Christian singer and former “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/american-idol">American Idol</a>” contestant Mandisa has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death">died</a> at the age of 47.
Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a native of Citrus Heights, California, was discovered deceased in her home in the Nashville metro area. An investigation into the incident is currently underway, <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/19/american-idol-alum-christian-singer-mandisa-has-died-in-nashville/73382383007/">per</a> The Tennessean. 
&#8220;At this time, we do not know the cause of death or any further details,&#8221; a statement from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">singer</a>’s rep said. &#8220;We ask for your prayers for her family and close-knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;
A spokesperson from the Franklin Police Department did not share any details about Mandisa’s death other than confirming that the investigation was currently active.
Hundley is best known for her appearance on the reality singing competition show &#8220;American Idol&#8221; after auditioning in Chicago in 2005, the outlet noted. She was among the top nine contestants on that season of “Idol.”
She released her first album, &#8220;True Beauty,&#8221; in July 2007. Her single “Only the World” debuted on the Top Christian Album charts, which was a first for a female artist. The song also debuted at number 43 on the Billboard 200.
Her other albums included “It’s Christmas” (2008), “Freedom” (2009), “What if We Were Real” (2011), “Overcomer” (2013), “Out of the Dark” (2017), and a greatest hits album released in 2020. 
In 2014, Hundley took home the Grammy for best contemporary Christian Music Album for &#8220;Overcomer.&#8221; She is one of only five former “ Idol” contestants to win a Grammy, joining the ranks of Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, and Tori Kelly, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/mandisa-dead-american-idol-christian-singer-1235976471/">Variety</a>. 
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David Pierce, chief media officer for the Christian radio station KLOVE, expressed his feelings about Hundley’s untimely death with a tribute post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C58OJROOw0D/">Instagram</a>.
“Mandisa loved Jesus, and she used her unusually extensive platform to talk about Him at every turn,” he wrote. “Her kindness was epic, her smile electric, her voice massive, but it was no match for the size of her heart. Mandisa struggled, and she was vulnerable enough to share that with us, which helped us talk about our own struggles. Mandisa’s struggles are over, she is with the God she sang about now. While we are saddened, Mandisa is home. We’re praying for Mandisa’s family and friends and ask you to join us.”

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‘American Idol’ Star, Grammy-Winning Christian Singer Discovered Dead At 47

'American Idol' Star, Grammy-Winning Christian Singer Discovered Dead At 47

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Pop singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Meghan Trainor</a> added a clause into her will which would prohibit anyone utilizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/artificial-intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> (A.I.) to recreate her voice after her death.
The 30-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Grammy Award-winner</a> expressed trepidation about the emerging technology, saying it “scared” her.
&#8220;Sometimes I love it, sometimes I’m scared,&#8221; Trainor <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/meghan-trainors-will-ensures-voice-cant-used-spooky-technology-after-death">told</a> Fox News during a red carpet interview at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. &#8220;I don’t know a lot about it.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m like, ‘Wait, they can make me say and sing things that I didn’t do?’ And they were like, ‘Yeah.’ That’s spooky,&#8221; she continued. “So, it is in my will now; you can’t use my voice.&#8221;
A.I. usage in the music industry has been a hot topic of conversation lately. Earlier in April, more than 200 prominent recording artists, including Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, and others, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-200-musicians-from-billie-eilish-to-pearl-jam-denounce-ai-misuse-in-open-letter">signed</a> an open letter denouncing its usage.
The letter urged music industry leaders to “cease the use of artificial intelligence to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists,” warning against deepfakes and cloning specifically.
“Unchecked, AI will set in motion a race to the bottom that will degrade the value of our work and prevent us from being fairly compensated for it,” the letter said in part. “We must protect against the predatory use of AI to steal professional artists’ voices and likenesses, violate creators’ rights, and destroy the music ecosystem.”
In March, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the ELVIS Act (Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act), which protects artists from the unauthorized use of their voice, name, image, and likeness.
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The new law allows artists and license holders to sue for damages when it is violated.
On the other end of the spectrum, some artists are using A.I. to their advantage. In December, the band KISS played their last live show but promised they’d return as digital avatars.
“We can be forever young and forever iconic by taking us to places we’ve never dreamed of before,” KISS bassist Gene Simmons <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elvis-presley-concert-to-debut-in-london-using-ai-technology">said</a>. “The technology is going to make Paul (Stanley) jump higher than he’s ever done before.”
There are also digital concerts featuring ABBA, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles currently touring or in development.

