With some country radio stations initially reluctant to play the pop star’s latest releases “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages,” The Onion asked country music fans why they would never listen to Beyoncé, and this is what they said.
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Aurora Reynolds, Software Developer
Aurora Reynolds, Software Developer
“Her posse done stoled my horses.”
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Stella Foster, Data Analyst
Stella Foster, Data Analyst
“Because she’s never listened to me. This needs to be a two-way street, or it’s never going to work out.”
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Robbie Norton, Electrician
Robbie Norton, Electrician
“I thought the ineffectual ‘Run The World (Girls)’ was too reductive a model of feminism to offer anything of substance to contemporary discourse.”
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Brian Tischler, Welder
Brian Tischler, Welder
“I only listen to classic country, like Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road.’”
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Mia Donovan, Environmental Scientist
Mia Donovan, Environmental Scientist
“I will never get over the betrayal of her pretending to be Foxxy Cleopatra in the third Austin Powers movie, when in reality she was a woman named Beyoncé Knowles.”
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Kristina Stogner, Bartender
Kristina Stogner, Bartender
“She just looks like someone who showers.”
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Katrina James, Health Inspector
Katrina James, Health Inspector
“I broke my hip trying to do the ‘Single Ladies’ dance.”
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Lindsey Knighton, Forester
Lindsey Knighton, Forester
“What does Beyoncé even know about making music?”
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Xavier Bennett, Event Coordinator
Xavier Bennett, Event Coordinator
“Sasha Fierce was too aggressive and too sassy. And as much as Beyoncé claims to have her under control, I know Sasha is always in there, searching for a way to get out and cause great mischief.”
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Anton Love, Mechanic
Anton Love, Mechanic
“It’s nothing personal. I just don’t hear so good anymore.”
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Donna Horton, Medical Assistant
Donna Horton, Medical Assistant
“Team Kelly Rowland for life.”
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Jesse James, Old West Outlaw
Jesse James, Old West Outlaw
“Beyoncé won’t be born for another 100 years, as far as I’m concerned.”
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Bonnie Austen, Bookkeeper
Bonnie Austen, Bookkeeper
“You can’t just wake up one day and decide to make a country album. I mean, who does she think she is? Darius Rucker? Lady Gaga? Tina Turner? Kylie Minogue? Ringo Starr? Elvis Costello? Lionel Richie? Ween?”
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Andrew Hutcherson, Farmer
Andrew Hutcherson, Farmer
“’Round these parts, we only listen to kawaii metal.”
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Kevin Crowe, Dental Hygienist
Kevin Crowe, Dental Hygienist
“I had the idea to make country music years ago, and she stole it.”
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Gary Sullivan, Bartender
Gary Sullivan, Bartender
“I bet she’s never even stepped foot in Texas.”
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Jake Pennies, Electrician
Jake Pennies, Electrician
“I’m too drunk to turn on the radio or I would.”
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Preston Ryder, Art Therapist
Preston Ryder, Art Therapist
“Don’t get me wrong, I love country music, but Beyoncé’s new songs just sound too much like country music.”
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Mike Plath, Police Officer
Mike Plath, Police Officer
“I resent that she holds more power than me in this world.”
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Tori Arnold, Stay-At-Home Mom
Tori Arnold, Stay-At-Home Mom
“Country music was invented by an armadillo wearing a cowboy hat, fair and square.”
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Amy Polk, Nutritionist
Amy Polk, Nutritionist
“She’s never written one song about getting horny for a truck.”
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Greg Rubio, Personal Trainer
Greg Rubio, Personal Trainer
“My country station said they’re not going to play her until she changes her name to Denise Stumps.”
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Lil Nas X, Musician
Lil Nas X, Musician
“She just doesn’t understand what country is all about.”
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Mary Patton, Office Clerk
Mary Patton, Office Clerk
“She stole Jay-Z from me.”
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