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28 Mar 2024

Beyoncé’s ‘Jolene’ Lyrics vs. Dolly Parton’s Original: What’s New & What’s the Same?

While Beyoncé fans found out on Wednesday when the Cowboy Carter tracklist was unveiled that there would be a song called “Jolene” on the album, the finished product is not exactly a Dolly Parton cover.

In fact, Bey keeps the simple string-plucking production almost identical to Parton’s 1973 original on her new “Jolene,” but she’s updated almost all the lyrics to tell a brand-new story of the infamous other woman. We discover the lyrical changes almost immediately, when Beyoncé sings in the second line, “I’m warning you, don’t come for my man,” in place of Parton’s “I’m beggin’ of you, please don’t take my man.”

The biggest musical shift comes in Beyoncé’s new bridge, which has a melody that isn’t used in Dolly’s song and includes a choir of voices backing up Queen B. The bridge switches from the song’s minor key to an optimistic major as Beyoncé confidently sings: “I sleep good happy, ’cause you can’t dig up our planted seeds.”

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Below, find the new lyrics to Beyoncé’s “Jolene,” as well as her lyric video, and Parton’s original “Jolene” lyrics.

BEYONCÉ’S NEW “JOLENE LYRICS”

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

You’re beautiful beyond compare
Takes more than beauty and seductive stares
To come between a family and a happy man
Jolene, I’m a woman too
Thе games you play are nothing new
So you don’t want no hеat with me, Jolene
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)
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)

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m warning you, woman, find you your own man
Jolene, I know I’m a queen, Jolene
I’m still a Creole banjee bitch 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)
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

Me and my man crossed those valleys
Highs and lows and everything between
You did roll in like tumbling weeds
I sleep good happy, ’cause you can’t dig up our planted seeds
I know my man’s gonna stand by me breathing in my gentle breeze

I crossed those valleys
Highs and lows and everything between
Good deeds roll in like tumbling weeds
Good and happy, ’cause you can’t dig up them planted seeds
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’ma stand by her, she gon’ stand by me, Jolene

I’ma stand by him, he gon’ stand by me
I’ma stand by her, she gon’ stand by me
I’ma stand by him, he gon’ stand by me, Jolene

DOLLY PARTON’S ORIGINAL “JOLENE” LYRICS

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m beggin’ of you, please don’t take my man
(Jolene)
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don’t take him just because you can

Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
(Jolene)
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene (Jolene)

He talks about you in his sleep
And there’s nothing I can do to keep from crying
When he calls your name, Jolene (Jolene)
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don’t know what he means to me, Jolene (don’t take him)

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you, please don’t take my man
Oh, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Oh, please don’t take him just because you can (don’t take him)

You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He’s the only one for me, Jolene (he’s the only one)
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
Whatever you decide to do, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I’m begging of you, please don’t take my man
(Don’t take him, don’t take him, don’t take him)
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don’t take him just because you can (just because you can)
Jolene, Jolene (please don’t take him, please don’t take him, Jolene)
Jolene

Jolene

He’s the only one for me
Jolene
Jolene, Jolene
Jolene
Please don’t take him just because you can

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Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Written by: Dolly Parton

28 Mar 2024

Beyoncé ‘Cowboy Carter’ Declared a GOAT By Social Media 10 Minutes Into 1 Hour Album

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It’s here. Beyoncé’s latest album, Cowboy Carter, dropped at midnight (ET) on Thursday night, Friday morning (March 29) and had social media users basically christening it a greatest of all time project before actually finishing the project.

Seriously. At 12:15 people were acting like Bey save music itself dispute their. being a whole hour of music left if you hit play on the album exactly at midnight. But such hyperbole should have been expected since the moment Mrs. Carter announced the new project in viral form during the Super Bowl.

What we get was a 27-track album that runs for an hour and 17 minutes and the guests, featured on the tracklisting, include Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Linda Martell and, wait for it, Rumi Carter. The Carters always make sure their seeds get those publishing credits, early.

Oh yeah, she’s reportedly in Japan.

Check out some of the more audacious reactions to Cowboy Carter in the gallery.

28 Mar 2024

Machine Gun Kelly & Trippie Redd Bring the Emo-Raps for ‘Genre : Sadboy’ Project: Stream It Now

Machine Gun Kelly and Trippie Redd have teamed up for their Genre : Sadboy EP, which hit streaming services on Friday (March 29).

The EP is free of guest features outside of the Ohio duo and boasts 10 tracks in total including their pensive “lost boys” single.

