It just occurred to me that Beyonce’s Act II: Cowboy Carter comes out on Good Friday, which is tomorrow. Easter’s gonna have an extra twang to it and I’m already looking forward to all of the memes and dancing videos. The Beyhive is so creative and Queen B gave everyone enough warning, so I’m sure cowboy hats, rhinestones and fringed jackets have already been purchased in preparation for this album drop. Ahead of the release, Beyonce gave her fans a tracklist, and the rumors are true: Beyonce covered Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Dolly always said that she wished Bey would cover it one day, so this is perfect.

Beyoncé may be gearing up to release her first country music album, but this is not the pop superstar’s first rodeo. In anticipation of this Friday’s release of her new album, Act II: Cowboy Carter, Queen Bey, 42, got fans excited by teasing the tracklist on Wednesday. The Grammy winner revealed the song titles with a post on Instagram, which subtly announced that the record is set to feature a cover of Dolly Parton’s classic song “Jolene.”

Beyoncé shared the tracklist by posting an image resembling a vintage concert poster, made to look like “Cowboy Carter” was the headliner and the titles listed below were members of her “Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit.” The song names appeared alongside images of the hitmaker, and the bottom of the flyer teased, “Brought to you by KNTRY Radio Texas.”

Aside from “Jolene” being included on the listing — confirming recent comments from Parton that she had heard the Renaissance artist recorded a cover of the song for her record — “Dolly P” is listed, as is Willie Nelson’s name in a song called “Smoke Hour.” It is currently unclear if the two country icons themselves appear as features on the album.

In addition to the previously released singles, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” it seems as though the other songs may be called: “American Requiem,” “Blackbird,” “Protector,” “My Rose” “Smoke Hour,” “Texas Hold ‘Em,” “Bodyguard,” “Dolly P,” “Jolene,” “Daughter,” “Spaghetti,” “Alligator Tears,” “Smoke Hour II,” “Just For Fun,” “II Most Wanted,” “Levii’s Jeans,” “Flamenco,” “The Linda Martell Show,” “Yaya,” “Oh Louisiana,” “Desert Eagle,” “Riiverdale,” “II Hands II Heaven,” “Tyrant” “Sweet Honey Buckin'” and “Amen.”

There’s various nods to the record being “act II” of her project Renaissance throughout the spelling of the song titles, and “The Linda Martell Show” seems to be a reference to the country singer-songwriter who became the first Black female artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

[From People]

Some music outlets have also confirmed a few more pieces of news: Beyonce covered the Beatles’ “Blackbird,” and Beyonce did collabs with Post Malone and Miley Cyrus. I believe the Post Malone news – he’s been doing more country-flavored music recently and I’m sure he would love nothing more than a Beyonce collab. Miley too, but if I hear Miley on that “Jolene” cover, I will not be happy at all. Enough. Weirdly, there’s been zero confirmation that Lady Gaga jumped on Cowboy Carter – people have been waiting YEARS for a sequel to “Telephone” and we really thought we would get it here. Hm.

Photos courtesy of Beyonce’s Instagram.

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