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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.

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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.

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‘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.

The New Daily

Why the Beyoncé/Kelis controversy is more complicated than it seems

Bey changed the song, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

Mic

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.

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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)

Daily Mirror

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 Guardian - AU

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

The Independent UK

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.

Pedestrian.tv

On Beyoncé and moving away from ableism

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

Salon

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.

Los Angeles Times

Beyoncé reveals replacement lyrics for ableist slur on Renaissance track

Singer confirmed yesterday that the word would be removed

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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

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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

The Independent UK

Diane Warren apologises after appearing to ‘shade’ Beyoncé over Renaissance album collaborators

Songwriter insisted she meant ‘no disrespect’ with her original tweet

The Guardian - UK

It’s not just Beyoncé and Lizzo – culture is full of painful ableism that’s too often ignored

We need allies who care enough to shift their thinking, so the onus isn’t always on disabled people to point out problems, says the Observer New Review writer Kathryn Bromwich

The New Daily

It’s Beyonce’s world. We’re just living in it

Beyoncé and her stardom is an interesting form of world-building. We know it is “made-up” but we want to believe it’s real – or go along for the ride.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beyoncé to Remove Offensive Word from New Song

Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for disabled people from a new song on her record “Renaissance,” just weeks after rapper Lizzo also changed lyrics to remove the same word. “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,” a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement…

Evening Standard

Nipple pasties and rhinestone durags — Beyoncé’s Renaissance merch is disco-perfect

The Beyhive is buzzing over the star’s new album swag. From opera gloves to horse hoops and bright yellow tape — here is what’s on offer

Evening Standard

The real reason the Lionesses are so refreshing for women like me

I’ll make an embarrassing admission before I start: I hadn’t watched any of the Lionesses’ matches until Sunday’s final. So, it was a shock to my flatmates when I found myself sobbing over the collective achievement of a group of women I’d only (shamefully) until this week been familiar with…

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