Beyoncé's eighth studio album, "Cowboy Carter," released on March 29, has become a sensation . Among its tracks, one love song has notably resonated with the LGBTQ+ community. Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus teamed up for "II Most Wanted," the third single from "Cowboy Carter.
" The duet debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Many interpret the sweet ballad as a tribute to friendship, like the one depicted in the 1991 crime drama "Thelma & Louise , " starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon .
Lyrics such as, "I’ll be your shotgun rider/ ‘Til the day I die/ Smoke out the window flyin’/ Down the 405," seem to channel the road revenge flick. But some same-sex couples have embraced it with another perspective — as a song about romantic love. Couples have taken to TikTok to showcase their relationship as the chorus of "II Most Wanted" plays in the background.
On April 26, newlyweds Haley and Alisha Benson shared a video of their first dance, captioning it, "Thank you for the perfect song, @Beyoncé and @Miley Cyrus." But the "Cowboy Carter" song was not their original selection. Alisha Benson tells TODAY.
com that as she and her then-fianceé were packing for the wedding, they listened to "Cowboy Carter." "('II Most Wanted') came on, and we both stopped what we were doing — packing for our wedding — and sat down to listen to it," Alisha Benson says. The couple switched their first dance song one week before the April wedding.
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