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Grammy Award-Winning Singer Adds A.I. Clause Into Her Will: 'You Can't Use My Voice'

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Saying the name “JoJo Siwa” in 2017 conjured images of a smiling girl with a high blonde ponytail and brightly colored, oversized hair bows. Saying the same name in 2024 brings to mind a slightly more feminine version of KISS frontman Gene Simmons.
It’s true that all kids have to grow up. Siwa, like so many child stars who came before her, was destined to shed her sweet and innocent pre-teen idol image for something edgier as she matured. But Siwa’s transformation is so extreme, and so abrupt, that it demands explanation.
Siwa, who was born in 2003, shot to fame as a young performer on the Lifetime reality series “Dance Moms.” The Omaha, Nebraska, native appeared on two seasons of the show in 2015 and 2016. However, Siwa was not destined for mere reality star fame.
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The aspiring singer released two singles, &#8220;Boomerang&#8221; and &#8220;I Can Make U Dance,&#8221; in 2016 and watched the music video views rack up. Siwa was named the Breakout Artist of the Year by Vivid Seats in 2018. This prompted her to announce she was embarking on “D.R.E.A.M. The Tour” in 2019.
Besides just singing, the young celeb became a national sensation thanks to clever branding and marketing. One school in the U.K. tried to ban the massively popular, oversized hair bows sold under Siwa’s brand name because they were so popular that educators deemed them “distracting.”
&#8220;I&#8217;ve always just worn bows&#8221; the singer <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39140210" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBBC&#8217;s Newsround in 2017 of the international trend. &#8220;They just got bigger and better and sparklier &#8211; and then I became &#8216;JoJo with the bow bow&#8217; and it became a thing,&#8221; she added.
Later, Siwa said the bows were &#8220;more than just a hair accessory.” She said they were also “a symbol of power, confidence, believing-ness.&#8221;
The brand is still sold at major retailers such as Claire’s, Justice, Walmart, and Target.
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It wasn’t just bows, either. Siwa’s merch started popping up everywhere as young kids emulated her look and sang along to the bubblegum pop lyrics of Siwa’s upbeat song catalog. With titles like, “Every Girl’s a Supergirl,” “Kid in a Candy Store,” “High Top Shoes,” and “Bop!,” it’s easy to see exactly who the YouTube star was marketing to. There were leagues of JoJo Siwa devotees, fan club members, and YouTube subscribers. Most were in the highly impressionable pre-teen demographic.
The change in Siwa was both gradual and all at once. One of the most pivotal moments in her image change happened in January 2021 when she came out as LGBTQ. Siwa alerted fans by posting a photo of herself wearing a shirt that said, “Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever.” She later clarified that her sexual attraction didn’t align with any strict labels and if anything, she was “pansexual.”
“I always believed that my person was just going to be my person,” she said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jojo-siwa-comes-out-as-lgbtq-identifies-as-neither-gay-nor-straight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “And if that person happened to be a boy, great, and if that person happened to be a girl, great!”
“I think humans are awesome, I think humans are really incredible people. Right now, I’m super duper happy and I want to share everything with the world but I also want to keep things in my life private until they are ready to be public. Right now what matters is that you guys know that no matter who you love, that it’s OK. It’s awesome and the world is there for you,” Siwa continued.
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The former child star went public with two romantic relationships with women shortly after.
While many followers were critical of Siwa for becoming a vocal LGBTQ advocate, others championed the move. But the pop singer’s most shocking and controversial transformation was still to come.
