<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morgan-wallen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morgan Wallen</a> and Chris Stapleton lead the pack for the 2024 Country Music Association Awards, but noticeably absent was even a single nod for singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyonce</a> following the release of her “Cowboy Carter” album.
On Monday, the <a href="https://www.cmaworld.com/cma-announces-nominees-for-the-58th-annual-cma-awards/">CMAs announced</a> the nominations for the 58th CMA Awards, with Wallen taking the most with seven nominations, followed by five each for Stapleton and Cody Johnson. Relative newcomer rapper Post Malone got four, with up-and-coming country star Lainey Wilson matching those nominations. Country artists like Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, and Luke Bell each took three.
However, Beyonce’s foray into the country music genre with her country and a little bit more album this year didn’t earn her a single nomination, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/arts/music/beyonce-cmas-nominations-cowboy-carter.html">New York Times</a> reported.  
Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ’Em” immediately got everyone’s attention when it ended up going to the top of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-tops-country-chart-with-cowboy-carter">Billboard’s Hot 100 Songs chart</a> and Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, where she remained on top for two weeks, the outlet noted. In comparison, Wallen <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-breaks-record-most-weeks-number-one-billboard-200-country-album-1235628977/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">topped the chart</a> for 19 consecutive weeks, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/morgan-wallen-breaks-taylor-swift-record-on-music-chart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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Beyoncé shut out of Country Music Association Awards with no nominations &#8216;Cowboy Carter’ <a href="https://t.co/eL4YZpJsUA">https://t.co/eL4YZpJsUA</a>
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1833145641599479974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
The 43-year-old singer’s fans took to social media following the announcement to make it clear they weren’t pleased, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/beyonce-fans-call-out-cma-awards-for-snubbing-cowboy-carter/">Page Six</a> noted.
“The CMAs have once again deferred to those in the industry who prefer to deny Black artists the recognition they deserve, failing to nominate Beyoncé in a single category this year despite her record-breaking success with TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/COWBOYCARTER?src=hashtag_click"> #COWBOYCARTER</a>,” the person on the Beyonce fan <a href="https://x.com/BeyLegion/status/1833129937215086686">account</a> claimed.
“The [Cowboy Carter] era received overwhelming critical acclaim, commercially-outperformed nearly all other releases this year, and brought millions of new listeners and engagements to the genre,” the person added.
Another person online accused the <a href="https://x.com/getawayonce/status/1833131923104743841">CMA</a> of being racist, without providing any proof, writing on social media “there’s just no f**king way that Bey and Cowboy Carter got completely ignored at the CMAs but f**ka** Post Malone got 4 nominations… this is just racism and there’s no other word for it [Because] Cowboy Carter is one of the biggest albums of the year and it literally put country on the spotlight again this year.”
In the pop star singer’s own words in a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4s6Zr7rlwA/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> before it released, she previously called “Cowboy Carter” a ‘Beyoncé’ album&#8221; and said “this ain’t a Country album.&#8221;
The CMAs will take place November 20 and air on ABC.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-tops-country-chart-with-cowboy-carter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyonce Tops Country Chart With ‘Cowboy Carter’</a>

The 56th Annual CMA Awards – Arrivals

Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton Lead CMAs, None for Beyonce

Beyonce

Celebrities

Chris Stapleton

Country Music

Entertainment

Morgan Wallen

Despite a report that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> would make a surprise appearance at the last night of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-national-convention">Democratic National Convention</a>, it all turned out to be false.
The entertainment news outlet TMZ admitted the outlet screwed up for reporting the rumor, subsequently fanning the flames. 
“To quote the great Beyonce: We gotta lay our cards down, down, down … we got this one wrong,” the official TMZ X account <a href="https://x.com/TMZ/status/1826841403374403982">posted</a> Thursday night.
“Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” a rep <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/beyonce-not-attending-2024-dnc-1235982694/">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter. “The report of a performance is untrue.”
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Rumors of a guest appearance from the 32-time Grammy Award winner made sense after the artist allowed Vice President Kamala Harris to use two of her songs for her campaign, including “Lemonade” and “Freedom.” 
Recently, representatives for the artist reportedly sent a cease and desist letter to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign advising him to stop using her song “Freedom” in his promotional material, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-becomes-latest-star-upset-with-trump-for-using-her-song-report">reported</a>. 
While plenty of celebrities don’t do official political endorsements, Beyoncé is an exception. The 42-year-old recording artist endorsed the Joe Biden/Harris ticket in 2020 and put on a performance celebrating Hillary Clinton in 2016. Beyoncé also performed at Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.
Taylor Swift’s fans were also hoping for a surprise appearance from the star, but they, too, were left disappointed.
Instead of Beyoncé or Swift, the main <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rabid-abortion-activist-pink-to-perform-at-dnc">musical act</a> of Thursday night was pop singer Pink, accompanied by her 13-year-old daughter, Willow. The duo played her 2017 single “What About Us” before Harris took the stage for her acceptance speech.
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The Chicks also played an a cappella version of “The Star Spangled Banner” during Thursday’s events at the DNC. 
Other musical performances throughout the week included Stevie Wonder, John Legend with Sheila E., and country singer Maren Morris. Rapper Lil Jon appeared Tuesday to perform “Turn Down for What” and a politics-themed remix of “Get Low.”
Jason Isbell, Patti LaBelle, Mickey Guyton, and Common with Jonathan McReynolds also contributed to the musical acts of the week.

