Lily Allen has revealed that she is “trying some stuff out” with country music, after criticising Beyoncé‘s recent move into the genre.
Speaking on her Miss Me? podcast, Allen previously shared her thoughts on Beyoncé’s version of Dolly Parton’s classic track ‘Jolene’ from the star’s new album ‘Cowboy Carter’.
“It’s very weird that you’d cover the most successful songs in that genre,” Allen explained. “I just feel like it’s quite an interesting thing to do when you’re like trying to tackle a new genre, and you just choose the biggest song in that genre to cover.”
She continued: “I mean, you do you, Beyoncé – and she literally is doing her, but why is she doing Dolly?”
During an appearance on Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett’s Dish podcast, Allen said she was currently exploring country and western music while working on new material.
“I’m just making some space for some music. For some music to reveal itself,” she explained (via The Standard).
“It’s not an album… it’s just, yeah. I’m just, you know, trying some stuff out [to] see if it works. I do love country and western music. And also I feel like with my writing, it’s quite storytelling, sort of like narrative-led music.”
