Country music’s biggest party returns to the desert on Friday, and the internet is buzzing that Beyoncé may make a surprise appearance.
The big clue is a performer listed on the Stagecoach website named DJ Backwoods Barbie.
Nobody knows who she is, and her Instagram account features plenty of photos of Beyoncé and a disco-inspired collage reminiscent of Queen Bey’s “Renaissance” era. The account also has a photo of Dolly Parton, who collaborated on the Houston, Texas native’s country album”Cowboy Carter.” The project also featured a version of Parton’s hit song “Jolene.”
The account so far has 3,617 followers and it’s only following Beyoncé, Diplo, Morgan Wallen, Stagecoach, Guy Fieri and Dolly Parton.
The latest post on the account is from three days ago and it is of the Stagecoach festival grounds with the caption, “Catch me on Saturday night at 7 p.m. out in Diplo’s Honky Tonk!”
Beyoncé and Diplo collaborated on the singer’s 2016 album “Lemonade.”
However, the account has caught on to the rumors as well and posted to its Instagram stories debunking that it’s the “Hold Up” singer behind the account.
“For everyone asking- This ain’t Texas, ain’t no hold ’em, and I ain’t Beyoncé. xo DJ Backwoods Barbie.”
There are also other hints.
Post Malone, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Willie Jones and Willie Nelson are listed to perform at the annual Indio, California festival. These same artists are featured on “Cowboy Carter.”
While it may be a stretch, Brandi Cyrus, Miley Cyrus’ sister, is also set to perform. Cyrus and Beyoncé collaborated on the song “II Most Wanted” on the album.
Before this weekend’s country festival, the polo fields hosted the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. Over the two weekends fans noticed a plane flying above with a banner that read “Cowboy Carter.”
They also spotted semi-trucks emblazoned with the album’s artwork, which shows the 32-time Grammy winner sitting atop a white horse.
Beyoncé and friend Kelly Rowland showed up on Weekend 2 to watch Chlöe Bailey perform. The young singer later took to X, formerly Twitter, to thank them for coming.
“B and Kelly coming to the show tonight made my WHOLE WEEK!!!” she wrote. “I love you both so much. The reason why I do what I do… wow what an incredible way to end Chlöchella.”
Could Stagecoach be one of the “16 Carriages” the superstar is singing about? The Beyhive will know for sure this weekend.
Stagecoach is from April 26 -28. The headliners are Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen. Other big names performing include Jelly Roll, Elle King, Dwight Yoakam, Nickleback, The Beach Boys, Wiz Khalifa, Leon Bridges and more.