The queen of country has released a new take on her 1973 classic ‘Jolene’.
Promoting the soundtrack for the upcoming Netflix film, Dumplin‘, the eight-time Grammy winner released a stripped down version of the award-winning track which is accompanied by a black and white video.
“Jolene’s been on the prowl a long time, but she just got a makeover and I couldn’t be more excited to share the new string version with y’all!” Parton tweeted of the new version.
The 72-year-old also recorded new collaborations of some of her most popular songs for the film’s soundtrack, which features Miranda Lambert, Mavis Staples, Elle King, Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent.
Dumplin’ stars Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston and tells the story of an overweight teenage girl whose dream is to meet Parton.
The singer says the most important message the film promotes is that “you don’t have to be physically beautiful.”
“You don’t have to look like a supermodel,” Parton told PEOPLE. “I really worry a lot about young girls today because they think they have to look like the models or the people on television. We need to be accepting of ourselves in how we are.”
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