Beyoncé Didn’t Perform At DNC Despite Report, TMZ Admits ‘We Got This One Wrong’

Beyoncé Didn't Perform At DNC Despite Rampant Rumors, TMZ Admits 'We Got This One Wrong'

Democratic National Convention

Kamala Harris

Politics

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> has reportedly become the latest star upset with former President Donald Trump for using her song as part of his presidential campaign.
The 42-year-old singer’s record label and publisher issued a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign after it used her song “Freedom” in a social media video featuring Trump, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/pro/beyonce-label-sends-donald-trump-cease-and-desist-freedom-use/?utm_source=instagram&amp;tum_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_medium=referral">Billboard</a> magazine reported.
In a video posted on X, Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung shared a clip with the song being played as images showed Trump stepping off a plane.
Shortly after news broke about the singer’s label threatening to block the use of the song by the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign, the video was deleted, The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/22/beyonce-blocks-trump-use-of-her-song-freedom-kamala-harris">Guardian</a> noted.
It comes after Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign had started using the song at campaign events and even unveiled a new a cappella version in an ad played at the DNC, the outlet noted. The singer reportedly gave <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Harris</a> permission to use the song during her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">campaign</a>.
Per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/entertainment/beyonce-freedom-harris-campaign/index.html">CNN</a>, a source close to Harris revealed that the team asked to use the song from the 2016 album “Lemonade.”
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Beyonće has sent the Donald Trump campaign a cease-and-desist letter over the use of her song ‘Freedom’—which has become Kamala Harris’ unofficial campaign song—in a video on social media.
READ MORE: <a href="https://t.co/UytEpgDNbd">https://t.co/UytEpgDNbd</a> <a href="https://t.co/CWaUIpUWXF">pic.twitter.com/CWaUIpUWXF</a>
— The Project (@theprojecttv) <a href="https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1826471688302625161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
The “Single Ladies” hitmaker is only the latest celebrity performer to get mad that Trump used their song during his campaign. On August 11, the family of late singer/songwriter Isaac Hayes sued the Trump campaign for what it said was the unauthorized use of one of Hayes’ songs at presidential “campaign rallies from 2022-2024,” as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-camp-being-sued-by-family-of-late-singer-for-using-song-at-rallies">reported</a>.
Hayes’ family is demanding “not less than” a “$3 million payment” in licensing fees from Trump and his campaign for using the song the late singer co-wrote with David Portner in 1966 for Sam &amp; Dave, called “Hold on, I’m Coming,” at his rallies, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/isaac-hayes-family-sues-trump-campaign-hold-on-im-coming-1235972088/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celine-dion">Celine Dion</a>’s management team on behalf of Dion and her record label released a statement about how her song, “My Heart Will Go On,” from the “Titanic” soundtrack, was played at the Trump-JD Vance rally in Bozeman, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/really-that-song-celine-dion-gets-mad-at-trump-for-titanic-rally-music-choice">reported</a>.
“Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana,” the statement read.  
“In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” the statement added. “…And really, THAT song?”
Other artists who have gotten upset at Trump using their songs include the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rolling-stones-threaten-to-sue-donald-trump-over-use-of-songs">Rolling Stones</a>, Rihanna, and Axl Rose, The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/celine-dion-slams-trump-rally-use-song-my-heart-will-go-on-1235971534/">Hollywood Reporter noted</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-gives-kamala-harris-permission-to-use-song-freedom-for-campaign-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Permission To Use Song ‘Freedom’ For Campaign: Report</a>

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Beyoncé Becomes Latest Star Upset With Trump For Using Her Song: Report

