Millions of people watched the Super Bowl to see the Kansas City Chiefs win, Usher roller skating, and the latest news about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. However, many people thought the best part was a commercial from Beyoncé. "Okay, they are prepared. ""Get ready for the new music," she says, talking about the next part of her Renaissance project. Two new country songs called Texas Hold 'Em and 16 Carriages were released right away.

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They are part of the album that will be out next month. Big artists like Beyoncé bringing country music, it's just going to open the doors for us," UK country singer Kezia Gill tells BBC News beat. Kezia,who is from Derby, thinks that Beyoncé's music can be enjoyed by everyone. "Ifind it funny that a lot of people will think Beyoncé came up with this all by herself.

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""But if it can attract a lot of people of the same age, then it will be really great. "Beyoncé recently announced her new project,shortly after Lana Del Rey confirmed that she is working on her first country album, Lasso, back in February. UK artist Jess Thristan believes that it is important for female artists to release country music in order to help the genre grow,especially for women trying to make it in the industry.

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Taylor Swift's music album Fearless, released in 2008,helped make country pop music more understandable and enjoyable for young people. Her new version of Fearless,called Fearless (Taylor's Version), is currently the most popular country album in the UK. But Jess generally feels that the country music genre is mostly controlled by men and has a lot of stereotypes. "In the UK, we have a great lineup of new female country singers.

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""I believe we are trying to change the idea of what male country artists are like, and to show people all the greatthings women are doing in the industry. "Jess from Halifax says if you're feeling inspired by Beyoncé and Lana's new songs, go to a country show in the UK. 'The dream is to be accepted. 'Roisin O'Connor, who works at The Independent with music, believes that Beyonce's new music could change country music a lot.

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"Since Beyonce is one of the most popular artists in the world, this could really get the UK excited," she says. I think you could call it the last place where things are discovered. It's the one type of music that people in the UK don't really understand yet. "Many people in the UK like country music, but it's not played as often on the radio compared to other types of music.

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"Roisin thinks country music has had problems with being "closed off" to new ideas. The radio station in Oklahoma didn't want to play Beyoncé's new songs at first, but now they have changed their mind and will play them. "Roisin says the industry has a long history of not accepting or recognizing black artists. ""It has also had some issues with women and creating narrow ideas about what a female country artist should be like.

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"For me, this is Beyoncé asserting her position. She was raised in a place where country music is popular [Houston, Texas], so she has the same right as anyone else to make a country album. Kezia thinks it would be really great if people in the UK accepted her type of music. She said that people have a bad habit of saying "country and UK country. ""It's not the UK. "There is no music from the UK in the pop or jazz genre.

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It's only music like jazz, pop, and country. "Sometimes people think it's just about line dancing and cowboys, but that's not true. " It's not true, it's a story. I believe being accepted means we can perform at festivals instead of just performing on a country stage. "toonly be on the main stages," she says.

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