Taylor Swift Is Not Featured on Beyoncé'sCowboy CarterTrack 'Bodyguard' Despite Fan Speculation

Mar. 15, 2025

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in Los Angeles in October 2023.Photo:John Shearer/Getty

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Sorry, Swifties —Taylor Swiftis not onBeyoncé’s new album,Cowboy Carter.

Complete credits for “Bodyguard,” which appears on the album as its eighth track, are not yet available onBeyoncé’s websiteat the time of publishing.

“She’s the most precious gem of a person — warm and open and funny,“said Swift of Beyoncéin a Decemberinterview withTime. “And she’s such a great disrupter of music-industry norms.”

“She taught every artist how to flip the table and challenge archaic business practices,” added the “Karma” singer at the time.

Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album Cover.Beyonce Instagram

Beyonce Instagram

In a press release issued shortly after theCowboy Carterrelease, Beyoncé revealed “vocalists, musicians, and orators” on the album includeDolly Parton,Willie Nelson, Linda Martell,Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry,Miley Cyrus,Post Malone, Jon Batiste, Rhiannon Giddens, Nile Rodgers, Robert Randolph, Gary Clark, Jr., Willie Jones, Brittney Spencer, Shaboozey, Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell and Tiera Kennedy.

Additional collaborators throughout the project includeThe-Dream,Pharrell Williams, NO I.D., Raphael Saadiq, Ryan Tedder, Ryan Beatty,Swizz Beatz, Khirye Tyler, Derek Dixie, Ink, Nova Wav, Mamii,Cam, Tyler Johnson, Dave Hamelin, and Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter.

The 27-track record finds Beyoncé experimenting with elements and themes of country music, though shespecified prior to its release, “This ain’t a country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album.”

Beyoncé.Blair Caldwell

Blair Caldwell

“The joy of creating music is that there are no rules,” said theDestiny’s Childalum in a statement. “The more I see the world evolving the more I felt a deeper connection to purity.”

“With artificial intelligence and digital filters and programming, I wanted to go back to real instruments, and I used very old ones,” she continued. “I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs perfectly in tune. I kept some songs raw and leaned into folk.”

Beyoncé added, “All the sounds were so organic and human, everyday things like the wind, snaps and even the sound of birds and chickens, the sounds of nature.”

source: people.com