Beyonce Becomes Latest Star Upset With Trump For Using Her Song: Report 

Donald Trump

Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> reportedly gave Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris</a> permission to use her song “Freedom” during her newly announced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">presidential campaign</a>.
Per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/22/entertainment/beyonce-freedom-harris-campaign/index.html">CNN</a>, a source close to Harris revealed that the team asked to use the song from the 2016 album “Lemonade.” Harris walked out to the song just hours later during her first official visit to her campaign headquarters. 
The single features Kendrick Lamar and includes the lyrics, “Freedom, Freedom/Where are you?/‘Cause I need freedom, too/I break chains all by myself/Won’t let my freedom rot in hell/Hey! I’ma keep running/‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.”
Beyoncé has not officially endorsed Harris for president, but she does have a history of putting support behind Democratic candidates. 
She sang the national anthem at President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2013 and performed with her husband, Jay-Z, at a pre-election concert for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
“I want my daughter to grow up seeing a woman lead our country and knowing that her possibilities are limitless,” the Grammy Award-winning singer said at the time, per CNN. “And that’s why I am with her.”
Beyoncé also publicly endorsed Biden ahead of the 2020 election.
While the recording artist hasn’t endorsed Harris for president yet, her mother <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9tG5ypyakm/?hl=en">voiced support</a> for the VP on social media.
In 2020, Harris walked out to Mary J. Blige’s 2007 song “Work That” for her victory speech after she and Biden won the election.
The VP also got the support of British pop singer Charli XCX, who posted the slogan “Kamala IS Brat” in reference to her current album. Harris’ campaign staffers <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/decision-2024/kamala-is-brat-harris-presidential-campaign-adopts-gen-z-charli-xcx-meme/3671571/">reposted</a> the endorsement on social media plus started using the album’s neon green color and making “Brat”-themed memes.
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqqlgq7k374o">According</a> to Charli, the term &#8220;brat&#8221; conceptually represents someone who might have &#8220;a pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra.&#8221; The musician was discovered on Myspace in 2008 and is popular with Gen Z.

Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Permission To Use Song ‘Freedom’ For Campaign: Report

Beyoncé Gives Kamala Harris Permission To Use Song 'Freedom' For Campaign: Report

2024 Election

Elections

singer

Singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Courtney Love</a> had some criticism for some fellow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">recording artists</a>, which she candidly shared during a recently published <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/courtney-love-bbc-6-music-interview-taylor-swift-b1151094.html">interview</a> with U.K.-based outlet The Standard.
The 59-year-old took aim at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lana-del-rey">Lana Del Rey</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> specifically.
“Taylor is not important,” Love told the outlet of the global pop star. “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.”
The alt-rocker said she and the Material Girl don’t get along, either. 
“I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me,” Love said of Madonna. “I loved [the 1985 American comedy-drama film] ‘Desperately Seeking Susan,’ but for the city of New York as much as her.”
At another point in the interview, the former Hole band member said she’s also not a fan of Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter. 
“I mean, I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music,” she explained.
She also voiced her critique of Grammy-nominated singer Del Rey: “I haven’t liked Lana since she covered a John Denver song, and I think she should really take seven years off. Up until ‘Take Me Home Country Roads,’ I thought she was great. When I was recording my new album, I had to stop listening to her as she was influencing me too much.” 
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Love went on to say that contemporary artists overall sound too much alike. “It’s great that there are so many successful women in the music industry, but lots of them are becoming a cliché,” she told the outlet. “Now, every successful woman is cloned, so there is just too much music. They’re all the same. If you play something on Spotify, you get bombarded with a lot of stuff that’s exactly the same.”
Love is best known for her rise to fame in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s as a member of the band Hole, plus for her marriage to fellow rock star Kurt Cobain. She also appeared in several films in the early 2000s.

Courtney Love

Courtney Love Disses Fellow Musicians, Calls Taylor Swift ‘Not Important,’ ‘Not Interesting’

Courtney Love Disses Fellow Musicians, Calls Taylor Swift 'Not Important,' 'Not Interesting'

Lana Del Rey

Madonna

Taylor Swift

U.S.

