![]() However, Bey’s new album Renaissance seems to come loaded with other controversies. Her team also issued a statement that read, “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.” ![]() The lyric will now read, “Blastin’ on that ass, blast on that ass.” Like Lizzo, Queen Bey listened to the criticism and Variety reports that the lyrics will henceforth be altered to remove the slur. ![]() Lizzo immediately took action and changed the lyric to her song so the slur no longer appeared, and issued an apology explaining that she is always willing to listen when she’s made a mistake so she can do better.ĭiviney’s Bey tweet continued, “Guess I'll just keep telling the whole industry to 'do better' until ableist slurs disappear from music.”ĭiviney also penned an op-ed for The Guardian, where she opined, “Beyoncé’s commitment to storytelling musically and visually is unparalleled, as is her power to have the world paying attention to the narratives, struggles and nuanced lived experience of being a Black woman… But that doesn’t excuse her use of ableist language.” ![]() Feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo.”īack in June, Diviney brought to Lizzo’s attention that her use of the same slur in her song “Grrrls” was inappropriate and hurtful. Hannah Diviney tweeted, “So used the word 'sp*z' in her new song Heated. ![]()
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