Arlo Parks: Beyoncé songwriting credit on Cowboy Carter was ‘beautiful surprise’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mercury Prize-winning Britist artist Arlo Parks says it was a “massive, beautiful surprise” to learn a song she co-wrote was included on Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed new album, Cowboy Carter. “As a massive fan of Beyoncé’, I tried to make a song that I would love to hear her sing.” open image in gallery Arlo Parks has a songwriting credit on Beyonce’s new album, ‘Cowboy Carter' She continued: “She’s such a generational force, and the only way I could approach it was not to imitate, but to create something I thought she would sound sick on. open image in gallery Beyonce performing with The Chicks at the CMAs in Nashville, 2016 “I think something really inspiring is the fact that she’s obviously aware of the way things could be received, but there’s such a purity of intention, and also the paying homage to the Black artists who have contributed to making country music what it is, digging into the roots of it,” Parks said. open image in gallery Miley Cyrus duets with Beyonce on ‘Cowboy Carter’ “I like the fact that she sits so comfortably everywhere,” Parks said.