<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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“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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<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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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?”

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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/news/dolly-parton-achieves-career-milestone-with-new-album-at-77" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> floated the idea of a possible reboot to the popular 90s TV show &#8220;Buffy The Vampire Slayer,&#8221; a project she was involved with originally as an uncredited producer &#8212; on the TV show and movie by the same name.
The 78-year-old singer told <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-dolly-parton-producer-2024-1">Business Insider</a> that behind the scenes, &#8220;They&#8217;re still working on that,&#8221; though it&#8217;s unclear if any of the original cast members like Sarah Michelle Gellar or Seth Green will be involved.
&#8220;They&#8217;re thinking about bringing it back and revamping it,&#8221; Parton said about her production company, Sandollar Productions and Sandollar Television, which produced the original series and the movie, along with co-producing the spinoff series &#8220;Angel.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reveals-why-she-turned-down-invitation-to-have-tea-with-princess-of-wales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">superstar singer</a> said while she was &#8220;very involved&#8221; in the show, she credited others with making it a success, as the original TV series was filmed in Los Angeles, with Parton living in Nashville at the time, the Insider noted.
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&#8220;A lot of my work was done just conversing back and forth with the business people there,&#8221; the &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; star said.
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&#8220;I have to give more people more credit on &#8216;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8217; than me,&#8221; she added. &#8220;A lot of people did so much sweat on that. That little show did great.&#8221;
The Joss Whedon-created cult-classic movie hit the big screen in 1992, and in 1997, he created the TV series that became a hit. It ended up running on the WB/UPN for 7 seasons, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/26/entertainment/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-could-get-reboot-dolly-parton/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social">New York Post</a> noted.
Speaking on &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; last year, Gellar <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-confirms-dolly-parton-buffy-rumor/">confirmed</a> Parton&#8217;s involvement in the popular show.
&#8220;We never saw her. We&#8217;d get Christmas gifts in the beginning that would have her name, and I would think, &#8216;She doesn&#8217;t know who I am,'&#8221; Gellar told the host.
&#8220;Then one day, someone asked her about it, and she complimented the show and my performance,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And I was like, &#8216;Oh, I can die now. Dolly Parton knows who I am and thinks I&#8217;m good.'&#8221;
Despite Gellar&#8217;s pride in the hit series, she made it clear she&#8217;s not a fan of a reboot that would involve her reprising the role.
&#8220;I am very proud of the show that we created and it doesn&#8217;t need to be done,&#8221; the 46-year-old actress told SFX magazine via <a href="https://movieweb.com/sarah-michelle-gellar-says-she-is-not-open-to-any-kind-of-return-as-buffy/">Movieweb</a> in January 2023. &#8220;We wrapped that up.&#8221;
&#8220;I am all for them continuing the story, because there&#8217;s the story of female empowerment,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I love the way the show was left: &#8216;Every girl who has the power can have the power.&#8217; It&#8217;s set up perfectly for someone else to have the power.&#8221;
&#8220;But like I said, the metaphors of &#8216;Buffy&#8217; were the horrors of adolescence,&#8221; Gellar continued. &#8220;I think I look young, but I am not an adolescent.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> celebrated a career milestone at age 77 after her first rock album, titled &#8220;Rockstar,&#8221; reached No. 1 on six different Billboard charts and saw the highest debut sales out of her entire discography.
&#8220;Wow, this is a big thrill,&#8221; the Country Music Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member said after her latest album sold more than 143,000 copies in its first week, the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/27/dolly-parton-country-music-rockstar-tops-billboard-album-charts/71718623007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessean</a> reported.
&#8220;I owe a thank you to the fans who have always been there for me,&#8221; Parton said. &#8220;Their support made this achievement possible. I&#8217;d also like to thank my producer Kent Wells, all the wonderful artists, musicians, and engineers who brought their talents to this project.&#8221;
&#8220;Words can&#8217;t describe how proud I am that Dolly trusted us to deliver her &#8216;Rockstar vision,'&#8221; Danny Nozell, Parton&#8217;s longtime manager and CEO of CTK Enterprises and NOZ Entertainment Soundstages, said.
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The sales for her first rock album nearly the tripled one-week sales of her previous best-selling 1993 album &#8220;Slow Dancing With the Moon,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-proves-rockstar-scoring-biggest-success-77-years-old?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-39525847&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; also debuted debuted No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it Parton&#8217;s highest charting album ever, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/dolly-parton-rockstar-number-one-top-album-sales-chart-1235510763/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Billboard</a> magazine noted.
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&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; contains 30 songs with both original hits and covers alongside guest stars like Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, and Chris Stapleton.
The &#8220;Jolene&#8221; hitmaker previously told the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/17/how-dolly-parton-cemented-her-rockstar-legacy/71528940007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessean</a> that she &#8220;wanted to make a record of major rock classics that reflected those songs, true to the rhythm, in my voice.&#8221;
&#8220;I did my dead-level best to make an album I and the people whose songs I covered could be proud of — and I think (what resulted) is some of my best work,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I may get praised or criticized for this album, but nobody can say I didn&#8217;t give it all I had.&#8221;
The idea to make a rock album was sparked after the &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; star was nominated and later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which she initially tried to prevent, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;And I appreciate the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,” the country superstar shared. &#8220;I never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy.&#8221;
&#8220;It was just always my belief — and I think millions of other people out there too — always thought the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll business, and I just didn&#8217;t feel like I really measured up to that and I don&#8217;t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.&#8221;
&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; was released on November 17.

