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Diane Warren insists she meant ‘no disrespect’ to Beyonce over questioning number of song co-writers-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro
The duo worked together in 2011.
Diane said she ‘admired’ Beyonce, who she worked with back in 2011 (Picture: Rex/AFP/Getty/Twitter)
Diane Warren has insisted she meant ‘no disrespect’ towards Beyonce after she called out a song on the music icon’s new album Renaissance with 24 songwriters.
The songwriter to the stars’ tweet was interpreted as a reference to the Beyonce’s track Alien Superstar on her recently released album, as it has more than 20 songwriters credited.
Diane, who has worked with the Grammy winner herself, wrote: ‘How can there be 24 writers on a song?’
She swiftly followed up the post with: ‘This isn’t meant as shade, I’m just curious.’
However, after facing the wrath of Beyoncé’s Beyhive, she issued the following statement on the social media site: ‘Ok, I meant no disrespect to @beyonce, who I’ve worked with and admire.
‘I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.’
Songwriter Diane initially seemed unimpressed by the number of writers on Alien Superstar, before apologising (Picture: Jay L Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock)
She went on to explain that she realises it’s due to samples that there are so many songwriters.
She added: ‘Ok, it’s prob samples that add up the amount of writers.’
The 13-time Oscar nominee and writer of hits including Cher’s If I Could Turn Back Time and Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing later defended herself after a tweet from producer and singer-songwriter The-Dream pointed out that Black culture and music sampled ‘because we couldn’t afford certain things starting out’, before it evolved into ‘an artform [and] a major part of the Black Culture (hip hop) in America.’
Beyonce’s fans were quick to defend the singer’s crediting of multiple writers (Picture: Getty)
‘I didn’t mean that as an attack or as disrespect. I didn’t know this, thank U for making me aware of it,’ she responded.
The 65-year-old worked with Beyonce back in 2011, when she penned her song I Was Here.
Diane’s Twitter drama comes Crazy In Love chart-topper Beyonce announced she would change an offensive word in her track Heated on the album.
The star’s new album dropped on Friday (Picture: Twitter/Beyonce)
Lizzo apologised in June for including the same word on her song GRRRLS (Picture: Getty)
The 40-year-old superstar came under fire from charities and activists for using an ableist slur in the Renaissance song – the same word that Lizzo initially used on GRRRLS before changing it in the face of public criticism.
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The song’s lyrics include: ‘Sp**zin’ on that ass, s**z on that ass/
Fan me quick, girl, I need my glass.’
A representative for the Halo hitmaker has now responded, saying: ‘The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.’
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