Beyonce’s mother Tina Knowles jokes she has to ASK her famous daughter to listen to the new album Cowboy Carter… while sharing video of Bey in Japan

Just as the world got its first glimpse of Beyonce’s first country album Cowboy Carter, her mom shared a new behind-the-scenes video… and some jokes.

Tina, 70, took to Instagram on Thursday evening, just as her 42-year-old daughter’s album Cowboy Carter was released.

Tina shared a short video of her daughter on the road in Japan on Instagram Thursday evening, while also joking that she had to “ask” her daughter to listen to the album.

‘@beyonce in Japan today! I’m about to take the record. So excited that I want to be able to listen to Protector, YAYA, and Jolene without having to ask,” she said with three tears of joy emojis and three red heart emojis.

Cowboy Carter is Beyonce’s eighth album, but her first foray into the country music genre, which has not been without controversy.

Tina shared a short video of her daughter on the road in Japan on Instagram on Thursday evening, while also joking that she had to ‘ask’ her daughter to listen to the album

Last month, lead singles Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages were big streaming hits… but they weren’t played on national radio stations across the country.

An Oklahoma radio station – KYKC – came under fire when an email to a listener went viral after they stated they refused to play Beyonce’s songs… and later reversed course and claimed they didn’t know Beyoncé released country songs.

While both Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages were instant streaming hits, Billboard reported that only eight of the 150 country stations reporting to Billboard had played Texas Hold ‘Em.

Still, that didn’t stop Bey from becoming the first black woman in history to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with Texas Hold ‘Em.

Tina defended her daughter making a country album in a recent Instagram post, clarifying that they have always respected “cowboy culture” while living in Texas.

“We always celebrated cowboy culture growing up in Texas. We also always understood that it wasn’t just about belonging to white culture,” she began.

‘There is a huge black cowboy culture in Texas. Why do you think my children integrated it into their fashion and art from the beginning,” she asked.

‘When people ask why Beyoncé wears cowboy hats? It’s really funny, I actually laugh because it’s been there since she was a kid, we went to rodeos every year and my whole family dressed in western fashion,” she said.

Tina added that Bey’s sister, ‘Solange has created a very brilliant album and project based on Black Cowboy culture. It was definitely part of our culture growing up.”

Last month, lead singles Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages were big streaming hits… but weren’t played on national radio stations across the country

An Oklahoma radio station – KYKC – came under fire when an email to a listener went viral after they stated they refused to play Beyonce’s songs… and later reversed course and claimed they didn’t know Beyoncé released country songs

While both Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages were instant streaming hits, Billboard reported that only eight of the 150 country stations reporting to Billboard had played Texas Hold ‘Em.

Still, that didn’t stop Bey from becoming the first black woman in history to top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with Texas Hold ‘Em.

Tina defended her daughter making a country album in a recent Instagram post, clarifying that they have always respected “cowboy culture” while living in Texas

The reviews were already quite positive, including Page six critic Nicholas Hautman, whose opening line of the review reads: “Country music is a livelihood.”

He adds that Cowboy Carter is “the revival country music so desperately needed,” calling the 27-song album “instantly timeless.”

The review adds that Cowboy Carter is a “soulful celebration of Southern values ​​and the genre’s African American roots,” adding that the singer has stated that she recorded the album after feeling “unwelcome” during a presentation at the 2016 CMA Awards.

One of the most anticipated songs is Bey’s cover of Dolly Parton’s 1973 classic Jolene, on which Parton himself croons the now infamous “Becky with the good hair” before the song.