In a recent discussion on The Kelly Clarkson Show about her collaboration with Dolly Parton, Bebe Rexha shared some interesting background details about their newly-released song. Apparently, there was a rather controversial song Parton refused to be in before she accepted to sing ‘Seasons.’
The ‘I’m Good (Blue)’ singer revealed that before they settled on recording their duet for her new album, she sent the country musician a song with religious themes, which was rejected. According to Rexha, Parton penned a letter explaining her reasons for turning down the initial track.
The country icon was not happy with the message the piece conveyed and did not want to ‘go into that energy.’ She was more drawn to the second track, ‘Seasons,’ and eager enough to record her verse within a week of receiving it.
Bebe’s words about the experience read:
“I had another song prior to [‘Seasons’], and it was a song about heaven and hell and stuff like that, and she was like, ‘I can’t.’ She wrote me a handwritten letter telling me about why she doesn’t want to sing about heaven and hell.
She didn’t want to go into that energy, so then I sent her ‘Seasons,’ and she loved it, and then a week later, she sent me her verse.”
The collaboration on Rexha’s album, ‘Bebe,’ is not the last we’ll hear from Dolly Parton this year. Parton seems to have moved away from her country roots with her upcoming first rock album, ‘Rock Star,’ which is scheduled to drop in November.
