All About Those Cowboy Carter Interludes

A Beyoncé album is best experienced by listening to it in full, and Cowboy Carter is no exception. Its rich narrative plays out across the expanse of 27 tracks that include not just songs, but spoken interludes. For the album, which released early Friday morning, Beyoncé invites listeners to tune in to a fictional radio station, KNTRY Radio Texas (a cheeky play on the fictional broadcast news station, KNTY News, that she debuted as part of her Renaissance world tour set), where different radio shows are hosted by some of the biggest names in country music.

On Cowboy Carter, you’ll find country icon Dolly Parton riffing about “that hussy with the good hair” before introducing Beyoncé’s take on her legendary song, “Jolene,” Country Music Hall of Famer …