On April 2, the YouTube star debuted a drastically different look at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, explaining that she was evolving to cater to an older audience. Siwa dressed in all black with a revealing cut-out mesh bodysuit, combat boots, dramatic black eye makeup, and a faux mohawk.
The singer said it was the same outfit she wore while recording her new music video for the single “Karma.”
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The former &#8220;Dance Moms&#8221; star had already showed off her brand overhaul on March 5 by uploading a series of behind-the-scenes photos from dance rehearsals for her upcoming single release, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jojo-siwa-defends-her-black-beast-look-says-respected-stars-like-lil-nas-x-called-it-so-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The captions from the nine posts formed a message that read, “See you in one month. Remember Karma’s a b****.”
“This is my ‘KARMA,’ black beast look,” Siwa <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1398587/jojo-siwa-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-her-adult-era-while-debuting-dramatic-all-black-look" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during a red carpet interview with E! News at the iHeartMusic Awards. “It’s got some rips in it, but you’d never know.”
When asked how she’s responding to backlash for her new, more provocative look, Siwa said, “People are afraid of things they don’t know. Things can be scary for people. New things can be very, very scary.”
She added, “The way that I’m able to keep going and keep being like, ‘Wait, actually what I’m doing is right,’ is because some of the most respected people in the world have come up to me and been like, ‘What you’re doing right now is so right. It is what the world needs, and I’m learning from what you are doing right now.&#8217;”
She mentioned rapper Lil Nas X and Meghan Trainor as two individuals who had vocalized their support for her new image. “Support from people like that means the world to me,” Siwa boasted.
The singer made it very clear that her new content was not for a younger audience. She teased the release of her latest single in March with a series of Instagram posts, writing:
<blockquote>Warning. The following content is not made for children and may be disturbing or offensive to some viewers. May contain sexual themes, violence, strong language, traumatic scenarios, and flashing lights. Viewer discretion is advised.</blockquote>
The “Karma” music video now has more than <a href="https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VZIm_2MgdeA&amp;list=PL4fGSI1pDJn5kI81J1fYWK5eZRl1zJ5kM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">24 million views</a> on YouTube.
Gone are the days of songs about high top shoes. “I was a bad girl / I did some bad things,” the single opens. 
The chorus continues with more of the same message. “Karma’s a b****, I should’ve known better / If I had a wish, I would’ve never effed around / When I saw the pics of you and her, I fеlt the knife twist /  Karma’s a b****, and she’s with you right now.”
&#8220;I wanted it to be as bold and as ballsy as possible. There is nothing more ballsy than this song,” the 20-year-old said during a Billboard <a href="https://www.billboard.com/video/jojo-siwa-billboard-news-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> about the song. 
“The genre is — I said it back in the day when I first signed with Columbia. I said, ‘I want to start a new genre of music.’ And they said, ‘What do you mean?’ And I said well, ‘It’s called gay pop.’”
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Siwa names fellow former child star Miley Cyrus as her biggest inspiration.
“It’s no secret that my transition is heavily inspired by Miley Cyrus, of course,” she said. Siwa mentioned when Cyrus made headlines for her provocative Video Music Awards performance with Robin Thicke in 2013.
“Like it or not, everyone knows that moment and I think that that made such an impact,” Siwa said. “I think every child star has made their impact in some which way becoming an adult star. But Miley’s flip, Miley’s switch, Miley’s turn was the greatest thing I’ve witnessed with my own two eyes.”
Like it or not, parents of young fans need to realize that Siwa has traded in big hair bows for sexual innuendo. And it doesn’t look like she’s going back.

