Stormzy says Dolly Parton is 'spitting real pain' in viral 2018 Jolene review - leaving fans in hysterics as it trends after the music icon's death
Stormzy's 2018 review of the late Dolly Parton's iconic track Jolene has gone viral following the country icon's death at 80 after a short cancer battle on Tuesday.
The rapper, 33, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the 1973 hit, which chronicles Dolly's pleas with a beautiful woman named Jolene to not 'take her man'.
Sharing his take on the hit, Stormzy wrote: 'Nah Dolly Parton was spitting some real pain on Jolene... And Jolene sounds like she's the baddest b to ever walk this planet... She is BEGGING Jolene not to take her man you know...
'Kinda sad actually, wish Dolly had more self-love and confidence or the strength to just leave my man cah it ain't really Jolene's fault... But then again Jolene knows exactly what she's doing the lil jezzy'.
Urban Dictionary defines Bad B as: 'A confident, independent, and attractive woman who owns her self-worth and controls her own life', while Jezzy is listed as: 'A vulgar term for a sexually promiscuous woman, derived from the biblical name Jezebel.'
Stormzy's 2018 review of the late Dolly Parton's iconic track Jolene has gone viral following the country icon's death at 80 after a short cancer battle on Tuesday
The rapper, 33, took to Twitter in to share his thoughts on the 1973 hit, which chronicles Dolly's pleas with a beautiful woman named Jolene to not 'take her man'
The world was left brokenhearted last week when Dolly died at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Centre in Nashville, Tennessee, ‘surrounded by loved ones'.
Her music has soared back into the charts, with Dolly on course for her first ever UK number one as her hit 1980 song 9 To 5 soars into the charts days after she died.
Jolene meanwhile is currently sitting at number two in the charts.
Dolly spent much of her career grilled over the real life story behind Jolene and if the track was about a woman trying to snare her husband Carl Dean, who died last year.
She revealed the tune was about a bank teller, who frequently flirted with Carl, while the name Jolene was that of a fan that stuck in Dolly's mind.
She said: 'Carl was spending a little too much time with this woman, I noticed it, I put a stop to it, and then I turned the whole thing into a song...
Sharing his take on the hit, Stormzy wrote: 'Nah Dolly Parton was spitting some real pain on Jolene... And Jolene sounds like she's the baddest b to ever walk this planet... She is BEGGING Jolene not to take her man you know'
'I wasn't actually begging a woman named Jolene to leave my husband alone. A real woman flirted with my husband and made me jealous enough to write the story...
'Then I happened to meet a little girl named Jolene, loved the name, and put that name on the character.'
In a career that spanned six decades and saw her win 11 Grammy Awards, Dolly never topped the charts in the UK.
9 To 5 was written and recorded by the singer to accompany the film of the same name, in which she starred alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
The track earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song as well as three Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year.
The comedy film, about three co-workers who get revenge on their sexist boss, was Dolly’s film debut and cemented her star status in Hollywood.
Dolly spent much of her career grilled over the real life story behind Jolene and if the track was about a woman trying to snare her husband Carl Dean, who died last year
Her impact on the music world was clear last week when industry heavyweights paid tribute to her and credited her with inspiring them in their own careers.
Taylor Swift said that ‘a world without Dolly doesn't feel possible, real, or right’ and that she’d had ‘true grace and true grit, all in one dazzling person'.
Beyonce described her as ‘the barometer’ and ‘the north star,’ and said she was: ‘Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious.’
Ms Parton’s goddaughter Miley Cyrus said she had been an ‘angel by my side’ and that she would ‘always love her and want to make her proud'.
Katy Perry, Sabrina Carpenter, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney and Kylie Minogue were some of the other big-name stars to publicly declare the impact that the singer had had on their lives.
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