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-calls-beyonces-jolene-anything-but-empowering" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beyonce</a> topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with “Cowboy Carter,” which also debuted in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 country music chart and has sold more albums in 2024 than any others.
The 42-year-old pop singer’s foray into country music was released on March 29 debuting with 407,000 equivalent album units, as of the week ending April 4, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/beyonce-cowboy-carter-number-one-billboard-200-country-albums-chart-1235650662/">Billboard</a> magazine reported.
The singer also topped the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts with &#8220;Cowboy Carter,&#8221;  that brings her version of such famed songs as Dolly Parton’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-calls-beyonces-jolene-anything-but-empowering">Jolene</a>” and Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird,” the outlet noted.
“Cowboy Carter” gave Beyonce her biggest week, by units, since the release of her “Lemonade” album in 2016, which debuted in No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales). Her latest, has also given the pop star her biggest streaming week ever and she became the first black woman ever to lead the Top Country Albums list, dating back to January 1964, when it launched.
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With ‘Cowboy Carter,’ <a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Beyonce</a> Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Top Country Albums Chart <a href="https://t.co/Tb8Y8SqtEq">https://t.co/Tb8Y8SqtEq</a>
— billboard (@billboard) <a href="https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1777430085248684381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Cowboy Carter” claimed the biggest week for a country album, by units, since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-cause-earthquake-during-la-concert-seismologists-find" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift’</a>s release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version),&#8221; which opened in July last year with 716,000 units.
The new album became Beyonce’s eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, breaking her out of a tie with Janet Jackson now with the fourth-most toppers among women. It brings her closer to beating Madonna with nine, Barbra Streisand&#8217;s 11, and Swift who leads with 12, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/music/news/beyonces-cowboy-carter-number-one-album-sold-1235963405/">Variety magazine</a> noted.
Beyonce’s country album includes songs like “Texas Hold’ Em,” “16 Carriages,” and the remake of Parton’s 1973 hit “Jolene.” However, it is Beyonce’s cover of Parton&#8217;s song that has generated more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-misses-the-point-with-forgettable-jolene-cover">headlines</a> than any of her other new songs on the album.
Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1337-the-most-anti-christian-president-in-history-declares-easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-1">said</a> on his April 1 show, “What makes this song unique and interesting, which has caused it to resonate over the five decades since it’s been made, is the vulnerability, and the heartbreak, and the longing in the lyrics and the performance.” Walsh said the insecurity of the main character in Parton’s song is what makes her so relatable. The fact that Beyoncé chose to strip it away made the song demonstrably worse.
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles went even deeper, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1458-the-trans-day-of-visibility1">saying</a> that Beyoncé’s “Jolene” was a statement on how modern society views marriage, divorce, and starting over after two decades of marriage.
“Women have a special power,” Knowles says. “They have a seductive power to them. That’s real. You gotta be on guard, if you’re the wife, if you’re Dolly Parton, or if you’re the husband. We deny all this though. We deny it at our peril. Is it any wonder that the thing that’s supposed to be protected, the marriage, the family, is falling apart?”
Amanda Harding contributed to this piece.
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2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Show

Beyonce Tops Country Chart With ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyonce Tops Country Chart With 'Cowboy Carter'

Dolly Parton

Hollywood

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly</a> called Beyoncé&#8217;s latest version of Dolly Parton&#8217;s song &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyonce-misses-the-point-with-forgettable-jolene-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jolene</a>&#8221; anything but empowering, despite what &#8220;Queen Bey&#8221; may have hoped to have portrayed.
During &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0s5UZ7N2R4">podcast</a> on Friday, Kelly talked about Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8220;bada** b****&#8221; version of &#8220;Jolene&#8221; on her album &#8220;Cowboy Carter&#8221; and why she thinks it completely misses the mark, referencing an <a href="https://unherd.com/2024/04/has-beyonce-killed-jolene/">article</a> that she said explained how she felt.
&#8220;The original &#8216;Jolene&#8217; is a story about a woman feeling threatened by another woman who&#8217;s prettier and more alluring,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;And she&#8217;s basically begging her not to steal her man. That she can do it. She flatters her … but please don’t because I love him and I could never love anybody as much.&#8221;
&#8220;Then of course because it&#8217;s &#8216;Queen Bey,&#8217; we have to change it to be &#8216;f***ing take my man, I will hurt you b****…'&#8221;  she added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s much more, like, threatening, which I guess Beyoncé and Team Bey think is what empowerment looks like. For now, the threatened woman is just threatening to another woman who she thinks might have designs on her life partner…&#8221;
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&#8220;And I have to say, I don&#8217;t find this empowering at all,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;There&#8217;s something strange about what&#8217;s happening with the modern day definition of what a strong woman is. You can&#8217;t have any vulnerabilities or insecurities. You have to be this bada** b**** who&#8217;s, like, threatening, &#8216;F***ing a, you mess with my man.&#8217; And it&#8217;s to me, it&#8217;s a turnoff. &#8230; The true power move is not to worry, and not to have to worry. But Beyoncé couldn&#8217;t quite get there…&#8221;
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The host of the show pointed to the article again and said she agreed that there is something strange happening in our culture that &#8220;strong female characters&#8221; are now just basically &#8220;men with tits.&#8221;
&#8220;Why did we have to go from women shouldn&#8217;t work, women should only have babies, women aren&#8217;t strong, women are too emotional, women have to be locked up for their hysterics if they express tears or anxiety,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;To women have no emotion, women are total ballbusters, and showing any softness, tears, empathy, vulnerability, insecurity is somehow non-feminine, and no longer acceptable in what an ideal woman is.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I think it was a swing and a miss,” she added about Beyoncé’s &#8220;Jolene&#8221; and referenced <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/03/beyonce-jolene-cover-dolly-parton/677923/">The Atlantic</a> critic who wrote, &#8220;Beyoncé replaced the vulnerability that made &#8216;Jolene&#8217; one of the best tunes of all time with a bunch of bad-b**** cliches.&#8221;
&#8220;If you listen to the whole song, all the lyrics are changed,&#8221; Kelly continued. &#8220;She&#8217;s changed the entire meaning of the song &#8230; this is an entirely different message and I don&#8217;t buy it.&#8221;