Dolly Parton Achieves Career Milestone With New Album At 77

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Country music</a> legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a> said she’s been offered the chance to perform at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/super-bowl">Super Bowl</a> many times, but so far has always turned it down.
The 77-year-old Tennessee native discussed her reasons during an <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dolly-parton-interview-new-album-rockstar-superbowl-halftime-show-1235634785/">interview</a> with The Hollywood Reporter that was published Thursday.
“I couldn&#8217;t do it because of other things, or I just didn&#8217;t think I was big enough to do it — to do that big of a production,” Parton told the outlet.
“When you think about those shows, those are big, big productions. I&#8217;ve never done anything with that big of a production,” she added. “I don&#8217;t know if I could have. I think, at the time, that&#8217;s what I was thinking.”
Parton will release her first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rock-and-roll">rock and roll</a> album, “Rockstar,” on November 17. In light of the genre change, the singer said she’d consider doing a bigger show.
“I might be able to do a production show,” she said of promoting that music.
Parton also said she originally turned down an invitation to be part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
“They&#8217;re going to put me in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and somebody like Meat Loaf or some of these other great artists never even made it? I didn&#8217;t want to take away from somebody that has spent their life in that world like I had spent mine in country [music],” the 10 time Grammy winner said of getting the invite.
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Eventually, she agreed to accept the honor after taking a closer look and who else was part of it.
“They told me all the ways that people’s music has influenced other people around the world … and told me about other people that were in it besides rock. Then I accepted it,” Parton told the outlet.
“But I still didn’t feel great about it. I still thought I needed to earn it,” she continued. “That’s why I thought, ‘Well, timing is perfect. There’s a real reason for me to do this rock ’n’ roll album. Here I am a rock star at 77.’”
“Rockstar” will feature 30 rock classics and original songs, including collaborations with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Joan Jett, Kid Rock, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Steven Tyler, Melissa Etheridge, and others.

Dolly Parton Explains Why She Kept Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show

Dolly Parton Discusses Why She Kept Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Legendary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">country</a> singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a> said she based her entire look on the “town tramp” despite being physically reprimanded for it. 
Parton, 77, discussed the woman from her hometown who inspired her signature style, which included embellished outfits and big, bouffant style hair, during an interview with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/09/dolly-parton-on-style-stardom-and-sexists-rockstar-behind-seams-my-life-in-rhinestones">The Guardian</a> published on Monday. 
“She was flamboyant. She had bright red lipstick, long red fingernails,” said Parton. 
“She had high-heeled shoes, little floating plastic goldfish in the heels of them, short skirts, low-cut tops, and I just thought she was beautiful,” the “Jolene” singer continued. “When people would say, ‘She ain’t nothing but trash,’ I would always say, ‘Well, that’s what I’m gonna be when I grow up.”
Parton said her grandfather, a preacher, utilized corporal punishment when she tried to mimic her fashion inspiration, but that did not dissuade her. 
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“I was willing to pay for it,” she told the outlet. “I’m very sensitive, I didn’t like being disciplined – it hurt my feelings so bad to be scolded or whipped or whatever. But sometimes there’s just that part of you that’s willing, if you want something bad enough, to go for it.”
When record label executives thought she should tone down her look, Parton ignored them. “I’ve always been true to myself,” she explained. “That was what my mama always used to say: to thine own self be true. I put a lot of stock in that.”
She continued, “Everything I do, whether it’s my personality, how I conduct myself and business, or whatever, if I do it my way, according to what I understand and believe, there’s a strength in that. You can think, ‘I can stand by this, I can live by this.’”
“My look came from a very serious place. That’s how I thought I looked best,” Parton added. “Sometimes that’s worked for me, sometimes it can work against you. It took me probably years longer to be taken serious, but I wasn’t willing to change it, and I figured if I had the talent, it’d show up sooner or later.”