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From Big Bows To ‘Black Beast’: The JoJo Siwa Transformation Story

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-mellencamp-caught-sitting-eating-popcorn-during-national-anthem-at-nfl-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Mellencamp</a> has hit back after a video went viral of him walking off the stage at a concert in Ohio after the crowd heckled him.
On Monday, video surfaced of his concert in Toledo in March showing the 72-year-old singer telling the crowd he can just end the show when someone in the audience yelled at him to stop talking and “play some music” when he was telling stories in between songs, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13315639/john-mellencamp-shows-viral-video-hecklers-tour.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
“What do you think I&#8217;ve been doing, you c********r?’” Mellencamp told the hecklers as fans joined in and booed them.
“Here’s the thing, man. You don’t know me. You don’t f****** know me,” he added. “Hey Joe, find this guy and let me see him after the show.”
Another fan then shouted for Mellencamp to sing “Authority Song” and he replied, “Guys, I can stop this show right now and just go home. Tell you what I’m going to do. Since you’ve been so wonderful, I’m going to cut about ten songs out of the show. Here we go.”
He attempted to sing his most famous song “Jack &amp; Diane,” but the yelling continued. He then announced, “You know what? Show’s over” and <a href="https://x.com/MikeLoftusComic/status/1780282005109801202" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left</a> the stage.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/10/john-mellencamp-concert-dc/">The Washington Post</a> later, Mellencamp said, “I do expect etiquette inside of the theater, the same way you would at a Broadway show.”
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Thoughts &amp; prayers going out to all 
the people just now finding out John Mellencamp can be insufferable live. 
When he’s wearing the onesie and starts telling stories… Just head for the exit. 
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“My shows are not really concerts anymore,” he added. “They’re performances, and there’s a difference between a performance and a concert.”
“Look, I’m not for everyone anymore. I’m just not,” the singer continued. “And if you want to come and scream and yell and get drunk, don’t come to my show.”
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There have been mixed reports as to what exactly started the the trouble at his concert. One report said that it started after Mellencamp introduced his song “The Eyes of Portland” by talking about the homeless problem in America and a homeless woman he met in Portland, the <a href="https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2024/03/17/mellencamp-concert-marred-hecklers/stories/20240318058">Toledo Blade</a> reported.
“Your tears and prayers will not help the homeless,” Mellencamp sang, before the heckling started.
Others online claimed that things got out of hand at Mellencamp’s show when he was reportedly talking about President Joe Biden. However, it <a href="https://x.com/JG41187/status/1780266996384546824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later</a> it came out that the singer had been referencing a conversation he had with his dying grandmother.
The band and singer did eventually return to the stage and finish the show, the Blade noted.

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CBS News took a social media beating on Sunday night after a timing error caused affiliates in two time zones to cut off the broadcast of a concert special — right in the middle of Billy Joel&#8217;s iconic hit &#8220;Piano Man.&#8221;
The network had been touting the Sunday night broadcast of &#8220;<a href="https://people.com/inside-billy-joel-100th-madison-square-garden-concert-event-8628683" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time</a>&#8221; for weeks, and viewers quickly took their dismay to X as the highly-anticipated event ended in disappointment.
&#8220;Hey @CBS wtf is this?! You cut off @billyjoel during Pianoman of all songs?! And then didn’t come back to it?!?! Now wonder network TV is a mess. Not ballin, not ballin at all,&#8221; the X account for &#8220;The Gunz Show&#8221; posted.
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS</a> wtf is this?! You cut off <a href="https://twitter.com/billyjoel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@billyjoel</a> during Pianoman of all songs?! And then didn’t come back to it?!?! Now wonder network TV is a mess. Not ballin, not ballin at all. <a href="https://t.co/QBBxLZOABO">pic.twitter.com/QBBxLZOABO</a>
&mdash; Gunz (@TheGunzShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGunzShow/status/1779715797977272765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Video posted by that account showed the network&#8217;s abrupt jump from the middle of Joel&#8217;s famous tune to a local news anchor previewing the Manhattan hush-money trial of former President Trump.
&#8220;Viewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man. Evidently, CBS was no longer in the mood for a melody,&#8221; another account posted.
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Viewers throughout the Eastern and Central Time Zones had the broadcast of the Billy Joel concert cut off, mid-Piano Man. 
Evidently, CBS was no longer in the mood for a melody. <a href="https://t.co/bVlcIReRXn">pic.twitter.com/bVlcIReRXn</a>
&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1779719521349083277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Face it. CBS cut off Billy Joel halfway through &#8216;Piano Man&#8217; because the woke bosses wanted him to sing &#8216;Piano THEM,'&#8221; comedian Jimmy Failla added.
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Face it. CBS cut off Billy Joel halfway through &quot;Piano Man&quot; because the woke bosses wanted him to sing &quot;Piano THEM.&quot;
&mdash; Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfailla/status/1779852958194094269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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One account suggested the move was intentional on CBS&#8217; part, saying, &#8220;Can’t help but think CBS cutting off Billy Joel’s concert mid-&#8216;Piano Man&#8217; is long-game revenge for his &#8216;wasted commercial time&#8217; move during the 1994 Grammys.&#8221;
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At the 1994 Grammys, Joel had famously <a href="https://ew.com/grammys/2017/02/09/grammys-shocking-moments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopped in the middle</a> of his performance of &#8220;River of Dreams&#8221; in protest of CBS cutting to commercial during Frank Sinatra’s acceptance speech for his Grammy Legend Award. At the time, he announced that he was intentionally wasting the network&#8217;s time: &#8220;Valuable advertising time going by. Dollars, dollars, dollars.&#8221;
CBS released a statement following the SNAFU, chalking it up to a &#8220;network programming timing error&#8221; and promising to rebroadcast the event in its entirety on April 19th at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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CBS Trashed For Cutting To Local News During Iconic Billy Joel Performance

