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Katy is completely unoffensive, a blank slate that can be dressed up for whatever need. (Even when Katy's costumes can crest over pastiche and into appropriation territory, it's kind of like, 'meh, at least it's not Iggy Azalea again.') Katy is palatable because outsized outfits lend her some personality. Everybody loves Dolly. Her tackiness is endearing because her outsized outfits reenforce her outsized personality. Katy, in her own milquetoast way, transcends territorial classification, too. Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images NBC/Getty Imagesĭolly, in her personality and the aesthetic born out of it, transcends territorial classification. Katy's wish is coming true, and I'm able to muster total and sincere happiness for her if only because they are spiritual sparkle sisters.

and all the different artists."īut now the stars have aligned over Las Vegas, where the ACMs are held, a perfect setting for these two glitzy women and their four famous orbs to come together finally. It's more of a communal process with the N.F.L. She told Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times , "There are a lot of restrictions. Kacey Musgraves, a Grammy-award winning shining light in the genre, appeared on CMT Crossroads with Katy in 2014 and went on her Prismatic Tour later that year. Katy has even tried to perform with Dolly, most recently for the 2015 Super Bowl.

This won't be the first time Katy has stepped foot in the country. Anything to reach more potential fans, and fans who actually pay for music (i.e. Only recently, like within the last decade, did Nashville discovered synths and EDM, while pop stars are constantly seeking the next new-old thing, whether it be twang or whatever. Photo: Barcroft Media/Getty Images GAB Archive/Getty Imagesīut right now is an auspicious time for these two forces to come together. I think she relates to me in that respect." Yes, something like that. She told Rolling Stone Country, " I know comes to Dollywood, brings her friends I know she grew up in a spiritual family -€” I think her daddy was preacher or something like that. Even Dolly's explanation for it felt thin. It seems like a pairing that just descended from left field. So, I said, 'Well, we'll see what we can do to kinda put  together." Dolly is accepting the Tex Ritter Award for her television movie, Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors, and Katy is presenting it. Dolly's even baiting her fans with the candied lure of a "Jolene" rendition, saying , "Katy's wanting to do 'Jolene,' too. Tonight, Perry and Parton will join in sartorial communion and song on the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards stage. They each appear before us an American grotesque, in the fully academic sense of the word, Dolly of the cowgirl glitterati, Katy of the 1950s alien pinups. Their mutual fondness for wearable kitsch, however, links them on the same rainbow spectrum. Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images Dolly is DOLLY (imagine that written in big, fat lights) Katy is Katy (imagine that written by one of eight social media managers). Though they both subscribe the holy gospel of big hair, there's t he blonde versus brunette thing. Katy wouldn't survive without a cadre of them. Dolly isn't the type to have a stylist she's too consistently herself. When it comes to getting dressed, Katy and Dolly are cut from the same lamé. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

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