Queen Bey's Backlash
Rich and Weekly
Wondery
4.0 • 962 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Is Queen Bey’s crown slipping? Even though most fans and critics are raving about her new album “Renaissance,” not everybody is happy with Beyoncé. And that list is growing. First, R&B singer Kelis came down hard on Ms. Carter for using part of her hit song “Milkshake” without her permission. Now disability activists are calling Bey out for one of her other new songs. But the Queen's listening to her subjects and proving once again -- you can’t break her soul.
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| 0:00.0 | So I've said this before. It seems like Beyonce can do no wrong, but we definitely learned last week that not everybody thinks Queen B is so |
| 0:16.8 | perfect. Yeah, you know, Stars are just like us, not perfect. But someone who does not think she's perfect |
| 0:23.4 | is a fellow R&Ber, Kalee, |
| 0:26.2 | who after she found out part of her hit song, |
| 0:29.0 | Milkshake, brings all the boys to the yard, |
| 0:32.0 | was used on B's new album Renaissance without her permission. |
| 0:35.6 | Police called out Beyoncé for theft. |
| 0:38.8 | Yeah, and Eretia, you're next for singing it right now. |
| 0:41.3 | I at least said her name, That's more than Beyonced did. |
| 0:44.2 | That's fair. Willister in the credits of this show. But you know I got to say the |
| 0:48.4 | Beyoncé backlash does not end with Calise. Beyonce is also taking heat, for some controversial lyrics in a different song on |
| 0:55.8 | Renaissance, and if that's not enough, she's even getting slammed for one of her songs from 2013. |
| 1:03.0 | This is one of the things that I simultaneously hate and love |
| 1:06.0 | that as soon as something comes out, |
| 1:09.0 | everyone just piles on like, oh, and then there was this yeah no I'm I'm with you on that for |
| 1:15.7 | sure from Wendry I'm Brooks different and I'm Ereisha Skinner Williams it's |
| 1:20.0 | Wednesday August 3rd and And you're listening, Rich and Daily. I see that hair toss give me that loss we got the hot toss |
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