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Megyn Kelly Calls Beyoncé’s ‘Jolene’ Anything But Empowering

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Despite many <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">music</a> fans weighing in on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé&#8217;s</a> cover of the classic 1973 Dolly Parton single “Jolene,” one country star is opting to stay out of it.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/reba-mcentire">Reba McEntire</a> had a short and definitive response when asked by a <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/04/reba-mcentire-laugh-joy-behar-dolly-parton-jolene-anti-feminist-beyonce/">TMZ</a> interviewer, &#8220;Do you prefer one [version] over the other?&#8221;
&#8220;Nope [&#8230;] bye!&#8221; McEntire replied.
The interviewer asked during the same conversation what the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Queen of Country</a>” thinks about Beyoncé experimenting with the genre on her latest album release, Act II: Cowboy Carter.
“Oh, lots of great things,” McEntire said. “I think she is wonderful and am glad to have her in country.”
Reviews of the song have been mixed so far, with critics questioning Beyoncé’s decision to drastically change the lyrics and overall tone of the song. While Parton’s “Jolene” presents an insecure and vulnerable narrator afraid of losing her man, Beyoncé’s version is full of threats and posturing. 
Parton seemed to appreciate the new spin, however, sharing her support via Instagram on the day of the new song’s release. “Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!” the country music legend <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1773785045230030897">wrote</a>.
Beyoncé previously said her decision to dabble in the country genre was inspired in part by negative experiences she previously had with that audience. The Grammy Award winner said she faced backlash after performing alongside The Chicks at the 2016 CMA’s. 
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She also claimed the new release wasn’t really country. “This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” she wrote on Instagram when announcing the new album. 
“Jolene” wasn’t the only cover featured on the new album. Former Beatles band member Paul McCartney had words of praise for Beyoncé’s version of the song, “Blackbird.”
“I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird.’ I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,” McCartney said in an Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WHmjnNPZj/">post</a>. “I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!”
“I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,” he continued. “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song. When I saw the footage on the television in the early 60s of the black girls being turned away from school, I found it shocking and I can’t believe that still in these days there are places where this kind of thing is happening right now. Anything my song and Beyoncé’s fabulous version can do to ease racial tension would be a great thing and makes me very proud.”

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Reba McEntire Gives Two-Word Response When Asked To Weigh In On Beyoncé’s And Dolly Parton’s Versions Of ‘Jolene’

Reba McEntire Gives Two-Word Response When Asked To Weigh In On Beyoncé's And Dolly Parton's Versions Of 'Jolene'

