Through to Dollywood! See Dolly Parton & Pentatonix Team Up for Fantastic ‘Jolene’ Remake
If there is anything that should break the Internet this weekend, it’s the wonderful new cross-generational, cross-genre, a cappella version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” starring The Sing-Off/YouTube sensations Pentatonix and Dolly herself.
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The charming video went up Friday morning on Pentatonix’s YouTube’s channel (at last count, the 44th most popular channel on YouTube overall, with 11 million subscribers) — and by Friday afternoon, the smooth, groovy performance had already racked up more than 418,000 views. “Jolene” obviously still has a ways to go to match the numbers for Pentatonix’s Grammy-winning Daft Punk medley — which has 208 million YouTube plays — but it’s off to a pretty impressive start, thanks in no small part to Dolly’s star power.
“It was absolutely magical singing with such a talented group!” Parton posted on her Facebook page. Judging by the starry-eyed expressions on Pentatonix’s faces as they back up the country icon here, the feeling is very mutual.
Check out Yahoo’s exclusive sit-down interviews with both Dolly Parton and Pentatonix below. Parton’s Pure & Simple, her 43rd studio album, came out last month; Pentatonix’s self-titled album, their first collection of original songs, was released last October, when it became the first album by an a cappella group to go the #1 on the Billboard chart.
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