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Donald Trump

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.”

Reba McEntire

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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Country Music

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/madonna">Madonna</a> is responding to two fans who filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">lawsuit</a> against the pop singer for starting her concert three hours late.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">Concert</a> attendees Michael Fellows and Jonathan Hadden sued Madonna and concert organizer Live Nation for false advertising when the singer didn’t take the stage until hours past the scheduled start time on December 13 at Barclays Center in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york">Brooklyn</a>. The two fans argued that concertgoers suffered hardship because of the late start.
The lawsuit claims they were “confronted with limited public transportation, limited ride-sharing, and/or increased public and private transportation costs at that late hour. In addition, many ticketholders who attended concerts on a weeknight had to get up early to go to work and/or take care of their family responsibilities the next day,&#8221; the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/usshowbiz/article-13274443/Madonna-responds-late-concert-lawsuit-time.html">reported</a>. 
The document further accused Madonna and Live Nation of “wanton exercise in false advertising, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.”
Court documents obtained by the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/usshowbiz/article-13274443/Madonna-responds-late-concert-lawsuit-time.html">Daily Mail</a> show Madonna filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Wednesday. The 65-year-old recording artist said via her lawyers that most fans understand that she’s not likely to be on time. 
“No reasonable concertgoer — and certainly no Madonna fan — would expect the headline act at a major arena concert to take the stage at the ticketed event time,” the motion filed on behalf of the pop star stated.
“Fans got just what they paid for: a full-length, high quality show by the Queen of Pop,” the document continued.
Madonna’s lawyers also presented evidence that one of the plaintiffs wrote a positively worded Facebook post after the show, saying the concert in question was “incredible as always.”
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They further asserted that concert attendees are well aware of how long shows typically last. 
“The Complaint itself concedes that Madonna fans, like Mr. Hadden, would not expect Madonna to appear onstage at the printed 8:30 p.m. event time, alleging that she has a ‘years-long history’ of ‘arriving several hours late to prior concerts,’ such that ‘Plaintiffs knew or should have known that the Concerts would not start at 8:30 p.m.,’” the filing says. 
“Reasonable concertgoers also know that concert lengths vary based on numerous factors, such as the duration of the opening act and the artist’s set list for the night. So, they would not reasonably expect the night to end by 10:30 p.m. unless an advertisement or ticket says as much — and none did here.”

