Tanner Adell was one of the millions of Beyoncé fans who watched her perform at the 2018 Coachella music festival and were instantly inspired. More specifically, it helped her realize that “Drunk in Love” could work as a country song, and she jumped at the chance to record it that way when the opportunity presented itself.
That opportunity arose when the Lexington, Ky. native. asked to contribute Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Covered by Beyoncé, a special collection of Beyoncé covers by rising black country artists. Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy, who joined Adell and Reyna Roberts at Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter the song “Blackbird,” he also recorded covers for the set.
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in Nashville this week, Adell says she started looking at “Drunk in Love” in a new way after seeing Beyoncé perform “Beychella” and “absolutely fell in love” with the song. Adell kept the idea of covering “Drunk in Love” as a country song in the back of her mind until this opportunity presented itself.
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Tanner Adell.
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While some may not think “Drunk in Love” is perfect for the country genre, Adell says she and her fellow musicians “really nailed it.” They brought out a pedal steel guitar to replicate Beyoncé’s iconic country-tinged intro.
“There are some guitar riffs in there that are so country they shouldn’t work,” Adell tells PEOPLE. “Every country artist has a song about getting drunk, so it was perfect.”
Adell, Kennedy, Spencer and Roberts can be heard on “Blackbird,” a cover of the Beatles’ 1968 song. The “Buckle Bunny” singer is especially proud of the recording because it is her father’s favorite song. She also felt Beyonce’s decision to program “Blackbird” as the second song Cowboy Carter was a great sign of support for the work of her and her colleagues.
The song “sets a tone saying that these girls are safe, and not just these girls specifically, but girls in country music,” Adell says. She jokingly compared it to Beyoncé “wrapping up her wins for us and saying, ‘It’s time to see my little babies.’
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Beyonce in April.
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Adell calls for his appearance Cowboy Carter a “win” for her and her fans, many of whom had been listening to her hits “Trailer Park Barbie,” “I Hate Texas” and “FU-150” long before “Blackbird” came out.
“I’ve seen a lot of growth and, I think, a lot of interest, but I think it’s mostly just opened the door for people to say, ‘Oh, this girl was here,’ because my dedicated fan base is like, ‘We’ve been here! We’re following her. two years he’s been doing this!’ Which is so funny to me,” Adell says with a laugh.
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Apple Music Nashville Sessions: Covered by Beyoncé, which also features Spencer’s cover of “Irreplaceable” and Kennedy’s version of “1+1.” now streaming exclusively on Apple Music. Adele’s next single is “Too Easy” from her upcoming album Twisterswhich arrives in theaters on July 19.
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