{"id":32287,"date":"2022-08-01T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-says-shell-remove-lyric-from-renaissance-following-backlash\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:04:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:04:52","slug":"beyonce-says-shell-remove-lyric-from-renaissance-following-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-says-shell-remove-lyric-from-renaissance-following-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 Says She&#8217;ll Remove Lyric From &#8216;Renaissance&#8217; Following Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Beyonc\u00e9 said she&#8217;d change a lyric in her song &#8220;Heated&#8221; from her new album, &#8220;Renaissance.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Its use of a word \u2014 which was changed in a Lizzo song in June \u2014 prompted backlash.<\/li>\n<li>A representative for Beyonc\u00e9 told Insider the word was &#8220;not used intentionally in a harmful way.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup &#10;                        headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"morning_brew\" data-list=\"Morning Brew\" data-acq-source=\"morningbrew\" data-origin=\"MorningBrew\" data-campaign=\"entertainment\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                        <title>loading<\/title>\n                        <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                        <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                          <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                        <\/path>\n                      <\/svg><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 confirmed she would remove a lyric from a track on her new album, &#8220;Renaissance,&#8221; after disability charities and activists called it &#8220;ableist&#8221; and &#8220;offensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans and activists the use of the word &#8220;spaz&#8221; in the song &#8220;Heated.&#8221;  The word has been used to refer in a derogatory way to people with disabilities, especially people with cerebral palsy.  In African American Vernacular English, a dialect of English created and used in Black communities, the word means to &#8220;go crazy&#8221; or &#8220;fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Insider, a representative for the Grammy-winning singer said the lyric would be changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Lizzo apologized and rereleased the song &#8220;Grrrls&#8221; with new lyrics after she received backlash for including the same word in the song.<\/p>\n<p>Some people questioned whether Beyonc\u00e9 saw the backlash to Lizzo two months earlier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"\" data-conversation=\"\"><p>\u2014FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\/statuses\/1536480260732047361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hannah Diviney, disability advocate, wrote in an opinion article in The Guardian that Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s status as a culturally significant singer &#8220;doesn&#8217;t excuse her use of ableist language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so tired. Disabled people deserve better. I don&#8217;t want to have this conversation again,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Warren Kirwan, a media manager at the UK disability equality charity Scope, told Insider that removing the word matters because the use of the word can reinforce negative attitudes toward people with disabilities<\/p>\n<p>A survey of 4,015 adults with disabilities in England and Wales conducted in May and June by Scope and Opinium Research found that about nine out of 10 who reported having experienced negative attitudes and behaviors said it had a personal impact on them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s appalling that one of the world&#8217;s biggest stars has chosen to include this deeply offensive term,&#8221; Kirwan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just weeks ago, Lizzo received a huge backlash from fans who felt hurt and let down after she used the same abhorrent language. Thankfully she did the right thing and rerecorded the song. It&#8217;s hard to believe that could have gone unnoticed by Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s team. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Kirwan added: &#8220;Words matter because they reinforce the negative attitudes disabled people face every day and which impact on every aspect of disabled people&#8217;s lives. Beyonc\u00e9 has long been a champion of inclusivity and equality, so we&#8217;d urge her to remove this offensive lyric &#8220;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet blockquote\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"\" data-conversation=\"\"><p>\u2014Sense (@sensecharity) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mims\/statuses\/1554059394467479555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another UK disability charity, Sense, tweeted that it was &#8220;disappointing&#8221; to see another artist using the word after the incident with Lizzo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hoping Beyonce follows Lizzo&#8217;s example and changes the track,&#8221; the organization said.  &#8220;We need more education to improve awareness of disability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyonc\u00e9 said she&#8217;d change a lyric in her song &#8220;Heated&#8221; from her new album, &#8220;Renaissance.&#8221; Its use of a word \u2014 which was changed in a Lizzo song in June \u2014 prompted backlash. A representative for Beyonc\u00e9 told Insider the word was &#8220;not used intentionally in a harmful way.&#8221; loading Something is loading. Beyonc\u00e9 confirmed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-says-shell-remove-lyric-from-renaissance-following-backlash\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beyonc\u00e9 Says She&#8217;ll Remove Lyric From &#8216;Renaissance&#8217; Following Backlash<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33828,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/monica-lewinsky-wants-beyonce-to-remove-lyric-about-clinton-affair-after-ableist-backlash-over-renaissance\/","url_meta":{"origin":32287,"position":0},"title":"Monica Lewinsky wants Beyonce to remove lyric about Clinton affair after &#8216;ableist&#8217; backlash over &#8216;Renaissance&#8217;","date":"August 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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