Madonna

Madonna Slams Fans Suing For Late Concert Start, Claims ‘No Madonna Fan’ Expects Show To Start On Time

Madonna Slams Fans Suing For Late Concert Start, Claims 'No Madonna Fan' Expects Show To Start On Time

New York

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?”

2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Show

Beyoncé Misses The Point With Forgettable ‘Jolene’ Cover

Beyoncé Misses The Point With Forgettable 'Jolene' Cover

Dolly Parton

The rock band <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music">KISS</a> has sold its music catalog, brand name, and intellectual property to Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment Group, but the band’s frontman insists the deal is more of a “collaboration,” not an acquisition.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">deal</a>, announced on Thursday, is estimated to be worth over $300 million, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/kiss-sells-catalog-brand-name-ip-pophouse-061d34ce4e92efffc25f35c62670a4f2">AP</a>. KISS had previously partnered with Pophouse to debut <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music-industry">digitized avatars</a> of themselves at the band’s farewell concert in December. 
“The record companies, the three big ones that are left, they’re doing a fantastic job, but they have so many catalogs and they can’t focus on everything,” Pophouse CEO Per Sundin said. “We work together with Universal (Music Group) and KISS, even though we will own the artists rights, and we&#8217;re doing it in conjunction with KISS. But yes, we bought all rights, and that&#8217;s not something I&#8217;ve seen that clear before.&#8221;
He added that upcoming projects may include a biopic, a documentary, and a KISS experience. Sundin also discussed how he plans to use cutting-edge technology to expose the 1970s rock band to new generations of fans.
“I don’t like the word acquisition,” KISS frontman Gene Simmons told the outlet of the deal. 
“Collaboration is exactly what it’s about. It would be remiss in our inferred fiduciary duty — see what I just did there? — to the thing that we created to abandon it,” he told AP. “People might misunderstand and think, ‘OK, now Pophouse is doing that stuff and we’re just in Beverly Hills twiddling our thumbs.’ No, that’s not true. We’re in the trenches with them. We talk all the time. We share ideas. It’s a collaboration. Paul (Stanley) and I especially, with the band, we’ll stay committed to this. It’s our baby.”
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Simmons reiterated that the band’s touring days are over, and future concerts will all be digital. “We’re not going to tour again as KISS, period,” he said. “We’re not going to go put the makeup on and go out there.”
A KISS avatar show is slated for 2027. Pophouse is the same company that partnered with George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light &amp; Magic, to put on a fully digital ABBA show in London. ABBA Voyage debuted in May 2022.
Pophouse has also partnered with musician Cyndi Lauper, purchasing the majority share of her music and announcing a new immersive performance project.

Kiss

Gene Simmons Has An Explanation For Fans After KISS Sells Entire Music Catalog

Business

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lizzo">Lizzo</a> walked back her &#8220;I Quit&#8221; rage post from Friday and said she wanted to clarify her now-viral post, making it clear that she had no intention of quitting music as some had suggested.
In a video on Tuesday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5RWyNRvD91/">Instagram</a>, the 35-year-old singer — born Melissa Viviane Jefferson —said she was making the post because she just needed to clarify: &#8220;When I say &#8216;I quit,&#8217; I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention.&#8221;
&#8220;What I&#8217;m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music and connecting to people,&#8221; Lizzo told her followers. &#8220;And I know I&#8217;m not alone. In no way shape or form am I the only person experiencing that negative voice that&#8217;s louder than the positive.&#8221;
&#8220;If I can just give one person the inspiration or motivation to stand up for themselves and say they quit letting negative people, negative comments win then I&#8217;ve done even more than could&#8217;ve hoped for,&#8221; the singer continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to keep moving forward and keep being me.&#8221;
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Lizzo reveals she’s not quitting music:
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— Juice Pop (@TheJuicePop) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJuicePop/status/1775251787265495057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
Lizzo closed out her video statement — which contained numerous edit cuts — by thanking those who had reached out to her and sent her so much love, something that she said &#8220;means more than you know.&#8221;
The video statement came after the &#8220;Good As Hell&#8221; hitmaker made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-quit-lizzo-signals-shes-done-because-shes-the-butt-of-the-joke-every-single-time">headlines</a> last week when she posted a cryptic message on social media about quitting, leaving many to speculate what exactly she meant — and whether she was referring to her music career or something else.
&#8220;I&#8217;m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet,&#8221; Lizzo wrote in the post.
&#8220;All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But I&#8217;m starting to feel like the world doesn&#8217;t want me in it.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout &amp; views … being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look … my character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name I didn&#8217;t sign up for this s**t,&#8221; the singer continued.
She closed out her post on social media with the words &#8220;I Quit&#8221; and that was the last post the social media world heard from the music star until Tuesday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-quit-lizzo-signals-shes-done-because-shes-the-butt-of-the-joke-every-single-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;I QUIT&#8217;: Lizzo Signals She’s Done Because She’s &#8216;The Butt Of The Joke Every Single Time&#8217;</a>