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A lot has been said about Beyoncé’s new Cowboy Carter album, and even more about her decision to put her own spin on the classic Dolly Parton single, “Jolene.”
It’s not the first time a modern artist has covered the song and it likely won’t be the last. The controversy, then, lies in how the Grammy Award-winning singer chose to change the meaning. 
Fans call it a triumph, insisting it’s an example of Beyoncé refusing to play the victim to a would-be man stealer. Others claim the vulnerability was the point of the song. These critics can’t help but question: if Beyonce didn’t agree with the central message in “Jolene,” why didn’t she just write a new song?
This seems like a silly question in today’s era of remakes, reboots, and never-ending franchises. True originality is a rare commodity in the music industry, but for someone with as many accolades and devotees as Beyoncé, one could argue that there isn’t a better place for it to come from. The “Single Ladies” singer didn’t have to worry about dealing with a woman with “flaming locks of auburn hair” when fans have been talking about “<a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/beyonce-and-becky-with-the-good-hair-what-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Becky with the good hair</a>” since 2016.
The original “Jolene” was written and recorded by Parton in 1973. It was named Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 greatest songs of all time and has been covered by many artists over the years with varying degrees of success. The single was nominated for the Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in both 1975 and 1976.
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Parton said the song was <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-2014-so-whos-jolene-9574451.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspired by</a> a red-headed bank employee who flirted with her husband, Carl Dean, when they were first married. She took the name “Jolene” from a fan encounter. Throughout the lyrics, Parton pleads with a beautiful woman not to “steal her man” just because “she can.”
“You could have your choice of men/but I will never love again,” Parton pleads. 
The main criticism with Beyoncé’s cover is how she changes the entire meaning from vulnerability to aggression. The newest version’s main character doesn’t plead with Jolene, but rather threatens her with harm if she tried to steal away the man in question.
&#8220;Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/I’m warning you, don’t come for my man/Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene/Don’t take the chance because you think you can,&#8221; Beyoncé sings in the intro.
And while the “Crazy In Love” singer concedes that her competition has “beauty beyond compare,” she still claims that’s not enough to persuade her man away. “Takes more than beauty and seductive stares/To come between a family and a happy man,&#8221; Beyoncé’s lyrics say. &#8220;Jolene, I’m a woman too/Thе games you play are nothing new/So you don’t want no hеat with me, Jolene.&#8221;
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Meanwhile, Parton admits in her version that her man is being tempted to stray. &#8220;He talks about you in his sleep/And there&#8217;s nothin&#8217; I can do to keep/From cryin&#8217; when he calls your name, Jolene,&#8221; Parton’s version says. &#8220;And I can easily understand/How you could easily take my man/But you don&#8217;t know what he means to me, Jolene.&#8221;
Beyoncé tells her rival things aren’t so simple. &#8220;We’ve been deep in love for 20 years/I raised that man, I raised his kids/I know my man better than he knows himself (what),&#8221; she sings. &#8220;I can easily understand why you’re attracted to my man/But you don’t want this smoke, so shoot your shot with someone else (you heard me).&#8221;
Later, Beyoncé calls herself a “queen” and issues her final warning. &#8220;I’m still a Creole banjee b*tch from Louisianne (don’t try me)/There’s a thousand girls in every room/That act as desperate as you do/You a bird, go on and sing your tune, Jolene (what),&#8221; she sings. &#8220;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.&#8221;
Even though the whole meaning of the song is changed with Beyoncé’s version, Parton has been publicly supportive. She said as much on <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1773785045230030897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on March 29, the same day as “Cowboy Carter” was released. &#8220;Wow, I just heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that girl some trouble and she deserves it!” the country music legend wrote.
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Mainstream critics mostly saw the “Jolene” cover as harmless but forgettable. The Washington Post reviewer <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/03/30/beyonce-cowboy-carter-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the single as a “lower-hanging tribute” while Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/beyonce-cowboy-carter-review-1234996919/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> it was “cheeky and humorous … even if it doesn’t add much.”
Slate critic Carl Wilson addressed the most obvious criticism, <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2024/03/beyonce-cowboy-carter-album-review-country.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that removing the pleading and insecurity kills the essence of the message.
“Why do ‘Jolene’ if you’re going to remove the most unique and powerful element of the song, that the narrator is baring her vulnerability and asking the mercy of her rival? That’s something that a post-Lemonade Beyoncé could never do, so she reduces it to a generic boast track about the greatness of her own marriage,” he wrote.
Daily Wire podcast hosts had similar problems with Beyoncé’s version of “Jolene.” As Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1337-the-most-anti-christian-president-in-history-declares-easter-transgender-day-of-visibility-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on his April 1 show, “What makes this song unique and interesting, which has caused it to resonate over the five decades since it’s been made, is the vulnerability, and the heartbreak, and the longing in the lyrics and the performance.”
He described the woman in Parton’s song as “insecure, fearful” and “desperately in love with a man who she believes she cannot afford to lose.”
Walsh said the insecurity of the main character in Parton’s song is what makes her so relatable. The fact that Beyoncé chose to strip it away made the song demonstrably worse.
“Just when you think that Beyoncé might be growing ever so slightly as an artist and a person, she proves you wrong,” the podcast host added. “It turns out she has taken this song full of pain and yearning and emotional honesty and turned it into yet another mediocre girl boss anthem. She has, in other words, taken everything that makes the song great and replaced it with everything that makes modern pop music terrible.”
Walsh goes on to argue that if the beautiful woman in the song isn’t a worry because Beyoncé is such a perfect, incomparable queen, then the tension and longing in the song is gone, rendering the whole message emotionless and pointless.
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles went even deeper, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1458-the-trans-day-of-visibility1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that Beyoncé’s “Jolene” was a statement on how modern society views marriage, divorce, and starting over after two decades of marriage.
“Women have a special power,” Knowles says. “They have a seductive power to them. That’s real. You gotta be on guard, if you’re the wife, if you’re Dolly Parton, or if you’re the husband. We deny all this though. We deny it at our peril. Is it any wonder that the thing that’s supposed to be protected, the marriage, the family, is falling apart?”

