, as she dismantles false accepted norms about American culture. “She pays homage to the past, honoring the musical pioneers of country, rock, classical music and opera,” the press release adds.
The album is a cornucopia of sounds that Beyoncé loves and grew up listening to, between visits and eventually performances at the Houston Rodeo: Country, original Rhythm & Blues, Blues, Zydeco and Black Folk, she added.
‘The album is wrapped in pure instrumentation in an authentic gumbo of celebration of sounds using, among others, the accordion, harmonica, washboard, acoustic guitar, bass ukulele, pedal steel guitar, a Vibra- Slap, mandolin, fiddle, Hammond B3 organ, tack piano and banjo. “There’s also a lot of clapping, horseshoe steps, boot stomping on hardwood floors, and yes, those are Beyoncé’s nails as percussion,” the statement added.