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Hey everybody, it's Robin Hilton from all songs considered.

By now you've no doubt heard that Beyonce's highly anticipated album,

Cowboy Carter, has finally come out.

Fans and critics have been speculating about it for

years now pretty much since Beyoncé released her dance album Renaissance in

2022 and said that it was Act 1 of a trilogy.

Well now with Cowboy Carter, we've got Act 2.

And our friends at NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast did some deep listening,

got together, and dug into Cowboy Carter's many themes and layers.

So I thought we'd share their conversation with you here on all songs.

Enjoy the show. Throw on those boots with the spurs, grab your cowboy hat and saddle up that horse.

Of course, we're talking about Beyonce's highly anticipated album,

Cowboy Carter.

Beyonce herself has said that Cowboy Carter is more than just a country album.

It's a genre blending pastiche full of heavy Americana signifiers, not to mention legends like Dolly Parton,

and she ties it all together with the unbridled swagger of Queen Bee herself.

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