Beyoncé Misses The Point With Forgettable ‘Jolene’ Cover

Beyoncé Misses The Point With Forgettable 'Jolene' Cover

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> rewrote the lyrics to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a>’s classic country song, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">Jolene</a>,” giving the single a more confrontational tone compared to the original.
The singer released her new album &#8220;Cowboy Carter&#8221; on Friday, including the previously released single “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Parton alluded to the news earlier this month after telling Knox News, “I think she&#8217;s recorded ‘Jolene’ and I think it&#8217;s probably gonna be on her country album, which I&#8217;m very excited about that.” 
It turns out Parton is a collaborator on the single and speaks during the interlude. “Hey miss Honey B, it&#8217;s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about?,” she says, recalling the line “Becky with the good hair” from Beyoncé’s 2016 album “Lemonade.”
Parton continued, “Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flamin&#8217; locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color but it hurts just the same.”
Overall, the entire tone of Beyoncé’s song is very different. In Parton’s 1973 version, a woman begs a beautiful stranger not to “steal her man” just because she can. While Parton pleaded with the woman, whose &#8220;beauty is beyond compare&#8221; and whose &#8220;smile is like a breath of spring,” Beyoncé issues threats to her.
“Jolene, I&#8217;m a woman too/ Thе games you play are nothing new/ So you don&#8217;t want no hеat with me, Jolene,” the R&amp;B star sings in the first verse.
&#8220;Jolene, Jolene, I&#8217;m warning you, don&#8217;t come for my man,&#8221; Beyoncé threatens during the cover of the song. &#8220;You&#8217;re beautiful beyond compare,&#8221; she admits, but then adds how it &#8220;takes more than beauty and seductive stares&#8221; to break up her relationship.
“I&#8217;m warnin&#8217; you, woman, find you your own man” Beyoncé sings in the chorus, “I’m still a Creole banjee b**ch from Louisianne (Don&#8217;t try me).&#8221;
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Previously, the singer said she decided to make the album after feeling excluded from the country genre. 
“This album has been over five years in the making,” she wrote in part in a social media post. 
“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. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”

Beyoncé Rewrites Lyrics Of Dolly Parton Classic ‘Jolene’ For New Country Album

Beyoncé Rewrites Lyrics Of Dolly Parton Classic 'Jolene' For New Country Album

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/beyonce">Beyoncé</a> fans were delighted to see an advertisement for her upcoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">album</a>, &#8220;Cowboy Carter,&#8221; being projected onto the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arts">Guggenheim Museum</a> in New York City just over a week before its March 29 release. The only problem is that the projection was not authorized by the venue.
Advertisements for the album were seen projected on several museums besides the Guggenheim, including the Whitney Museum, New Museum, and the Museum of Art and Design.
Museum reps shared in a <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/promotion-beyonce-cowboy-carter-album-guggenheim-whitney-new-museum-1234700495/">statement</a> with ARTnews that they did not authorize their building for that usage. They said Guggenheim staff “was not informed about and did not authorize this activation. However, we invite the public — including Beyoncé and her devoted fans — to visit the museum May 16–20 when we present projections by artist Jenny Holzer on the facade of our iconic building to celebrate the opening of her major exhibition.”
The projected image said, “This ain’t a country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” and included the album’s title and release date.
The Grammy Award-winning singer also posted a photo of the Guggenheim’s coordinates to her Instagram Story on Wednesday night, per <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-cowboy-carter-nyc-museums-ad-1235638373/">Billboard</a>.
The Guggenheim referenced Beyoncé’s new song, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” when <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C4xphCdu6ux/?hl=en">posting</a> Franz Marc’s 1910 painting “Three Horses Drinking” to Instagram on Thursday morning. The image caption began with, “This ain’t Texas,” which is a line from the song. The museum&#8217;s social account also shared an image of the unauthorized projection in Instagram Stories, adding a text overlay that said, “Hey beyonce!,” with a bee emoji.
Earlier this week, Beyoncé shared the official album cover for Cowboy Carter and discussed some of her motivation behind it on Instagram earlier this week.
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“This album has been over five years in the making,” the post continued. “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. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”

