Beyoncé has delighted both her and The Beatles’ fans with new covers of classic hits blackbird, which is featured on their country-themed album, Cowboy Carter.
Beyoncé enlisted African-American country artists for the cover, including Tanner Adele, Brittany Spencer, Tierra Kennedy, and Reyna Roberts.
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blackbird The 1968 album was originally titled the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, it addressed the racial tensions in Southern America in the 1960s.
McCartney recalled the song’s writing process in his book in 2021, lyrics of song, Per Rolling stone. “At the time I was writing Blackbird in 1968, I was very conscious of the terrible racial tension in America.”
“The year before that, 1967, was a particularly bad year, but 1968 was even worse. “This song was written just weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,” he wrote.
In another book, titled Many years from now, The icon shared that he wrote the song about a black woman.
“Instead of a bird, I had a black woman in mind. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which we all cared about passionately…”
“So that was really my song to a black woman experiencing these problems in America: ‘I encourage you to keep trying to keep your faith, there is hope.'”