If Drake made For All the Dogs, this one’s for all the sad boys. Trippie and MGK have had no issue opening up about their struggles and relationship tribulations in the past and they’ve joined forces to deliver piercing emo-raps.

Diplo was hyped to hear that MGK and Trippie were connecting as he chimed in with an Instagram comment last week: “This is going to [be] f—–g good!”

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MGK and Trippie have proven to be a dynamic combination while collaborating on genre-blending records over the years like Hotel Diablo‘s “Candy,” Tickets to My Downfall‘s “All I Know” as well as “Red Sky” and “Pill Breaker.”

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Genre : Sadboy is the first project offering of the year for both Machine Gun Kelly and Redd. The pair released solo singles earlier in March before “lost boys” arrived this week.

The Cleveland native’s last released a rap album in 2019 with Hotel Diablo which followed MGK’s lucrative rock pivot. 2022’s Mainstream Sellout debuted at No. 1 atop the Billboard 200 with 93,000 album units sold.

Trippie kept busy last year feeding fans with essentially three different projects between Mansion Musik, A Love Letter to You 5 and the Saint Michael V2 deluxe.

Stream Genre : Sadboy below.

28 Mar 2024

J-Hope’s ‘Hope on the Street Vol. 1’ Is Here: Stream It Now

J-Hope keeps on spreading the hope. The BTS superstar unveiled his long awaited album, Hope on the Street Vol. 1, on Friday (March 29).

The six-track mini-album was described in a press release as spanning a “diverse array of sounds and moods that showcase j-hope’s musical prowess and depth.” It also features a number of special guests, including band mate Jung Kook on “i wonder,” as well as Benny Blanco and Chic’s Nile Rodgers on “lock/ unlock,” a dance mix of “what if” with Jinbo the SuperFreak and “NEURON” featuring South Korean hip-hop vet Gaeko of Dynamic Duo and yoonmirae.

The album is accompanied by a deeper dive into J-Hope’s artistic roots and street dance background in an accompanying six-part docuseries, also named Hope on the Street, which debuted earlier this week on Prime Video.

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The project follows J-Hope’s 2022 solo album, Jack in the Box, which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. A newly expanded HOPE Edition of the album was released in August 2023. It features the original album tracks, along with three live recordings from J-Hope’s history-making performance at Lollapalooza in 2022 in Chicago, plus two instrumental tracks.

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Listen to J-Hope’s Hope on the Street Vol. 1 in full below.

28 Mar 2024

Enrique Iglesias Drops ‘Final, Vol. 2’ Feat. Belinda, El Alfa & More: Stream It Now

Enrique Iglesias has released his new studio album Final, Vol. 2 (Sony Music Latin)—almost three years after dropping Final, Vol. 1, and which he assures will be the last musical set of his career.

Home to 10 tracks, the album finds Iglesias navigating from his signature electronic dance and Latin pop fusions to other genres including bachata (“Así Es La Vida” featuring Maria Becerra), dembow (“La Botella” featuring El Alfa), country (“Space in my Heart” featuring Miranda Lambert), and cumbia (“Llórame Un Río featuring Belinda). His collab with Lambert is also available in Spanish with only Iglesias performing it called “Espacio En Tu Corazón.”

In addition to “Space in my Heart,” two other songs on the set are in English: “Love and Pain” and “Be Together”—further stamping the Spanish crooner’s global connection to his fans.

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His sensual bachata with Becerra reached No. 1 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart for eight weeks, starting the Dec. 9, 2023-dated chart, and it reached a No. 12 high on Latin Airplay chart (Dec. 16).

Final, Vol. 2 follows Final, Vol. 1 (2021), his first album in seven years after Sex & Love and that includes hits such as the Nicky Jam-assisted “El Perdón,” “Duele el Corazón” with Wisin, “Súbeme la Radio” with Descemer Bueno and Zion y Lennox, and the Bad Bunny-assisted “El Baño.”

Final (Vol. 1) debuted and peaked at No. 12 on Top Latin Albums and at No. 2 on Latin Pop Albums (charts dated Oct. 10, 2021). Stream and listen to Final, Vol. 2, below:

28 Mar 2024

Beyoncé Welcomes the World to Her Rodeo With ‘Cowboy Carter’: Stream It Now

There’s a new sheriff in town, and her name is Cowboy Carter. On Friday (Mach 29), Beyoncé finally unleashed her eighth solo studio album in its entirety.

