Beyoncé seems to have skipped over Lizzo's name in the lyrics of her "Break My Soul" remix during a Renaissance tour performance amid a lawsuit against the "Truth Hurts" singer alleging sexual harassment and a toxic work environment. Several fan videos from Tuesday's Foxborough, Mass. stop appear to show Beyoncé nixing Lizzo's name from the reworked version of her hit song, which samples Madonna's "Vogue" and includes lines honoring Black women in music, from Rihanna to Whitney Houston and Nina Simone. Read More...
Beyoncé delivered an instantly memorable performance at the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday night, and that wasn’t only because she performed “Formation,” the song she released the day before. The star appeared on the field with a cadre of backing dancers who dressed in attire that paid tribute to the Black Panthers and, by extension, the Black Lives Matter movement that Beyoncé sings about on the new cut. The dancers who appeared with Beyoncé wore berets similar to ones worn by members of the Black Panthers. Read More...
The Millennial urge to trace everything back to their childhood strikes again. This time it's the country's No. 1 song (and the country's No. 1 country song) "Texas Hold 'Em" by Beyoncé and its alleged similarities to the theme song from the Canadian kids cartoon Franklin. Users on TikTok noted the similarities in a series of videos, with the composer of the TV theme song also weighing in. “I think Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ’Em’ is a good record. Read More...