Guggenheim Museum Rep Says They ‘Did Not Authorize’ Beyoncé Album Promotion Projected On Their Building

Guggenheim Museum Rep Says They 'Did Not Authorize' Beyoncé Album Promotion Projected On Their Building

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/msnbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSNBC</a> guest claimed on Monday that white people had stolen every form of music in existence — with the exception of classical music — from black people.
&#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; correspondent Dulce Sloan weighed in on the topic, responding to critics who had suggested Beyonce&#8217;s upcoming country album — after a lengthy career in hip hop and pop music — was a step outside her proscribed lane.
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The host of the show joked that the conservatives complaining about Beyonce&#8217;s foray into country were just proving that people on the Right actually were not in favor of &#8220;cultural appropriation.&#8221;
&#8220;But black people have always been a part of folk and country music,&#8221; he continued, turning the question over to Sloan. &#8220;You want to weigh in on that?&#8221;
&#8220;If white people hated cultural appropriation, then they shouldn&#8217;t have created music,&#8221; Sloan said. &#8220;Because every form of music in America was stolen from black people: rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll, jazz, blues, country, pop music. So if you have a problem with cultural appropriation — y&#8217;all created classical music, y&#8217;all could have stuck with that &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Roll the piano into this concert,&#8221; Sloan continued in mocking tones, claiming that white people — and conservatives — only had an issue with cultural appropriation when the thing being appropriated was something they liked or wanted to be associated with.
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&#8220;As dumb as this is, let’s just say she’s right,&#8221; one person responded via X. &#8220;Fine. We’ll give up performing rock &amp; roll and she can give up indoor plumbing, the printed word, cell phones, and wheeled transportation.&#8221;
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As dumb as this is, let’s just say she’s right.
Fine. We’ll give up performing rock &amp; roll and she can give up indoor plumbing, the printed word, cell phones, and wheeled transportation. <a href="https://t.co/9rqnNdxkth">https://t.co/9rqnNdxkth</a>
&mdash; Tandy (@dantypo) <a href="https://twitter.com/dantypo/status/1759918533880783246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Here’s the issue with this. They take something that is an irrefutable fact (the foundations of American popular music comes from Black Americans) and then mix it with some bulls*** (every form of music in America was &#8216;stolen&#8217;). I can’t believe I have to say this in 2024 but ITS NOT A BAD THING THAT WHITE PEOPLE CONSUME OUR CONTENT,&#8221; Darvio Morrow commented.
&#8220;Yes there have been issues with the music industry robbing Black artists, obscenely so during the Rock and Roll era. And I’ve already laid out how the INDUSTRY stole rock music from Black folks. But you can’t blame the whole country for the practices of the entertainment industry. That was the industry, not the people,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The audience never stopped loving our music. I view our immense contributions to American popular music and culture as a point of pride. The number one genre of music in the country TODAY is Black music (Hip-Hop/R&amp;B). To take something we should celebrate and bash the country with it is so stupid and counterproductive.&#8221;
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Here’s the issue with this. They take something that is an irrefutable fact (the foundations of American popular music comes from Black Americans) and then mix it with some bullsh*t (every form of music in America was “stolen”). I can’t believe I have to say this in 2024 but ITS… <a href="https://t.co/MSt3No1xKC">https://t.co/MSt3No1xKC</a>
&mdash; Darvio Morrow (@DTheKingpin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DTheKingpin/status/1759961494354075757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Despite the furor, Beyonce&#8217;s &#8220;Texas Hold &#8216;Em&#8221; — a single released during the Super Bowl alongside &#8220;16 Carriages,&#8221; both from her upcoming album — has already rocketed to the top of the Billboard Country chart, making the Destiny&#8217;s Child alum the <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/beyonce-first-black-woman-number-one-country-song-texas-hold-em-1234970301/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first black woman</a> to have a number 1 single on the country chart.
As for the roots of American country music? According to John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, it camae from everywhere: &#8220;Country music wasn’t called that yet, but it was music of the country. It was a combination of the Irish; the recently freed slaves, bringing the banjo into the world; the Spanish effects of the vaqueros down in Texas; the Germans bringing over the &#8216;oom-pah&#8217; of polka music, all converging.&#8221;

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