1 of 5 | Co-Host Dolly Parton arrives on the red carpet for the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2023. She released new music Friday. File Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI | License Photo
Dolly Parton teamed up with Queen Latifah, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Reba McEntire on new version of her song “Light of a Clear Blue Morning.”
The songstress, 79, released a video on Friday that shows the singers recording the music in the studio.
“You know, we’re living in troubled and uncertain times,” Parton says as the video begins.
“Yeah, we sure are,” Queen Latifah agrees.
“But we can’t let the darkness win,” Parton says.
The song is about awaiting morning after “a long dark night,” and is raising money for research at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, per an official synopsis.
Parton released the original version in 1977.
“I wrote ‘Light of a Clear Blue Morning’ during a season when I was searching for hope, and 50 years later that message still feels just as true,” she said in a statement, per People. “As I celebrate my 80th birthday, this new version is my way of using what I’ve been blessed with to shine a little light forward, especially by sharing it with some truly incredible women.
In an Instagram post promoting the new music, Parton says, “I hope this song brings you lots of love and light.”
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Parton had previously canceled Dollywood appearances and her Las Vegas residency amid health issues.
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Dolly Parton, who founded the “Imagination Library” in her native Sevier County in Tennessee, attends a function at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2000. Parton was in town to pick up an award from the Association of American Publishers for her efforts to promote literacy. Her five-year-old program has already donated 150,000 books to the county’s children. Photo by Joel Rennich/UPI | License Photo
