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Lil Nas X covers ‘Jolene’ — and Dolly Parton approves

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just because he can.And, indeed, the 22-year-old artist’s newly released live performance of Parton’s 1973 single “Jolene” has been sanctioned by the country queen herself, who tweeted that she was “so excited” to hear his cover.The rapper dropped a video of his soulful version of the song, performed and recorded for BBC’s Radio 1, early last week on Twitter, where it has been streamed more than 4 million times so far.He captioned the video tweet simply, “JOLENE.”However, it appears that Parton, 75, has just learned of X’s tribute — and loves it.“I was so excited when someone told me that Lil Nas X had done my song #Jolene,” she tweeted on Wednesday. “I had to find it and listen to it immediately… and it’s really good.”Graciously, Parton.

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