Elle King Sings About Being ‘Banned From the Grand Ole Opry’ in New Song

Elle King is revisiting a lowpoint of 2024 in an unreleased new song called “Banned From the Grand Ole Opry,” which she sang for fans in a social media video late last week.

The song appears to address King’s early-2024 mangled Dolly Parton tribute, where she appeared onstage visibly intoxicated during a Grand Ole Opry-hosted event celebrating Parton’s birthday.

• During her time onstage, King admitted she was “f–king hammered,” heckled concertgoers, forgot the lyrics to Parton’s “Marry Me” and cursed onstage, prompting the Opry to issue an apology.
• The explicit language King used onstage is a key detail, since the Opry has a code of conduct that expects performers and fans to keep things family friendly. Opry shows are broadcast on radio, meaning that they must adhere to FCC regulations on obscenity, profanity and indecent speech.
• After King’s Opry performance, some fans expressed offense, and a few even suggested she should be banned from the venue.