Before today you’d have been forgiven for thinking the only thing Jessica Simpson and Dolly Parton had in common was ginormous breasts. But that’s not the case. You see, our Jessica’s itching to become a country star.

I smell a commercially-driven cross-genre jump. Do you?

The reason is because Ms Simpson is now claiming that she’s all country and “always wanted to make a country album”. In the Billboard article linked to above, she goes on a charm offensive, citing big name female country stars as ‘inspiration’ and suddenly declaring her undying love for Nashville:

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