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Dolly Parton‘s rock period is in full swing, and the nation music icon is sliding into it with an easy ease. Rockstar, her long-awaited full-length rock album, will arrive on Nov. 17 and takes on defining information from giants inside the style — however she’s a pressure inside it, too. Something you throw at her, she will be able to deal with with grace and glamour, which is strictly what she does on the forthcoming album bonus observe “Hit Me With Your Finest Shot.” Watch the unique snippet under.
Parton’s tackle the Pat Benatar traditional was recorded at her Nashville studio, the place she bulldozed by way of the document in a cheetah print and leather-based corset high set. When she spits, “Put up your dukes and let’s get right down to it,” her fists stand up within the sales space. Strive her if you wish to — her lengthy, scorching pink nails gained’t maintain her again.
Reside airings from the Nashville studio recording classes with run on HSN later in the present day, at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., because the community pre-sells merchandise and their model of the document within the lead-up to the album’s November launch.
Parton first previewed Rockstar in Might with the unique recording “World on Fireplace,” which she premiered on the 2023 ACM Awards. Throughout the album, the twin Nation Music and Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame member groups up with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Steve Perry, Miley Cyrus, Debbie Harry, Linda Perry, Elton John, Brandi Carlile, and extra. Benatar himself seems on the album alongside Neil Giraldo to carry out “Heartbreaker.”
“I’m very honored and privileged to have labored with a few of the biggest iconic singers and musicians of all time, and to have the ability to sing all the long-lasting songs all through the album was a pleasure past measure,” Parton shared in an announcement earlier this yr. “I hope everyone enjoys the album as a lot as I’ve loved placing it collectively!”
