Dolly Parton has been secretly working on creating a ‘massive new album’ set to be released later this year.

The project, reportedly titled Dolly Parton: Smokey Mountain DNA, will be the 78-year-old country music legend’s 50th record. 

Her niece, Jada Star, confirmed the details to The Sun as she gushed about how her aunt was inspired by her heritage.

And collaborated with more than 20 of their family members on the album. 

‘It is an album that documents her whole life. It has been a huge undertaking which involves the whole family,’ Star, 44, revealed. 

‘It is an album she has produced with more than 30 tracks with over 20 family members. She sings with us on every track.’

The Claim To Fame contestant continued: ‘The album covers songs written about her childhood, her mother and father, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, all the way to her nieces and nephews.’

‘We all get to share interpretations of her songs or write our own songs for it. It has been a huge crazy project,’ Star gushed. 

The reality star noted that she penned a track, called The Orchard, on Parton’s upcoming album, which she said is ‘all about our family tree and what we share with the world.’ 

Parton, goddaughter, Miley Cyrus, however is not featured on the record. 

Star added that the ‘album will run alongside the docu-series’ tracing Parton’s Welsh ancestry, which was announced earlier this month. 

In November, Parton released an album, titled Rockstar, which included covers of Cyrus’ 2013 hit Wrecking Ball and Queen’s We Will Rock You, released in 1977. 

Rockstar marked the release of her first record since 2016’s Pure & Simple. 

The report comes less than two months after a source told The Sun that Parton was reportedly set to release her own range of wine. 

‘Dolly is always looking at new ways to reach her audience and thought her own wine was a swell idea,’ the insider told the outlet. ‘She isn’t a huge drinker herself but she likes to have something special when she does fancy a tipple.’ 

The insider added that Parton ‘has been involved in developing the wine and is excited for it to hit the shelves.’ 

Recording artist Dolly is no stranger to branching out into businesses other than music,

She also has a theme park empire inspired by her celebrity persona and a flurry of other commercial endeavours.

Earlier this year she launched a ‘rockin’ new baking collection’ in her Duncan Hines line.

She hard launched the brand in January 2022, when she released two cake mixes – banana and coconut – and two kinds of frosting to match.

Just a year later, in January 2023, the country queen added cornbread, biscuit, and brownie mixes to her collection, which she revealed she mixes up for husband Carl Dean: ‘My husband’s a big chocolate fan, so I’m always cooking him chocolate.’

She has since expanded the baking range even further by adding a yellow cake, blueberry muffin, banana nut muffin, cinnamon swirl crumb cake and chocolate cake mixes.

Dolly also added a new creamy chocolate buttercream frosting.

But Dolly’s foray into food is just one of the star’s ventures, with the singer having dabbled in everything from cookbooks to perfumes.

It’s the latest addition into the star’s plethora of commercial endeavours, which includes dog apparel merchandise, fragrances, books and her infamous theme park – Dollywood.

In 2022, Dolly revealed that she was focusing on her playfully named Doggy Parton, a line of essential canine supplies including toys and even clothes.

‘My love for pets is stronger than ever,’ she said in a statement. ‘This inspired me to start my own line of Doggy Parton apparel, accessories, toys and more with a little “Dolly” flair.’

There are several chewy Dolly-themed toys available, including a plush microphone, guitar and hot pink platform heel.

Dolly collaborated with SportPet Designs on the pet items, which also include a feathered pink cowboy hat and a hilarious blond wig so that dog owners can make their pooch look just like the Jolene singer.

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Source: Los Angeles Times