Meet The 4-Year-Old Girl Who Carries Around Dolly Parton’s Photo Wherever She Goes

A Four-Year-Old Has Gone Viral For Her Love Of Dolly Parton

On March 2, 2025, an Indiana mom named Darian Day shared a TikTok video about her four-year-old daughter’s love for Dolly Parton, which went viral!

Darian has been sharing TikTok videos about her life since July 2024. The videos have been about her life as a stay-at-home mom homeschooling her three older children, her pregnancy and postpartum with her fourth child, and other topics. Her videos vary in view count, but they mostly stay under 1,000 views…until she shared about her daughter, Hallie’s obsession with the one and only Dolly Parton!

The viral TikTok video’s caption on screen read, “POV: your obsessed four year old carries a picture of Dolly Parton in her pocket every day, but has not pocket today…so she has you tape it to her shirt.”

Set to the tune of Parton’s song “9 to 5,” the video showed Hallie’s red sweatshirt with a photo of Parton taped to it. As of press time, the video has over 72,000 views, her most viewed video by 65,000 views.

@ddayelightWe loooooove Dolly in our house!♬ 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton

Hallie’s Love For Dolly Is Thanks To The Imagination Library

When Darian had her first child, August, she signed them up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which provides free books to children under five. As of February 2025, the Imagination Library has gifted over 270 million books to children in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

As she continued having more children, they were all signed up! Right now, Hallie is enjoying receiving a book every month from her “best friend,” Dolly Parton.

@ddayelight Every time we get our monthly @Imagination Library book, it’s a celebration! Hallie loves her books from @Dolly Parton ♬ original sound – Darian Day

Darian told People Magazine that a few months ago, Hallie was having a rough day because she wanted the real Dolly Parton to spend the day with her. The mom of four decided to cut out Dolly’s photo from the sleeve of one of the Imagination Library books, and Hallie has carried it in her pocket every day since!

When her family started getting “books from Dolly,” as they call it, her older kids just assumed Dolly was a family member or a close friend.

“It’s so funny that they thought we were casually friends with a country music superstar legend! I never corrected them either. Oops!” she told People.

Darian explained that Hallie loves Coat of Many Colors, and Dolly’s book is based on her song of the same name.

“That’s her favorite. It just blossomed from there. Now she tells everyone Dolly is her best friend.”

It’s clear that people love that Hallie has taken to Dolly in this way. Below are some of the comments on Darian’s TikTok.

“St. Dolly.. the patron saint of southern charm and sophistication. I mean, honestly, who wouldn’t wanna carry her in their pocket.”

“get this lil lady to Dollywood asap”

“I mean… she’s being raised correctly. In Dolly we trust. Go little Diva!”

“Baby girl needs a dolly locket”

“Dolly locket instead of dolly pocket”

“I completely understand this!!! I have a picture of Dolly Parton on my mantle with my family pictures. It started as an inside joke”

“I’m not sure if you have a dollar general where you live, but they just drop a line of Dolly Parton house stuff!”

Hallie isn’t the only kid who has gone viral lately for loving Dolly Parton! Check out this eight-year-old’s incredible reaction to seeing Dolly in a parade at Dollywood recently.

Darian Leaned Into Her Daughter’s Love For Dolly

It seems Darian took the last two comments to heart. She posted a couple of TikTok videos about putting Dolly’s picture up on their wall alongside their family photos, and she showed off her Dollar General haul of all things Dolly!  See those videos below.

@ddayelight Replying to @Darian Day ♬ Friends! – The Wiggles & Dolly Parton