When her Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction made the headlines, Dolly Parton promised to release a rock album to earn that spot. While fans have been waiting for this record to hit the stores, she recently revealed that there was a song she wrote to be released in 2045. However, according to what Parton told Jimmy Fallon, she now regrets hiding it.
During a new episode of his Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon referred to some rumors about Dolly Parton. At some point, he asked Parton whether she had really hidden a song in her Dollywood to be released 23 years later from now. As it turns out, this rumor is true — but Parton regrets making that decision, as the mysterious song is a great effort.
“That’s the truth,” said Dolly Parton when Jimmy Fallon asked her about the rumor. “No, seriously. We do a lot of things at Dollywood, and one year we thought about that. They asked me if I would write a song that nobody would ever hear — I’ll be dead and gone. Well, I might not be because I’ll be 99. You know me. I might still be hopping around.”
She then continued giving details and noted, “Anyway, I wrote a song, and I put it in the box to be opened, and I even put- Like, at that time there was a CD player and the ways in saying what we were doing with our music at that time. Left all the instructions, ‘And here’s how you can play this.’”
When Jimmy Fallon couldn’t believe what he had just heard, Parton said, “I swear. And so I don’t know what they’ll do with it. But I regretted that. Because it was a really good song.” Fallon then told her she could’ve released this effort, and the musician exclaimed, “I keep wanting them to let me dig it up and put something else in it that’s not as good. If any of you are around when they open that box, well, I hope you enjoy my song.”
So, although she regrets agreeing with Dollywood to release the song in 2045, Dolly Parton also seems excited about the reaction the track is going to receive when the time comes. Sadly, fans have to wait for 23 years to get the chance to listen to this effort. Let’s all hope we’ll be around for that day.
