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The Latest Breaking News from Beyoncé

It's not just Lizzo and Beyoncé; check out these hits that had objectionable lyrics rewritten

Oops, they did it again. Another high-profile pop star sang an offensive lyric that brought backlash.

Tribune News Service

Traffic reporter who referenced Beyoncé’s songs throughout segment receives praise from singer’s mom

“It’s time to pay tribute to Queen Bey, who I am Dangerously In Love with,” the reporter said at one point

The Independent UK

‘Common decency’: Beyoncé’s Renaissance sparks debate about the politics of music sampling

Beyoncé removed an interpolation of Kelis’s hit Milkshake from her new album and half of the UK Top 10 singles feature samples. It’s big business – but who’s benefitting?

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Readers review Beyoncé’s Renaissance: euphoric and fresh, or paint-by-numbers?

The superstar’s first solo album in six years has got her fans in a tizzy. But though some Guardian readers love its joyful 1980s disco-house lean, others say it’s a retread

The Guardian - UK

Beyoncé is cutting a sample of Milkshake out of her new song – but not because she 'stole' it

There was lot of excitement leading up to Beyoncé’s album Rennaissance, which was leaked two days before it release. Maybe it could have done with a bit more time, as two songs are set to be rerecorded and released. The song Heated will have ableist language removed from it, while…

The Conversation

The Beyoncé 'Break My Soul' remixes, ranked

Less than a week after Beyoncé released "Renaissance," her love letter to Black, queer nightclub history, she's returned with a brisk remix EP for use on dance floors.

Los Angeles Times

Beyoncé has helped usher in a renaissance for African artists

Beyoncé has released her seventh solo studio album, titled Renaissance (2022). The album, an event in global popular culture, is the first of a three-part project by the US artist. Her previous outing, the visual album Black is King (2020), collaborated with a host of African artists. Renaissance pays tribute…

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Hannah Diviney reveals being trolled after calling out Beyoncé for ableist slur as Q+A panel asks for greater disability representation

A conversation about ableist lyrics in a Beyoncé song leads to calls for more people with disability to be appointed to senior roles in the NDIS and Australian politics.

ABC News

Beyoncé removes Kelis interpolation from new song Energy after complaints

Beyoncé's new album Renaissance is at the centre of another controversy, with the singer removing an interpolation of Kelis’s 2003 R&B hit song Milkshake from her song Energy after accusations of theft.

ABC News

‘While we’re at it’: Monica Lewinsky joins push to change Beyonce lyrics

Beyonce is in more hot water over lyrics, with American TV personality Monica Lewinsky urging the pop star to remove a reference to her in a 2013 hit.

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Is this a revolution? As Beyoncé changes lyrics to Heated, Monica Lewinsky says Partition should be next

Fan protest on social media has been pushing artists to make changes to their work but it’s hardly a new phenomenon

Evening Standard

Beyoncé removes Milkshake sample from new song Energy after Kelis accuses her of theft

The Break My Soul hitmaker released her latest album on Friday, 29 July, much to music fans delight – but not everyone was as thrilled, notably Kelis.

Evening Standard

Beyoncé edits album AGAIN after Kelis slammed her for sampling Milkshake in furious rant

Beyoncé's track, Energy, sampled Kelis' 2003 hit Milkshake, which was written by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo (formerly known as The Neptunes)

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The Guardian - AU

Beyoncé removes Kelis interpolation from song after Milkshake singer complains

Ending to Beyoncé’s song Energy changed after Kelis complained that the song’s writers, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, had been consulted and credited but she had not

The Independent UK

Monica Lewinsky asks Beyoncé to remove old lyric about her after Renaissance edit: ‘While you’re at it’

Singer is already editing the album to remove an ableist slur

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Beyoncé Wore An Aussie Designer’s Work For Her Renaissance Album But Never Actually Paid For It

Brisbane costumier Bethany Cordwell said she's still waiting to get paid by the star.

Salon

On Beyoncé and moving away from ableism

Beyoncé listened and will change an ableist lyric. Many people, however, aren't so quick to change

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If Beyoncé is tweaking lyrics, Monica Lewinsky would like a word about 'Partition'

Monica Lewinsky would like a word with Beyoncé about her 2014 song "Partition," which references the former White House intern's infamous affair with former President Bill Clinton.

The Independent UK

Beyoncé reveals replacement lyrics for ableist slur on Renaissance track

Singer confirmed yesterday that the word would be removed

Los Angeles Times

Diane Warren questioned why Beyoncé has 24 writers on one song. She found out real fast

Diane Warren found herself in the crosshairs of Beyoncé's mighty Beyhive — not to mention a heated culture war — on Monday after she questioned the number of songwriters on a track from Bey's new "Renaissance" album.

The Independent UK

‘While you’re at it’: Monica Lewinsky asks Beyoncé to remove old lyric about her after Renaissance edit

Singer is already editing the album to remove an ableist slur

Reason

Beyoncé, Under Fire for Using an 'Ableist Slur,' Chooses Self-Censorship

"Spazzing on that ass" does nothing whatsoever to harm people with cerebral palsy.

Daily Mirror

Loose Women star says she's 'heartbroken' over Beyoncé's 'deeply offensive' lyrics

TV presenter Sophie Morgan - who is disabled - has slammed Beyoncé for using a derogatory term in a song on her new Renaissance album - just weeks after Lizzo did the same

The Guardian - UK

‘Un-American girl’: how Beyoncé uses the power of pleasure to transcend a country on fire

The star’s new album Renaissance weaves Black dance music history, feminism and queer thought into an ecstatic masterpiece that defies marginalisation

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