Dolly Parton

Sitting down with Kelly Clarkson a few weeks ago, Parton talked about how the song, written and recorded for the 2015 opening of her Dollywood DreamMore resort, ...

“It was the most overwhelming feeling, and you know how great that was.” “I was just driving along, and I had the radio on,” Dolly recalled. During the show, Parton also opened up about the very first time she ever heard Whitney Houston’s iconic cover of her classic hit “I Will Always Love You.” When it went into, ‘And I …,’ I just freaked out.” “You have no idea how that has bothered me,” the “Jolene” singer told Clarkson on Dec. [Songteller: My Life in Lyrics](https://www.nme.com/news/music/dolly-parton-has-a-secret-song-locked-away-in-time-capsule-at-dollywood-2852118), revealing that it will come to light when her theme park staff opens up the time capsule on the resort’s 30th anniversary in 2045 — meaning, she will be 99 years old when people finally hear it.

Dolly Parton revealed she has buried an unreleased song in a Dollywood time capsule that is slated to be uncovered in 2045.

[ ringing in the new year with goddaughter ](https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/dolly-parton-to-co-host-miley-cyrus-new-years-eve-special/)Miley Cyrus during “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party,” airing on NBC and [streaming on Peacock](http://peacocktv.com/) at 10:30 p.m. “And I may have a restaurant or a bar and grill. But someday I will have a business here.” “I figure it’ll probably disintegrate, probably nobody [will] ever hear it. “I wanna go dig that up so bad. Dollywood is in Pigeon Forge, southeast of Knoxville.

Dolly Parton buried a never-before-heard song, and it “has drove me crazy.” Parton, one of country music's biggest legends, revealed that she secretly wrote ...

Last year, Clarkson said she gave Shelton a time capsule on his birthday, to open for his next birthday this year. Clarkson said it’s a “beautiful thing” that listeners will get to hear some of Parton’s music when it’s unearthed in more than two decades. Parton, one of country music’s biggest legends, revealed that she secretly wrote a song and put it in a time capsule.

Dolly Parton revealed to Kelly Clarkson that she has an unreleased song that people won't be hearing until 2045. #DollyParton #KellyClarkson.

If she's still alive by the time they open the time capsule, the country legend is sure that she'll be present. Parton concluded that it was weird that they would ask her to write a mystery song and she doesn't have an idea if she'll live up to 100 years old but no one knows. By 2045, the singer would be 99 years old. "I figure it'll probably disintegrate, probably nobody [will] ever hear it. That's what bothers me, to think that it's going to be a song that nobody's ever going to hear if it rots in there before they open it," she added. Parton said it bothered her as she wouldn't be able to hear it again and she's aware that she may not be alive when it's finally released in the future.