Lainey Wilson Channels Dolly Parton in Sassy ‘WWDD’
What would Dolly do?
Clever country newcomer Lainey Wilson channels the great Dolly Parton for her fun loving new track, “WWDD,” leaving life’s troubles in a cloud of hair spray.
Co-written by the witty Louisiana native with Casey Beathard and Michael Heeney, the upbeat anthem features grungy guitars and plenty of bleach-bottle attitude, and it finds Wilson determined to take the proverbial high (hair) road. Knowing there’s much more to her idol that that famously over-the-top exterior, she works through tough times and broken heels by simply asking herself, “What would Dolly do?”
“If we all did it a little more like Dolly, we’d be lookin’ at a world with a little less rain and a lot more rainbows,” Wilson tells Sounds Like Nashville. “She’s an icon around the world for a reason — from her music, to the way she gives, to her business sense, to the way she looks, to her light-hearted witty sense of humor — no one does it quite like Dolly does.”
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“W, W, double D, that’s the bottom line for me / My go-to compass and my golden rule / When life rings my Southern belle, I just gotta ask myself / Hell, what would Dolly do?” goes the winking chorus.
“WWDD” is one of several tracks Wilson plans to release in the coming months — a series of “bell bottom country” follow ups to her 2019 EP, Redneck Hollywood.