The Grammy winner first introduced her Cowboy Carter era with a pair of country singles — “16 Carriages” and Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Texas Hold ‘Em” — released during the 2024 Super Bowl. While both singles are undoubtedly country tracks, they were mere teases of the sonic odyssey Queen Bey embarks upon throughout her new LP. One thing is for certain: she wasn’t lying when she said, “This ain’t a country album. This is a Beyoncé album!”

With assists from a star-studded cast of collaborators — including Miley Cyrus, Post Malone, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Linda Martell, Tanner Adell, Willie Jones, Raphael Saadiq, The-Dream, Shaboozey and more — Beyoncé spends the 27-track record staking her claim across country, funk, hip-hop, rock and more. Formatted in the style of radio program, several spoken word interludes introduce the album’s different sequences, making for a well-balanced mixture of introspection, humor and fearless exploration.

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Cowboy Carter marks the second act of a “three-act project” Beyoncé recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first installment, Renaissance, debuted atop the Billboard 200, helped Beyoncé become the artist with the most Grammy wins in history, housed a pair of Hot 100 top 10 hits in “Break My Soul” (No. 1) and “Cuff It” (No. 6) and spawned a record-breaking tour and accompanying box office-topping documentary concert film.

Although Beyoncé crafted Cowboy Carter as “a continuation of” Renaissance, she did note that the album was inspired by an unsavory event several years ago — likely her controversial performance of “Daddy Lessons” alongside The Chicks (fka The Dixie Chicks) at the 2016 CMA Awards.

Throw on your cowboy hat, secure your belt buckles and dig into Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter now.

28 Mar 2024

Lady Gaga Is Happy on Her Birthday, And She’s Writing Some of Her ‘Best Music’

It’s Lady Gaga’s birthday, and she’s giving out the presents — in the form of a glowing update on her new music.

The 38-year-old pop star shared a warm post on her big day, March 28, one that’s been full of joy and messages of kindness.

“Today has been so special,” she writes on Instagram. “I can’t remember a time I was so happy on my bday. I am in love with my best friend, my family and friends are loving and kind and healthy. I feel like my heart is bursting with gratitude for my own health and MUSIC.”

Gaga reflects on her busy work schedule, which includes the sequel to Todd Phillips’ Joker, for which she suits up as Harley Quinn alongside lead Joaquin Phoenix, and new music.

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“I am writing some of my best music in as long as I can remember,” she enthuses.

Seeing messages from her Little Monsters from “all over the world,” plus artists and “publications that love my work it means so much to me,” she continues. “Thank you for loving me the way you do and for having such a real love for my songs.”

It’s been almost four years since Lady Gaga dropped Chromatica, her sixth studio album, and a return to her dance-inspired roots on singles such as “Stupid Love,” the hit Ariana Grande collaboration “Rain on Me” and “Free Woman.” Chromatica debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in June 2020, for her sixth leader.

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Though little is known of the direction and style of her next musical era, Gaga has confirmed via social media that she’s “not making a rock album.”

In her latest post, Gaga, wearing a black leather jacket behind the wheel of a car, and sporting bleached-blonde long hair and eyebrows, hints at pop matters to come.

“I’ve been writing pop songs since I was a little girl I can’t believe I still get to do what I love,” she writes. “This year will be an important and meaningful year for us I know. Music changes people lives I’m so honored I get to be a part of that in this.”

Last year, Gaga appeared as a guest vocalist on the gospel-tinged Rolling Stones song “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” from the legendary British rockers’ LP Hackney Diamonds.

Joker: Folie à Deux is due out in cinemas on Oct. 4. The first Joker, based on the D.C. Comics villain, became the first R-rated movie in history to accumulate $1 billion at the box office.

See Gaga’s post below.

28 Mar 2024

Iván Cornejo’s ‘Baby Please’ Makes Top 10 Debut on Hot Latin Songs

After “Está Dañada” earned Ivan Cornejo his first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs in 2021, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter is back in the upper region as “Baby Please” debuts at No. 8 on the list dated March 30.

“Baby Please” splashes into the top 10 on the multimetric Hot Latin Songs chart mainly on the strength of streaming activity. (The chart blends streams, airplay, and sales.) In the tracking week of March 15-21, the song registered 5.4 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. Thanks to that sum, the track bows at No. 5 on Latin Streaming Songs and gives Cornejo his third top 10 there.

It’s not odd for 19-year-old Cornejo to make a new chart visit largely from streaming activity. Out of his 14 chart entries on Hot Latin Songs, streams provide essentially most of his songs’ activity there. Only the No. 2-peaking “Dañada” (2021) and “Inseparables” (a top 20 hit in 2022) generated minimal digital download sales, while radio has not jumped on board yet.

