Lily Allen expressed her candid thoughts on Beyoncé cover of Dolly Parton ‘Jolene’
Beyoncé released a cover of Dolly Parton's Jolene’ in her new album 'Cowboy Carter'
Lily Allen has stirred conversation when she expressed her candid opinion about Beyoncé's rendition of Dolly Parton Jolene from her hit album Cowboy Carter.
Speaking at an episode of the Miss Me? the podcast that Smile songstress cohosts with her friend Miquita Oliver, opened up their views on the Halo crooner’s cover of Jolene
“I don't think the 'Jolene' one's good," Oliver, 39, said as they discussed Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé’s eighth studio album.
Allen answered, “It's very weird that you cover the most successful songs in that genre.”
The co-host Oliver shared, “But I also feel like 'Jolene''s such an excellent song. Like, I've listened to the story of how Dolly Parton wrote it in about 20 minutes, like, over and over, because I just think it's so genius. And I don't know, it just felt a little bit like a kind of standard hip-hop beat under a 'Jolene' cover.”
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She continued, "It's like, 'Let's do something with this song. If we're going to take it apart and put it back together. I feel like Beyoncé could have done a bit more with that.”
While agreeing with Oliver, Allen said, “Yeah, I just feel like it's quite an interesting thing to do when you're like trying to tackle a new genre and you just choose the biggest song in that genre to cover.
"I mean, you do you, Beyoncé, and she literally is doing her. Or is she doing Dolly?” the Not Fair singer added.