Giddy up, Beyhive! Beyoncé simply revealed the observe checklist for her upcoming Act II album, Cowboy Carter. Queen Bey dropped the tune checklist on Wednesday, two days earlier than the album drops.
The highly-anticipated file is the follow-up to the GRAMMY-winning album Renaissance, which marks Beyoncé foray into nation music after her 2016 observe, “Daddy Classes,” off her Lemonade album. She has already launched the songs “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” off Cowboy Carter.
On Wednesday, Bey posted a poster-style checklist of the songs, which features a cowl of Dolly Parton‘s 1973 hit, “Jolene.” Titling the poster “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit,” Beyoncé then listed the upcoming tracks.
The official checklist consists of: “American Requiem,” “Blackbird,” “16 Carriages,” Protector,” “My Rose,” “Smoke Hour,” “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” “Bodyguard,” “Jolene,” “Daughter,” “Spaghetti,” “Alligator Tears,” “Smoke Hour II,” “Only for Enjoyable,” “II Most Needed,” “Levii’s Denims,” “Flamenco,” “The Linda Martell Present,” “YaYa,” “Oh Louisiana,” “Desert Eagle,” “Riverdance,” “II Arms II Heaven,” “Tyrant,” “Candy Honey Buckin’,” and “Amen.”
Each Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton are named on the observe checklist announcement, however it’s unclear if they are going to be featured on the songs alongside Beyoncé.
Parton beforehand teased Beyoncé’s “Jolene” cowl, telling Knox Information earlier this month, “Effectively, I believe she has! I believe she’s recorded ‘Jolene’ and I believe it is in all probability gonna be on her nation album, which I am very enthusiastic about that.”
“I like her!” the nation music icon added of Beyoncé. “She’s a stupendous woman and an excellent singer. We have form of despatched messages backwards and forwards by means of the years. And she or he and her mom have been like followers, and I used to be at all times touched that they have been followers, and I at all times thought she was nice.”
Notably, Linda Martell is a profitable Black nation artist, who was the primary to obtain business success within the style and the primary to carry out on the Opry.
Protecting according to her Act II theme, a number of of the songs function II’s of their titles. The denims model Levi’s had enjoyable with the tweak, commenting on the Instagram put up, “The queen has spoken 🐝👑 *adjustments our identify to leviis*.”
Cowboy Carter has already made historical past because of the discharge of its first two singles.
Final month, Billboard introduced that the Renaissance singer turned the primary Black feminine artist to high the Sizzling Nation Songs chart with her single, “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” The singer’s different new providing, “16 Carriages,” additionally cracked the Prime 10 at No. 9.
The No. 1 additionally gave Beyoncé her seventh distinctive high spot on one among Billboard’s multimetric tune charts as a solo artist: the Sizzling 100, Sizzling Nation Songs, Sizzling Dance/Digital Songs, Sizzling Gospel Songs, Sizzling Latin Songs, Sizzling R&B Songs and Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Solely Justin Bieber has extra, at eight.
The one drops are simply the tip of the iceberg in the case of Cowboy Carter‘s potential surprises.
After beforehand providing her congratulations and effectively needs to Beyoncé when the latter made historical past along with her latest single, Parton reiterated her reward whereas talking with Knox Information, welcoming the Houston-born musician at a time when she’s obtained pushback for tapping into her nation roots when she’s historically considered as an R&B/pop artist.
“Lots of people do not realize Beyoncé is a rustic woman. She’s from Texas,” Parton stated. “I believe we belong wherever we are able to do good, and her tune is primary throughout each chart in the entire world, I believe. So, I imply, who can argue with that?”
Certainly, the brand new songs are removed from Beyoncé’s first foray into the county music scene.
On her 2016 magnum opus, Lemonade, the singer reached into her nation roots for “Daddy Classes,” which she later carried out alongside The Chicks on the fiftieth annual Nation Music Affiliation Awards.
Whereas Beyoncé’s first Renaissance album served as a tribute to accommodate and disco music, it is clear that Cowboy Carter — the second a part of a deliberate trilogy of albums that began with 2022’s Renaissance — will provide a tip of the cowboy hat to nation music.
Followers can dive into the total expertise of Act II: Cowboy Carter when it drops on Friday, March 29.
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