Hear U2’s Posthumous Dolly Parton Duet

U2 have released their new album Carnaval de Luz, and with it their duet with the late Dolly Parton. The LP’s closing track, “Torn” is supposedly the last song Parton recorded before her death in August.

It was co-written with Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, and features steadfast U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois on pedal steel. “Torn apart these loving hearts that beat and break the same,” Parton and Bono sing atop a gentle synth pulse and spare, echoing drums.

Read Sam Sodomsky’s new review of Carnaval de Luz.

U2 lançou seu novo álbum Carnaval de Luz, e com ele seu dueto com a falecida Dolly Parton.

The LP’s closing track, “Torn” is supposedly the last song Parton recorded before her death in August. It was co-written with Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid, and features steadfast U2 collaborator Daniel Lanois on pedal steel.

Carnaval de Luz marca o primeiro álbum de estúdio do U2 desde Songs of Experience, de 2017. Foi precedido este ano por dois EPs surpresa — Days of Ash e Easter Lily.

There apparently exists an unheard recording, titled “My Place in History,” sealed away in a vault at Dollywood, to be unsealed on Parton’s 100th birthday in 2046.