In her eighth studio album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ Beyoncé reclaims her Black country roots while giving us lyrics like “You a bird, go on and sing your tune, Jolene.”
day to all who celebrate! Beyoncé’s eighth studio album is deeply rooted in country music — a genre that both isand has rarely given credit to the Black artists who helped create it. As the musician wrote in an Instagramlast week, “This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album.” And like all Beyoncé albums, its lyrics are being endlessly analyzed on social media. Below, we’ve rounded up some standout lines that we can’t get out of our heads.
While Parton’s Jolene was a redheaded bank teller who once flirted with her husband, theories about who Beyoncé’s Jolene could be are swirling. The most obvious culprit is, of course, “Becky with the good hair,” whom Bey called out onreleased statements clearing their names). But “sing your tune, Jolene” makes me wonder if perhaps Beyoncé is talking about someone in the music industry.
a lyric, but it is a key sonic detail that speaks to the deeply studied and referential nature of the album. As the album press release confirms, the percussion that sounds suspiciously similar to acrylic nails being click-clacked is Beyoncè playing her own nails in what is almost certainly a reference toiconic video of Patti LaBelle and Dolly Parton using their acrylics as the instrumental while they sang a snippet of “Short’nin’ Bread.
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