This week, Beyoncé agreed to scrub from her track ‘Heated’ a reference that is considered demeaning to people with spastic cerebral palsy after there was a public outcry.
And since #Beyoncé is editing lyrics, Monica Lewinsky has a request.
Lewinsky, the former White House intern who became embroiled in a scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, tweeted the news of Beyoncé removing an abelist slur from the song ‘Heated’ on her new album ‘#Renaissance’ with a suggestion:
“Uhmm, while we’re at it… #Partition,” Lewinsky tweeted. ‘Partition’ is a track from the singer’s 2013 self-titled fifth studio album. In the song, Beyoncé sings that a man “Monica Lewinsky’d all on my gown.”
The equation between Clinton and the then 22-year-old #MonicaLewinsky ultimately led to Clinton’s impeachment in 1998, and much discussion about consent and abuse of power.
In response to another ‘Renaissance’ controversy, Beyoncé has reportedly started to scrub a #Kelis sample from her song ‘#Energy’ from streaming platforms after the ‘#Milkshake’ hitmaker publicly objected to it.
“I have the right to be frustrated,” Kelis said last week in an Instagram video. “Why did no one have the human decency to call and be like ‘Yo, hey, [we] would like to use your record’?”
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