From nation icons Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to featured visitors Miley Cyrus and Publish Malone, each star who labored on Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter shared their pleasure for becoming a member of Queen Bey on her nation album launched Friday.
Rising stars equivalent to Raye and Tiera Kennedy expressed their gratitude to Beyoncé, and even Nancy Sinatra, who was sampled on the venture, mentioned the utilization of her iconic music “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” would possibly “be the perfect pattern” of the music.
Miley joins Queen Bey on “II Most Wished,” Publish Malone sings on “Levii’s Denims”, Shaboozey raps on “Spaghettii” and “Candy Honey Buckin,” and Willie Jones sings on “Only for Enjoyable.”
A trio of nation legends — Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Linda Martell — present interlude narration on the LP, which broke Spotify’s file for many streams in a single day in 2024 by Friday night.
Right here’s each response to Act II, Cowboy Carter, from the oldsters who labored on it:
Willie Nelson
Nation legend Willie Nelson is featured prominently throughout the album because the voice of KNTRY Radio Texas on interludes “Smoke Hour * Willie Nelson” and “Smoke Hour II.” On Instagram, he shared a photograph from Beyoncé’s account, quoting one in all his strains.
“If there’s one factor you may take away from my set as we speak, let it’s this: Typically you don’t know what you want till somebody you belief turns you on to some actual good shit,” he wrote.
The intro leads into the Willie Jones collaboration “Only for Enjoyable.”
Dolly Parton
Cowboy Carter encompasses a feisty reimagining of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and an intro from the nation legend herself. After the album dropped, she wrote on Instagram: “Wow, I simply heard Jolene. Beyoncé is giving that woman some hassle and he or she deserves it!”
Queen Dolly — who additionally cameos on monitor “Tyrant” — has been extremely supportive of Beyoncé’s new model of the music. After Bey revealed the monitor record for Cowboy Carter earlier this month, Parton wrote on Instagram, “Play the unique when you watch for @beyonce’s ‘Jolene.’”
Publish Malone
Publish Malone, who’s featured on “Levii’s Denims,” shared a photograph of Beyoncé on his Instagram Story, thanking her for together with him on the venture.
“Thanks @Beyonce. Congrats,” he wrote. “This album is gorgeous!”
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus wrote about her “admiration” for Beyoncé after collaborating along with her on “II Most Wished.”
“I’ve cherished Beyonce since lengthy earlier than I had the chance to satisfy & work along with her,” Cyrus wrote on X. “My admiration runs a lot deeper now that I’ve created alongside her. Thanks, Beyonce. You’re all the things & extra. Love you.”
“To everybody who frolicked making this music so particular thanks from the underside of my coronary heart,” she added.
“II Most Wished” is a traditional partners-in-crime anthem that strikes a potent stability between again porch nation and extra Fleetwood Mac-style pop rock.
On her Instagram Tales, the singer additionally shared movies of herself raving about Beyoncé up to now, together with a clip of her speaking in regards to the singer on Hannah Montana, and calling her an “icon and legend” in an interview.
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra celebrated Beyoncé sampling her iconic 1965 single “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” on the Cowboy Carter standout “Ya Ya.”
“To have slightly piece of one in all my data in a @Beyonce music could be very significant to me as a result of I really like her,” Sinatra wrote on X. “She represents what’s nice about as we speak’s music and I’m delighted to be a tiny a part of it.”
“This can be the perfect pattern of ‘Boots’ but! And the beat goes on…” she added.
“Ya Ya” opens with a nod to Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” interpolates a bit of the Seaside Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” and channels Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.” “I simply wanna shake my ass!” Beyoncé sings.
Raye
Raye revealed that she co-wrote “Riiverdance” from the LP by sharing a video of her dancing to the file.
“Joyful COWBOY CARTER day. What an honour it’s to with the ability to contribute my small piece to this stunning album, and to THE @beyonce who continues to encourage all of us,” Raye wrote on X.
“RIIVERDANCE co-written by me,” she continued. “[I] discovered my cowboy hat I purchased on my twenty first birthday for this big day🤠.”
