A song on Beyonce’s new album Renaissance has some listeners “heated.”
They say her use of the word “spaz” is considered a slur against the disabled, namely those with cerebral palsy.
“Spazzin’ on that a**, spaz on that a**,” Beyonce sings.
Now, Beyonce will be changing the lyric, according to multiple reports.
Among those who have spoken out against “Queen Bey” is disability advocate Hannah Diviney.
So @Beyonce used the word ‘spaz’ in her new song Heated. Feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo. Guess I’ll just keep telling the whole industry to ‘do better’ until ableist slurs disappear from music ?
— Hannah Diviney (@hannah_diviney) July 30, 2022
Beyonce is not the first singer in recent weeks to use the word “spaz” in a song and get dragged online for it.
Fans also called out Lizzo last month for a line in her song “Grrrls.”
THE LANGUAGE POLICE ARE AFTER LIZZO
“Hold my bag, b**** / Hold my bag / Do you see this s***? / I’m a spaz,” she sings in the intro.
Once Lizzo realized some fans were offended, she announced the lyric would be revised.
— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) June 13, 2022
This isn’t the first concern with Beyonce’s latest album, which was released last week.
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Singer Kelis also went after Beyonce, claiming she sampled part of her song without asking.
Despite the controversies, fans don’t appear to be canceling Beyonce. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed picked her album as the best new release last week, according to a poll from Billboard.