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As “Baby Please” lands in the top 10 on Hot Latin Songs, Cornejo claims his second top 10, after “Dañada,” his first chart appearance, debuted at No. 7 in October 2021 and peaked at No. 2 a week later (chart dated Oct. 30, 2021). In between, the sad sierreño singer placed 12 other songs, with “Aquí Te Espero” nearly missing the top 10, as it debuted and peaked at No. 11 in Aug. 2023.

Plus, with the new song’s high debut, indie label Zaragoza picks up its first top 10 on Hot Latin Songs. Cornejo took the imprint to a No. 30 high through “Donde Estás” last December.

Elsewhere, “Baby Please” grants Cornejo his third chart visit on the overall Billboard Hot 100, as the song debuts at No. 95.

28 Mar 2024

‘SNL’ Promises Travis Scott’s Episode Will Be ‘In Sicko Mode’ — And Host Ramy Youssef Wishes They Hadn’t

When Travis Scott returns to Saturday Night Live this weekend as the musical guest, castmember Marcello Hernandez promises the show will be in “Sicko Mode” — just like Scott’s Billboard Hot 100-topping Drake collab from 2018. But first-time host Ramy Youssef isn’t having it in new SNL promos, released late Thursday (March 28) ahead of Saturday’s new episode.

“I told you not to do that in front of him,” the Poor Things actor/comedian tells Hernandez of the song-title pun.

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“Sorry, I just get these goosebumps every time,” Hernandez replies with a smirk, name-dropping yet another Scott song: “Goosebumps,” a top 40 Hot 100 solo hit in 2017 that led to the No. 47-peaking HVME remix in 2021.

“It’s just not a good look,” Youssef says. “Sorry, Trav.”

Things don’t get any better for Hernandez in a second promo, when he launches into an ill-fated joke setup. “A Latino guy, an Egyptian guy and a Black guy walk into a bar…” he begins, before Scott and Youssef cut him off.

“You guys are probably right, because the punchline was bad,” Hernandez admits, before Youssef says, “The setup was too.”

Scott will take his second turn as SNL musical guest this weekend, following his October 2018 debut. For his first performance, he brought out John Mayer on guitar and Kevin Parker of Tame Impala on bass for a mash-up of “Skeletons” (which features Mayer) and “Astrothunder” (a collaboration with Tame Impala) from his Astroworld album, before pulling out “Sicko Mode” sand Drake for his second song.

Youssef will host SNL for the first time after co-starring opposite Emma Stone in the awards-season darling Poor Things. The stand-up comedian also took home the best actor in a television series – musical or comedy Golden Globe in 2020 for his Hulu series Ramy.

Watch the new SNL promos below, and catch the new episode at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. ET on NBC or streaming on Peacock.

28 Mar 2024

Lyft Offers 50 Percent Off Rides For ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’ Listening Parties, The Beyhive Is Pleased

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Lyft, a major player in the rideshare market, proved that someone on its marketing team is most certainly a part of the Beyhive in classic fashion. After another rideshare social media account offered a discount on rides for fans going to Act II: Cowboy Carter listening parties, Lyft upped the ante in a major way.

With us being a neutral party, we won’t say the other rideshare company’s name although it won’t be hard to figure out as this story goes on. As it stands, the company in question offered a 16 percent discount on rides for fans on X (formerly Twitter) who wanted to attend listening parties for the latest album from Beyoncé, Act II: Cowboy Carter.

Lyft, taking note of the offer replies under the tweet from the other company writing “crumbs were left,” a nice little jab that we’ve seen in times past between major companies via their social media accounts.

After a fan suggested that Lyft sweeten the pot, the company responded by offering 50 percent off rides for those going to those aforementioned listening parties.

Now how is that for customer satisfaction?

While we don’t know if the other company is going to fire back just yet, for now, Lyft is the grand champion of the people AND the petty but the true winners are fans of Beyoncé who get to hear Queen Bey shift the culture once again with her latest album.

The singer recently suggested that while country music influences Act II: Cowboy Carter, this is still very much a Beyoncé album. We heard that. Also, we have to score a win for Lyft’s marketing team.

To take advantage of the 50 percent off rides with Lyft, use this code: SPAGHETTI24.

Check out the reactions to the playful back and forth on X and don’t forget, Act II: Cowboy Carter drops Friday, March 29.

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