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Beyonce to Replace CONTROVERSIAL Renaissance Lyric
Mess with Queen Bey and you mightiness get stung.
Beyoncé is hitting backmost at Right Said Fred after the band, known for their 1992 deed "I'm Too Sexy," claimed the vocalist sampled the song for her 2022 track, "Alien Superstar," without their permission.
Calling the group's claims "erroneous and incredibly disparaging," the "Break My Soul" singer, 41, guaranteed fans that authorization to illustration the ‘90s way was granted by Right Said Fred's publisher.
"Permission was not lone granted for its use, but they publically spoke of their gratitude for being connected the album," Beyoncé said successful a connection to E! News Oct. 7. "For their song, determination was nary dependable signaling use, lone the composition was utilized. Permission was asked of their steadfast connected May 11, 2022 and the steadfast approved the usage connected June 15, 2022. They were paid for the usage successful August, 2022."
Additionally, the Grammy award-winning artist besides said the pop duo, which consists of brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, have "co-writer credit" connected her deed song, which appears arsenic the 3rd way connected her album Renaissance, which was released successful July.
Beyoncé's connection comes 3 days aft Right Said Fred slammed the Ivy Park laminitis for sampling their opus without asking them for clearance directly.
"Normally the creator approaches us, but Beyoncé didn't due to the fact that she is specified an arrogant person," the brothers told The Sun Oct. 3. "She conscionable had astir apt thought, ‘Come and get me,' truthful we heard astir it aft the information erstwhile you did."
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Right Said Fred said that different artists—including Drake and Taylor Swift—"came to us" when asking to usage "I'm Too Sexy" successful their music.
"To usage our melody, they request our support truthful they nonstop america the demo and we o.k. it and if so, we get a co-write credit," the brothers continued. "With this Beyoncé thing, determination are 22 writers. It's ridiculous, truthful we would get astir 40 [pounds]."
However, the British duo admitted that they consciousness powerless against Beyoncé successful this fight but vowed to determination forward.
"We can't halt it. There is thing we tin do. It is s--t," they told the outlet. "You are going to get into a speech with idiosyncratic who has a batch more beingness and powerfulness and money than we do. And that won't spell well. It's champion to fto it go. If you're not cautious you walk your beingness looking back. We support looking guardant the full time."
