Queen B is hitting back, and she is hitting hard.
Beyonce recently slammed Right Said Fred's damning allegations about how the popstar allegedly sampled their 1992 song "I'm Too Sexy," on her new song "Alien Superstar," a track on her "Renaissance" album.
Speaking to The Sun days ago, the musical duo accused the "If I Were A Boy" hitmaker of using the song without their permission.
"Normally the artist approaches us, but Beyoncé didn't because she is such an arrogant person. She just had probably thought, 'Come and get me,' so we heard about it after the fact when you did," they pointed out.
The two even went on to complain about the number of writers credited on the track, noting how they would only get £40 since it was splitted into 22 artists. The brothers even went to a full-blown pity party, emphasizing that they have no fight left in them especially with a big star like Beyonce.
"We can't stop it. There is nothing we can do. It is s--t," they told the outlet. "You are going to get into a conversation with someone who has a lot more presence and power and money than we do. And that won't go well. It's best to let it go. If you're not careful you spend your life looking back. We keep looking forward the whole time," they admitted.
However, as per Beyonce, that was not actually true.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Beyonce described Right Said Fred's claim to be "erroneous and incredibly disparaging."
Apparently, the rights were secured with Right Said Fred's publisher, who even expressed their gratitude for being included in the hit album.
"For their song, there was no sound recording use, only the composition was utilized. Permission was asked of their publisher on May 11, 2022, and the publisher approved the use on June 15, 2022. They were paid for the usage in August 2022," Beyonce told the publication.
More so, not only they got the rights in a legal way, the two were also given co-writer credits on "Alien Superstar."
"Alien Superstar" was the third track of Beyonce's most recent album, "Renaissance." The album debuted on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with 332,000 album-equivalent units, marking the biggest 2022 album debut by a female singer and the second-biggest so far, trailing behind Harry Styles's "Harry's House." (via Billboard)