Dolly Parton Says She Based Her Look On ‘Town Tramp,’ Got ‘Whipped’ For It

Dolly Parton Says She Based Her Look On 'Town Tramp,' Got 'Whipped' For It

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-confirms-rumors-about-item-shes-placed-under-dollywood-that-wont-be-unveiled-until-shes-99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> said she recently turned down an offer from the Princess of Wales to have tea during her trip to the United Kingdom because her schedule was full and there was no time.
During the 77-year-old country music singer&#8217;s recent appearance on Claudia Winkleman&#8217;s <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ps6r" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC Radio 2</a>, Parton talked about being in London to promote her new album &#8220;Rockstar&#8221; and bemoaned that she didn&#8217;t even have time to visit with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-cracks-joke-when-asked-if-she-would-be-performing-solo-at-christmas-concert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Middleton</a>.
&#8220;This time, Lordy, I even got invited to have tea with Kate [Middleton],&#8221; the &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; star <a href="https://people.com/dolly-parton-playfully-turned-down-tea-with-kate-middleton-7962999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the interview. &#8220;And I felt so bad… I couldn&#8217;t even go! They had all this stuff set up.&#8221;
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&#8220;But I thought that was very sweet and nice of her to invite me to tea,&#8221; she added. &#8220;One of these days I&#8217;m going to be able to get to do that, wouldn&#8217;t that have been great?&#8221;
The &#8220;Jolene&#8221; hitmaker then joked that she turned down the invite because the Middleton &#8220;wasn&#8217;t going to promote my rock album so I had to say no. I hope she hears it, though.&#8221;
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While she wasn&#8217;t able to visit with the members of the royal family on her recent trip, Parton has performed for the royal household, though the last time was more than 25 years ago,  <a href="https://people.com/dolly-parton-playfully-turned-down-tea-with-kate-middleton-7962999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">People magazine</a> noted.
She was one of the performers at the late Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Silver Jubilee in 1977. During a recent interview, the singer-songwriter recalled how nervous she was to curtsy in front of the queen.
&#8220;Even though you have to do the protocol, you have to bow and all that, I could tell that she didn&#8217;t care about that,&#8221; Parton told <a href="https://www.insider.com/dolly-parton-on-meeting-queen-elizabeth-2023-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Insider.</a> &#8220;That&#8217;s just something she had to do. And if somebody made a mistake, it was OK.&#8221;
&#8220;I was scared to death that I was not going to know how to curtsy, that I wasn&#8217;t going to bend right, but she was just very warm, very sweet, and I could tell she was a very giving person,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And just meeting the Queen of England, just to meet a queen, it was amazing.&#8221;
&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; will be released on Nov. 17 and features contributions from music legends like Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Simon Le Bon, and many more.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-makes-threesome-joke-about-garth-brooks-and-wife-trisha-yearwood-at-acm-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton Makes Threesome Joke About Garth Brooks And Wife Trisha Yearwood At ACM Awards</a>

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Country music legend  and actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> has no plans to retire, according to a recent radio interview — in fact, if she gets her way, she&#8217;ll simply &#8220;drop dead in the middle of a song on stage.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-has-turned-down-medal-of-freedom-awards-from-trump-and-biden-for-different-reasons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parton</a> made the confession during a Thursday appearance on &#8220;Greatest Hits Radio,&#8221; adding that she planned to continue singing and performing as long as her body could handle the physical stress of the job.
&#8220;I would never retire. I’ll just hopefully drop dead in the middle of a song onstage someday,&#8221; the 77-year-old &#8220;Steel Magnolias&#8221; star said, noting that she did realize there was a certain amount of chance involved. &#8220;That’s how I hope to go. Of course, we don’t have much of a choice in that.&#8221;
Parton also hinted that she might slow down if her husband Carl Thomas Dean – to whom she has been married since 1966 – needed her to do so.
&#8220;As long as I’m able to work, as long as my health is good and my husband is good. I mean, the only way that I would ever slow down or stop would be for that reason, but in the meantime, I’m gonna make hay while the sun shines,&#8221; she said.
In a way, Parton said she felt like she had an obligation to keep working as long as she could because she&#8217;d been fortunate enough to have the chance to do what she loved in the first place.
&#8220;Every dream kind of spawns another dream. You can branch off of almost anything that happens and make a business of that as well,&#8221; Parton explained, adding, &#8220;So it’s kind of like a tree with good roots – it’s got a lot of limbs and it’s also got a lot of leaves. So, why not make the most of it? And I’m not one to sit around doing nothing.&#8221;
In addition to starring in several movies, the songstress holds the record for the most studio albums ever released by a woman in the country music industry.
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Dolly Parton Will Never Retire, Hopes To Simply ‘Drop Dead In The Middle Of A Song’

Dolly Parton Will Never Retire, Hopes To Simply 'Drop Dead In The Middle Of A Song'

Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-confirms-rumors-about-item-shes-placed-under-dollywood-that-wont-be-unveiled-until-shes-99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dolly Parton</a> definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention while hosting the Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday when she made a joke about having a threesome with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garth-brooks-shares-a-funny-anecdote-about-wife-trisha-yearwood-at-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-for-keith-whitley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garth Brooks</a> and his wife Trisha Yearwood.
During the opening monologue of the 2023 ACM Awards show, the 77-year-old country singer told Brooks, her cohost, that she thought the term &#8220;GOAT&#8221; (Greatest of all time) meant something much more risqué, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/acms-host-dolly-partons-threesome-joke-makes-garth-brooks-blush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported.
It started after Brooks referred to Parton as the &#8220;GOAT&#8221; in country music, and she responded, &#8220;Did I hear you say you were looking for a goat? I&#8217;ve got your goat right here.&#8221;
The &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; hitmaker then wheeled a goat in a cart out on stage and made several odd jokes directed at Brooks, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/05/11/dolly-parton-garth-brooks-threesome-joke-bring-goat-onstage-acm-awards/70210040007/?taid=645dabbdc5b18200012447f7&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">USA Today</a> noted.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, that was such a ba-a-a-a-a-d joke,&#8221; Parton said. &#8220;This is Garth&#8217;s very first time ever hosting an award show. You know what they say, you never forget your first time.&#8221;
The &#8220;Jolene&#8221; hitmaker then revealed that she learned she was the 61-year-old country singer&#8217;s &#8220;hall pass&#8221; — a term that means a married couple has that one famous person who their spouse has given consent for the other to have an affair with.
&#8220;I&#8217;m Trisha&#8217;s hall pass too,&#8221; Dolly added, with Brooks confirming that was &#8220;true.&#8221;
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&#8220;I just had a thought,&#8221; Parton continued. &#8220;I know why you&#8217;re doing the goat thing. I think it stands for &#8216;Garth organized a threesome.'&#8221;
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The &#8220;Thunder Rolls&#8221; hitmaker blushed a bit before he replied, &#8220;I thought I couldn&#8217;t love you any more.&#8221;
Brooks and Yearwood tied the knot in 2005, years after their previous marriages ended in divorce. Parton has been married to Tennessee businessman Carl Thomas Dean for more than 50 years.
Speaking recently about how the couple has made their marriage work for 56 years, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dolly-parton-shares-secret-to-her-56-year-marriage-it-was-meant-to-be" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parton</a> said that her husband&#8217;s &#8220;not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together.&#8221;
&#8220;So it was meant to be, I think,&#8221; she added. &#8220;He was the one I was supposed to have and vice versa.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garth-brooks-shares-a-funny-anecdote-about-wife-trisha-yearwood-at-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-for-keith-whitley">Garth Brooks Shares A Funny Anecdote About Wife Trisha Yearwood At Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony For Keith Whitley</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dolly-parton">Dolly Parton</a> had the best response to rumors that she was selling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marijuana">CBD gummies</a>.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">country music</a> legend addressed these claims on her official social media accounts Wednesday, denying the gossip with her signature brand of wit and humor. 
&#8220;Dolly Parton is not affiliated with, has not endorsed, and is not associated with any keto or CBD gummy product. She’s more the cake, cookie, and cornbread type,&#8221; the post <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoI8whfOmQ1">said</a>. It was signed, &#8220;Team Dolly.&#8221; 
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The website Snopes.com previously <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dolly-parton-allegations-cbd-gummies/">addressed</a> the claims as well, saying they were false and that Parton never endorsed those products. Users had apparently been reacting to Facebook ads using the country music star’s image to sell CBD gummies that could allegedly “reverse dementia.” 
The ad includes a photo of Parton with the headline: “Allegation(s) Against Dolly Parton Have Been Confirmed.&#8221; Snopes confirmed this was all false, and that the accompanying link revealed no allegations or proof after clicking on the ad. 
Fans rallied around the “Jolene” singer in the comments, writing, &#8220;I’ll get the pitchforks,&#8221; and, &#8220;You let me know where to meet you.&#8221;
&#8220;Dolly is such a class act,&#8221; another person shared. &#8220;(And also WHO had the nerve?!)&#8221;
Many fans found humor in Parton’s reaction, pointing out how she’s never involved in scandals and gets along with everyone. 
“This is the most drama Dolly ever will get involved with,” one follower observed.
Another said the singer should consider making the rumors a reality.
 “Okay but imagine Dolly CBD products….. we would go crazy over that,” someone else said.
While she’s not promoting CBD gummies, Parton did recently join with Duncan Hines for a special line of Southern-inspired cake mixes and frosting flavors which sold out just after they debuted, per<a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/dolly-parton-not-selling-keto-cbd-gummies-rcna68737"> Today</a>. She said the match-up made sense because she “loved to cook and, growing up in the South, I especially love that authentic Mom and Pop kind of cooking.&#8221;
The publication noted that the country legend also published a cookbook in 2006 called &#8220;Dolly’s Dixie Fixin’s: Love, Laughter, and Lots of Good Food.&#8221;

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