Lizzo

Lizzo Walks Back Rage Quit In New Post

Country superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toby-keith-breaks-record-on-music-chart-following-his-death">Toby Keith&#8217;s</a> final recording dropped on Friday more than a month after his death at age 62 following a battle with stomach cancer.
Keith ended up recording a cover of the classic Joe Diffie song, &#8220;Ships That Don&#8217;t Come In,&#8221; for country singer Hardy&#8217;s mixtape Hixtape, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/toby-keith-final-recording-ships-that-dont-come-in-1234996520/">Rolling Stone</a> magazine reported.
For Keith&#8217;s cover, he was joined by singer Luke Combs as the two take turns with the poignant lines of the popular 1992 song. Given Keith&#8217;s recent passing, hearing his final studio performance hits different in the song that includes lyrics about life&#8217;s unexpected twists, the opportunities that are missed, and those that never come.
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The chorus reads, &#8220;So here&#8217;s to all the soldiers/Who have ever died in vain/The insane locked up in themselves /The homeless down on Main/To those who stand on empty shores/And spit against the wind/And those who wait forever/For ships that don&#8217;t come in.&#8221;
It&#8217;s clear that no matter how much time has passed since Keith was performing in those big arenas, the late country singer still sounded incredible. The Hixtape is Hardy&#8217;s third one and is completely Diffie-themed. It includes a host of cameos from such country stars as Clint Black, Blake Shelton, Chris Young, Darius Rucker, and more. Keith&#8217;s recording is truly a beautiful tribute to the late singer’s legacy.
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The &#8220;Red Solo Cup&#8221; hitmaker was recently announced as one of the new inductees into the Country Hall of Fame, the outlet noted. He died the day before he would&#8217;ve learned about his inclusion in the hall.
Shortly after Keith&#8217;s death, the late singer broke a record and made history after beating out music giants like Kenny Rogers and Taylor Swift to dominate 90 percent of the top 10 songs on the Country Digital Song Sales chart at one time.
After his death, the &#8220;Should&#8217;ve Been A Cowboy&#8221; hitmaker’s catalog of music filled the country charts. He is now the first artist ever to claim nine spaces in the top 10 songs on the Billboard chart, <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/toby-keith-makes-history-country-digital-song-sales-chart-1235606479/">Billboard</a> reported.
Following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cancers-a-rollercoaster-toby-keith-said-faith-got-him-through-health-battle-in-intv-before-his-death">Keith&#8217;</a>s diagnosis in 2021, he talked about his incredible country singing career.
&#8220;Just seeing how enormous the career I amassed over 30 years when they show the video,&#8221; he told <a href="https://people.com/toby-keith-reflected-on-30-year-career-in-final-people-interview-exclusive-8559418">People magazine</a> at the time. &#8220;You know where you were when you wrote all those songs, you hear those numbers and you&#8217;re just like, you looked up one day and all of a sudden 30 years went by.&#8221;

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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

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