Beyoncé confirms she will remove a lyric from her new album, 'Renaissance,' following criticism.
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Beyoncé is in hot soup with her recent album following some lyrics in her songs are ableist and deeply offensive.
Beyoncé said she'd change a lyric in her song "Heated" from her new album, "Renaissance."
Its use of a word — which was changed in a Lizzo song in June — prompted backlash.
A representative for Beyoncé told Insider the word was "not used intentionally in a harmful way."
Beyoncé confirmed she would remove a lyric from a track on her new album, "Renaissance," after disability charities and activists called it "ableist" and "offensive."
Fans and activists criticized the use of the word "spaz" in the song "Heated." 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 "go crazy" or "fight."
In a statement to Insider, a representative for the Grammy-winning singer said the lyric would be changed.
"The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," the statement said.
In June, Lizzo apologized and rereleased the song "Grrrls" with new lyrics after she received backlash for including the same word in the song.
Some people questioned whether Beyoncé saw the backlash to Lizzo two months earlier and some people even took it to socials to disagree with her lyrics.
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Beyoncé said she'd change a lyric in her song "Heated" from her new album, "Renaissance."
Its use of a word — which was changed in a Lizzo song in June — prompted backlash.
A representative for Beyoncé told Insider the word was "not used intentionally in a harmful way."
Beyoncé confirmed she would remove a lyric from a track on her new album, "Renaissance," after disability charities and activists called it "ableist" and "offensive."
Fans and activists criticized the use of the word "spaz" in the song "Heated." 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 "go crazy" or "fight."
In a statement to Insider, a representative for the Grammy-winning singer said the lyric would be changed.
"The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," the statement said.
In June, Lizzo apologized and rereleased the song "Grrrls" with new lyrics after she received backlash for including the same word in the song.
Some people questioned whether Beyoncé saw the backlash to Lizzo two months earlier and some people even took it to socials to disagree with her lyrics.
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