Beyoncé has been involved in a number of scandals throughout her career.
For her smash hit Partition, Beyoncé sings: “He popped all my buttons and he ripped my blouse, He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown,” referencing the former president’s 1998 affair with the White House intern, which resulted in his impeachment.
In 2014, Monica Lewinsky clapped back writing: “Thanks, Beyoncé, but if we’re verbing I think you mean ‘Bill Clinton-ed all on my gown’.” The singer also later got in trouble for some more lyrics on her 2022 album Renaissance.
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In the song Heated, lyrics read: “Sp**in’ on that a**, sp** on that a**,” which is considered an ableist slur. Spastic refers to stiff muscles and reflexes that may be “stronger or exaggerated,” while the condition can also “interfere with walking, movement, speech and many other activities of daily living”.
Disability advocate Hannah Diviney wrote on X/Twitter at the time: “So [Beyoncé] used the word sp** in her new song Heated. Feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community and the progress we tried to make with Lizzo. Guess I’ll just keep telling the whole industry to ‘do better’ until ableist slurs disappear from music [broken heart emoji].”
Three days later Beyoncé’s reps told Variety that the word, which was “not used intentionally in a harmful way,” would “be replaced”. Rewinding back to 2016, the starlet’s iconic Lemonade album also came under fire from Kelis just a day before it was released.
Knowles used a sample of the star’s legendary single Milkshake, which Kelis was clearly not impressed with. She took to Instagram to say that her “mind was blown” at the “level of disrespect and utter ignorance”.
“It’s not about me being jealous. It has to do with the fact that, from one artist to another, you should have the decency and common sense and the courtesy to call…there are [bullies] and secrets and gangsters in this industry that smile and get away with it until someone says enough is enough.”
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Another of Bey’s samples got her in trouble back in 2013 with XO’s intro. The song begins with Steve Nesbitt, NASA’s former public affairs officer, talking about “a major malfunction” with the Challenger space shuttle, which exploded and seven astronauts were injured.
Knowles issued a statement to ABC News about the upset and said that her “heart goes out to the families of those lost” and explained that the song was “recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal […].”
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