U2 has returned in grand fashion, both sprawling and intimate in their first album of new material in 9 years, Carnaval De Luz. The mesmerizing new collection follows two EPs released earlier this year, bound together according to the band, by a collaboration with Dolly Parton.
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“Torn” closes Carnaval De Luz, and marks Parton’s final vocal performance. Co-written by U2, Dolly, and Johnny McDaid, “Torn” was recorded by Parton in June prior to her passing on August 25. Not only is it a combination of two of music’s biggest forces, but one of the “greatest moments” as a band for U2 according to The Edge and Bono.
“We wanted to try and do something with Dolly, and we had written a bunch of songs and she wasn't biting,” The Edge shares. “She sent us something that she started and we adapted it and she loved it. And so she agreed to sing on it, and boy, she delivered a vocal, it's astonishing.”
“This is a very extraordinary event,” adds Bono. “She's probably the only thing that the world agrees on at this moment, and that she gave herself to this collaboration was and will be one of the great moments of our life as a band.”
In true Dolly fashion, the singer penned a letter to Bono, as seen below, thanking the band for including her, and sharing that “I’ve always loved you, and always will.”
Dolly Parton
Carnaval De Luz is now available everywhere.
