{"id":90920,"date":"2022-10-08T12:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-brands-right-said-fred-accusation-false-and-disparaging\/"},"modified":"2022-10-08T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T12:25:56","slug":"beyonce-brands-right-said-fred-accusation-false-and-disparaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-brands-right-said-fred-accusation-false-and-disparaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 brands Right Said Fred accusation &#8216;false&#8217; and &#8216;disparaging&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>They got a Heated.<\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9 set the record straight after UK pop duo Right Said Fred said she was too \u201carrogant\u201d to ask permission to sample their salacious track \u201cI&#8217;m Too Sexy\u201d for her new album.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Post, the \u201cBreak My Soul\u201d hitmaker, 41, denied the claim, calling it \u201cincredibly disparaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe comments made by Right Said Fred stating that used &#8216;I&#8217;m Too Sexy&#8217; in &#8216;Alien Superstar&#8217; without permission are erroneous and incredibly disparaging,\u201d Beyonce&#8217;s team told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which was formed in 1989 by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, accused the singer of using their salacious 1992 hit for her track \u201cAlien Superstar,\u201d The Sun reported.<\/p>\n<p>The single was part of her hit album \u201cRenaissance,\u201d which debuted at No.  1 on the Billboard 200 chart in August after being leaked online two days ahead of its July release.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>The British duo says Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s new hit \u201cAlien Superstar\u201d sounds very similar to their hit \u201cI&#8217;m Too Sexy.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s team said permission was asked for and granted, and the group was subsequently paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPermission was not only granted for its use, but they publicly spoke of their gratitude for being on the album.  For their song, there was no sound recording use, only the composition was utilized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPermission was asked of their publisher on May 11, 2022, and the publisher approved the use on June 15, 2022. They were paid for the usage in August 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s team said \u201cthe copyright percentage of the Right Said Fred writers with respect to the use of &#8216;I&#8217;m Too Sexy&#8217; is a substantial portion of the composition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollectively, the Right Said Fred writers own more than any other singular writer and have co-writer credit.  This accusation is false,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s reps for further comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"608\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?resize=608%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beyonce\" class=\"wp-image-24174482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1216 1216w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=912 912w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=608 608w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=304 304w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beyonce.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s team has said they were granted permission and paid for the usage of the composition.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Beyonce<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Right Said Fred found the supposed song-sampling particularly perturbing as prior artists had reportedly asked permission to include the track.  \u201cEveryone else, Drake and Taylor Swift, they came to us,\u201d the sibling pop sensations insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Drake sampled the track for his 2021 hit \u201cWay 2 Sexy\u201d while Swift employed the song in her 2017 \u201cReputation\u201d lead single \u201cLook What You Made Me Do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Beyonc\u00e9 was accused of stealing music for \u201cRenaissance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the album&#8217;s release in July, singer Kelis accused Beyonc\u00e9 of allegedly using a sample of her 2000 song \u201cGet Along With You\u201d without her permission.  The \u201cMilkshake\u201d singer claims she found out about the sample on Bey&#8217;s song \u201cEnergy\u201d when the entire world did.<\/p>\n<p>Knowles has since removed the sample from the track.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They got a Heated. Beyonc\u00e9 set the record straight after UK pop duo Right Said Fred said she was too \u201carrogant\u201d to ask permission to sample their salacious track \u201cI&#8217;m Too Sexy\u201d for her new album. In a statement to The Post, the \u201cBreak My Soul\u201d hitmaker, 41, denied the claim, calling it \u201cincredibly disparaging.\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-brands-right-said-fred-accusation-false-and-disparaging\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beyonc\u00e9 brands Right Said Fred accusation &#8216;false&#8217; and &#8216;disparaging&#8217;<\/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":[4414,109,111],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90185,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-fires-back-at-right-said-fred-over-im-too-sexy-sample-usage\/","url_meta":{"origin":90920,"position":0},"title":"Beyonc\u00e9 Fires Back At Right Said Fred Over &#8216;I&#8217;m Too Sexy&#8217; Sample Usage","date":"October 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Beyonc\u00e9 has responded to accusations from Right Said Fred, the English pop band who said the 41-year-old sampled their 1991 hit song \u201cI'm Too Sexy\u201d without permission, as reported by The Sun.\u201cNormally the artist approaches us, but Beyonc\u00e9 didn't because she is such an arrogant person, she just had probably\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":91690,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-responded-with-receipts-to-right-said-fred-who-said-she-didnt-get-permission-for-sample\/","url_meta":{"origin":90920,"position":1},"title":"Beyonc\u00e9 Responded \u2014 With Receipts \u2014 To Right Said Fred, Who Said She Didn&#8217;t Get Permission For Sample","date":"October 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week, pop duo Right Said Fred made some about Beyonc\u00e9, who sampled their track, \"I'm Too Sexy\" for her song \"Alien Superstar.\" Kevin Winter \/ Getty Images for Coachella\"Normally, the artist approaches us, but Beyonc\u00e9 didn't because she is such an arrogant person she just had probably thought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90026,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beyonce-hits-back-at-right-said-fred-after-they-claimed-she-didnt-ask-permission-for-sample\/","url_meta":{"origin":90920,"position":2},"title":"Beyonce hits back at Right Said Fred after they claimed she didn&#8217;t ask permission for sample","date":"October 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Beyonce has hit back at the band Right Said Fred by insisting that she not only asked permission to sample their music but that she paid them for the privilege. 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