Beyoncé Fans Dig Up Lilly Allen’s Racist Past and Use of Blackface After UK Artist Alludes to Singer Having the ‘Help’ of Plastic Surgery to Look Good 


Lily Allen criticized Beyoncé’s sonic exploration of country music on “Cowboy Carter,” and now she is facing a raft of social media users exposing her problematic past. The global pop star’s latest project was among the topics discussed on the “Miss Me?” podcast, which Allen co-hosts with Miquita Oliver.

First up on the women’s chopping block was Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” which features an intro from the county music legend and revamped lyrics. “I don’t think the Jolene one’s good,” said Oliver. “It’s very weird that you’d cover the most successful songs in that genre,” quipped Allen.

Oliver further explained, “But I also feel like ‘Jolene’s’ such an excellent song, like I’ve listened to the story of how Dolly Parton wrote it in about 20 minutes like over and over because I just think it’s so genius. And I don’t know, it just felt like a bit standard hip-hoppy under a ‘Jolene’ cover.”

“It’s like let’s, let’s do something with this song,” Oliver continued. “If we’re gonna take it apart and put it back together, I feel like Beyoncé could have done a bit more with it or maybe pick something that was a little less baited to cover.”

Lily Allen feels the Beyhive's wrath for calling Beyonce's 'Jolene' cover weird and alluding to plastic surgery as the singer's secret to looking good during her "Miss Me?" podcast with co-host Miquita Oliver. (Photos: Beyonce/Instagram; Lilyallen/Instagram)
Lily Allen feels the Beyhive's wrath for calling Beyonce's 'Jolene' cover weird and alluding to plastic surgery as the singer's secret to looking good during her "Miss Me?" podcast with co-host Miquita Oliver. (Photos: Beyonce/Instagram; Lilyallen/Instagram)
Lily Allen feels the Beyhive’s wrath for calling Beyonce’s ‘Jolene’ cover weird and alluding to plastic surgery as the singer’s secret to looking good during her “Miss Me?” podcast with co-host Miquita Oliver. (Photos: Beyonce/Instagram; Lilyallen/Instagram)

The U.K.-based artist agreed with her friend, adding, “Yeah, I just feel like it’s quite an interesting thing to do when you’re like trying to tackle a new genre and you just choose the biggest song in that genre to cover. I mean, you do you, Beyoncé, and she literally is doing her. Or is she doing Dolly?”