Beyoncé Is Changing Ableist ‘Renaissance’ Song Lyric Following Social Media Backlash

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Thania Garcia Beyoncé’s seventh solo album “Renaissance” serves as a celebratory tribute to the Black and queer roots of dance and house music; a compilation of new and old sounds, complete with samples from the genre’s most influential. It’s an intensely purposeful formula, and to get it just right, Beyoncé elected a board of “superheroes,” as Leven Kali — one of the many young contributors on the project — describes them to Variety.Indeed, the credits for “Renaissance” are impressive, with producers the Neptunes, Mike Dean, The-Dream, Skrillex, A.

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Beyonce has made several changes to her most recent album Renaissance, only days after its release.  The 40–year-old singer removed a lyric that was called "able-ist" and has now also removed a sample of Kelis' hit song Milkshake.MORE: Beyoncé stuns fans in silver disco dress amid album leakIn a statement, a representative for Beyoncé confirmed that the lyric in her song Heated, where she uses a derogatory slur, will be changed.WATCH: Beyonce makes history as women dominate at 63rd Grammy Awards"The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," the statement read. Disability activists criticized the singer's language including disability charity Sense, which called her use of the word "disappointing".The track Energy has also removed the sample of Kelis' Milkshake after the singer shared her anger at not having been asked for permission beforehand.

A new version of new Beyonce track ‘Energy’ has appeared on some of the streaming services with an element borrowed from Kelis hit ‘Milkshake’ removed. The rework follows criticism from Kelis last week, who said that she was not aware that a track on Beyonce’s new album ‘Renaissance’ would include an interpolation of her song, even though the writers and producers of ‘Milkshake’ had seemingly signed off on its inclusion.Kelis recorded ‘Milkshake’ with her frequent early collaborators The Neptunes – aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo – for her third album, 2003’s ’Tasty’, which was also released by the production duo’s label.She has criticised Williams and Hugo before, accusing them of backtracking on commitments regarding who would be credited on, and share in the copyright from, the songs they made together.

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Beyoncé was changing some offensive lyrics following backlash, it seems she's also made some changes to her track «Energy» off her recently released album, Beyoncé has reportedly removed a sampled interpolation of Kelis' song «Milkshake» from her song «Energy» after Kelis called her out for «theft,» according to It appears that the sample has been removed from the tracks available on Tidal and Apple.While Kelis famously sang «Milkshake,» Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes were credited as writers on the track, and only they were included as credited writers on «Energy.» When first leaked two days before it was officially released, Kelis tore into Beyoncé, Williams and Hugo for using the sample without reaching out to her.Kelis shared her stance about the use of the sample sample via her company's page, Bounty & Full, by commenting on the fan account's post on Instagram.«My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding,» Kelis wrote. «I heard about this the same way everyone else did.

Beyoncé confirmed that she would be changing a lyric in her song “Heated," Monica Lewinsky is suggesting another change to an older track.The outspoken activist and public speaker took to Twitter on Monday, where she shared a link to an article about Beyoncé's decision to change a lyric deemed offensive on her new album.Lewinsky remarked, «uhmm, while we’re at it… #Partition.»uhmm, while we’re at it… #Partition Beyoncé to Remove Renaissance Lyric After Outrage: Ableist, Offensive — Variety https://t.co/DzN80FdzPBLewinsky's comment is in reference to Beyoncé's 2014 single «Partition,» in which she refers to Lewinsky by name, in connection to her infamous relationship with Bill Clinton in the mid-'90s.«Now my mascara running, red lipstick smudged/ Oh he so horny, he want to f**k/ He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my blouse/ He Monica Lewinsky’d all on my gown.»Back in 2014, Lewinsky spoke out for the first time in years in an op-ed for about how she managed to overcome the abuse and public shaming directed at her following the Clinton scandal. In the article, she addressed «Partition» and suggested a change to the lyrics: «Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we’re verbing, I think you meant ‘Bill Clinton’d all on my gown,’ not ‘Monica Lewinsky’d.’»On Monday, one Twitter user asked Lewinsky if she'd ever actually reached out to Beyonce or her reps about the lyric.«No, i haven’t.

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Beyoncé will replace a song lyric on new album Renaissance after some fans complained it features an ableist slur. In a move that echoes a similar incident involving Lizzo last month, Beyoncé's team have confirmed to Variety that the line “Spazzin’ on that ass, spazz on that ass” from "Heated" will be replaced.

Beyonce will change the lyrics of her new song Heated following a backlash from fans and a UK disability charity. The singer's representatives have confirmed that a 'deeply offensive' term, which they say was “not used intentionally in a harmful manner”, will be replaced.

Beyoncé is set to remove an offensive album lyric which uses an albeist slur from her new album ‘Renaissance’.The star faced a backlash over the use of an offensive term on her new track ‘Heated’, where she sings: “Sp***in’ on that ass, sp** on that ass,” towards the end of the song.While used colloquially in the United States with a similar meaning to “freak out” or “go crazy”, the term emerges from the word “spastic”, which is used medically to describe the spasms one might experience from a condition like cerebral palsy. The term is often used in a derogative manner to describe those with disabilities, especially cerebral palsy.Now, following the backlash, the star’s publicist told Sky News the lyric is now set to be replaced and that it was not “used intentionally in a harmful way.”Disability equality charity Scope had described the use of the “deeply offensive term” as “appalling”, while disability advocate Hannah Diviney said the singer’s status as one of the most famous musicians in the world did not “excuse her use of ableist language”.“So @Beyonce used the word ‘sp**’ in her new song ‘Heated’.

Singer Beyoncé has faced a backlash for the use of an offensive term in her song Heated, with a UK disability charity urging her to remove the word. The track features on the American singer-songwriter’s highly anticipated seventh studio album, Renaissance , which was released last week.