Dolly Parton Has an Adorable Girl Crush on Adele, Loves Her Signature Cat Eye

There’s something so endearing about witnessing Dolly Parton, a beloved music and style legend, basically turn into a fan girl over relative newbie Adele — but honestly, we get it. It’s Adele.

In a song on her new album, Pure & Simple, Parton actually mentions Adele by name, and alludes to something she really admires about the British songbird. Nope, it’s not (only) her powerful voice. It’s her near-perfect cat-eye makeup — the coveted look that has inspired a step-by-step YouTube tutorial by Adele’s makeup artist, Lisa Eldridge.

In the tune “Head Over High Heels,” Parton croons, “Put on my tight dress, hair teased on my head, painted my lips red, and my eyes like Adele.” The country diva says Adele is a near obsession for her and her nieces. “I love how she does her make-up, and so I’m always saying to my little nieces, ‘can you fix my eyes like Adele?'” she told the BBC.

14 Inspiring Quotes From the Summer Olympics

But when it came to immortalizing her love of the “Someone Like You” singer’s style, she says that was never the plan; it just happened. “When I started that song, I had not planned to write that line,” she said, according to the BBC. “I was just thinking, ‘This needs to be about a girl dressing up sexy, so she’s got to have some make-up, and she’s got to paint her eyes.’ And all of a sudden it’s like, ‘And my eyes like Adele!'”

Sounding giddy in another interview, Parton said she hopes Adele will be flattered by the mention. “I got so excited [incorporating the lyric]. And I thought, ‘She’s gonna love me!’” Parton said, according to radio station New Country 99.9. “‘She’s gonna love me for saying her name in a song!'”

In a third interview (yes, reporters are eating up the adoring lyric and keep asking Parton about it!), the country singer said she and Adele have a mutual admiration, and she hopes one day that will translate into a musical collaboration.

Amy Schumer Reveals She’s an Introvert: ‘I Have to Be Alone’ Sometimes

“We both admire each other and talk about each other in interviews,” Parton said to Entertainment Weekly. “I would love to write with her.” In fact, Parton admits it wasn’t purely by chance that she included the singer’s name in her tune. “I put that [lyric] in the song in case she [Adele] heard it and looked me up and said, ‘Let’s do something.’ I could ride on her famous coattails!” she joked.

In a fourth interview, with Digital Spy, Parton gushed unapologetically, saying of Adele, “I love her, love her, love her!” Dolly, tell us how you really feel!

According to makeup artist Eldridge’s tutorial, Adele’s signature cat eye is quite the undertaking. Eldridge demonstrates a process that includes two shadows, two liquid liners, mascara, and false eyelashes. But if you can make it through the entire 22-minute video, you’ll have all the tools and techniques it takes to rock the Adele eye in real life.

For the record, Parton is right: The adoration is indeed mutual. In the concert video Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, the famously foul-mouthed Brit declares about Parton, “I f***ing love her,” according to Revelist.com.

Let’s keep in touch! Follow Yahoo Beauty on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.