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  "id": 10326353,
  "title": "VMAs 2026: Kacey Musgraves Honors Dolly Parton With “I Will Always Love You”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/vmas-2026-kacey-musgraves-honors-dolly-parton-with-i-will-always-love",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T00:38:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Stereogum",
    "slug": "stereogum",
    "url": "https://stereogum.com/2512811/vmas-2026-kacey-musgraves-honors-dolly-parton-with-i-will-always-love-you/news/"
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  "summary": "Kacey Musgraves paid tribute to Dolly Parton at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, performing Parton's classic ballad \"I Will Always Love You\". The performance began with archival footage of Parton introducing the song, before Musgraves took over, singing with a sparse piano accompaniment. According to Consequence, Musgraves also paid tribute to Parton visually, wearing a sparkling red bodysuit and styling her hair and makeup to evoke the country legend's glamour.\n\nThe tribute comes just over a month after Parton's death on August 25th at the age of 80. Musgraves has been paying tribute to Parton on her tour, having already performed Parton's 1977 hit \"Here You Come Again\" at a Boston concert and \"9 to 5\" at Madison Square Garden.\n\nMusgraves' performance of \"I Will Always Love You\" was described by Stereogum as \"dignified\" and \"highly emotional\". She has also been nominated for Best Country Music Video at this year's VMAs for her song \"Dry Spell\".",
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      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Watch Kacey Musgraves Sing Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” at the 2026 VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/watch-kacey-musgraves-sing-dolly-partons-i-will-always-love-you-at",
        "published": "2026-09-28T00:36:41.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Pays Heartfelt Tribute to Dolly Parton With ‘I Will Always Love You’ Performance at MTV Video Music Awards",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kacey-musgraves-pays-heartfelt-tribute-to-dolly-parton-with-i-will",
        "published": "2026-09-28T00:38:08.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Pays Tribute to Dolly Parton With ‘I Will Always Love You’ at MTV VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kacey-musgraves-pays-tribute-to-dolly-parton-with-i-will-always-love",
        "published": "2026-09-28T00:42:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Honors Dolly Parton with “I Will Always Love You” at 2026 VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kacey-musgraves-honors-dolly-parton-with-i-will-always-love-you-at",
        "published": "2026-09-28T00:48:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Dolly Parton Honored by Kacey Musgraves During Tribute Performance at 2026 MTV VMAs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/dolly-parton-honored-by-kacey-musgraves-during-tribute-performance-at",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:03:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "Kacey Musgraves Honors Dolly Parton With a Heartfelt ‘I Will Always Love You’ at VMAs 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kacey-musgraves-honors-dolly-parton-with-a-heartfelt-i-will-always",
        "published": "2026-09-28T01:09:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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