Nile Rodgers
After engaged on Renaissance‘s “Cuff It,” Nile Rodgers revealed that he additionally contributed guitar to the Publish Malone-featuring “Levii’s Denims.”
Rodgers co-posted a assessment of the music from Merck Mercuriadis, CEO of the Hipgnosis Songs Fund, that learn, “Dream has gone to a very different stage! Nile performs such as you’ve by no means heard him earlier than. Publish Malone is great on the help. Beyonce is Cowboy Carter and he or she is tradition in 2024!”
A number of days earlier than, he reposted a photograph of Beyoncé with no caption, seemingly teasing his inclusion.
Linda Martell
On Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé shined a highlight on nation pioneer Linda Martell, whose album Coloration Me Nation was the primary main nation album launched by a Black girl.
Martell speaks the intro to “Spaghettii,” will get her personal monitor, “The Linda Martell Present,” and presents a segue monitor introducing “Ya Ya” as a “tune [that] stretches throughout a variety of genres, and that’s what makes it a singular listening expertise.”
On Instagram, Martell shared her satisfaction for Beyoncé in “exploring her nation music roots.” “What she is doing is gorgeous, and I’m honored to be part of it. It’s Beyoncé, in spite of everything!” Martell wrote.
INK
After sharing that she labored on the album’s first two singles “16 Carriages” and “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” prolific songwriter INK shared that she wrote, produced, and sang on “American Requiem,” the album’s opener.
“To come back from taking part in guitar on the road to producing writing & singing on songs with @beyonce is past a dream,” she wrote on Instagram, sharing images of herself within the studio. “Thanks B for all the things and your entire Parkwood group for this experience we been on.”
Jean Dawson
Mexican American star Jean Dawson is manifesting a Grammy win for Cowboy Carter, on which he did musical preparations. (He didn’t reveal on which tracks.)
“Did some association on this album,” Dawson wrote on Instagram. “Thanks @beyonce for my first grammy. 🎠”
Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, and Tiera Kennedy
Beyoncé celebrated Black ladies in nation music on a particular cowl of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” by that includes stars Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, and Tiera Kennedy. All 4 ladies had highly effective phrases of gratitude for the singer.
“I’ve typed and deleted no less than 10 captions. I don’t [have] something intelligent or curated to say,” Spencer wrote on Instagram. “I’m on a Beyonce file. The album is a masterpiece.”
Roberts had an identical excited response, sharing that she additionally offered backing vocals for the monitor “Tyrant.” “My first function ever is with Beyoncé, Thanks God,” she wrote. “And thanks to everybody who tagged her in my movies and feedback yall made this occur. That is actually a dream come true. I’ll keep in mind at the present time perpetually!”
Adell — who additionally joined Bey on “American Requiem” — shared a protracted letter devoted to Beyoncé’s influence on her profession on Instagram.
“I all the time say Beyoncé raised me. Beyoncé taught me tips on how to be smooth however sturdy,” she wrote. “Thanks Queen Bey for busting these gates huge open with this album. For letting your mild spill over onto MY head.”
Kennedy thanked Beyoncé for letting her be part of on each “Blackbiird” and harmonizing vocals on “Tyrant.” “I couldn’t be extra grateful. Thanks Beyoncé for shining your mild,” she wrote. “This album is so vital. It is not going to solely change the way forward for nation music however music as an entire and I can’t wait to look at it unfold.”
Shaboozey
In an Instagram put up, Shaboozey wrote that he was “honored” to hitch “two traditionally vital Black voices,” Beyoncé and Martell, on tracks “Spaghetti” and “Candy, Honey, Buckin.”
“Thanks for all the time being the one to step up and kick in a door when others are afraid to,” he wrote. “Texas born & raised, labored onerous for yours. You might be nation. Put her within the Grand Ol’ Opry NOW! Love you!”
The Nigerian-American musician additionally used the big day to announce his album, The place I’ve Been, Isn’t The place I’m Going, out Could 31.
