Accused of having used a sample without authorization, Beyoncé replies

Beyoncé is formal: she did not illegally use the Right Said Fred sample.

One of the titles of

, the new opus of the pop superstar, is indeed very similar to

, the hit of the 1990s of the British group.

And in an article in The

, the members of the formation took the liberty of clashing with Queen Bey, saying that she was "arrogant" because she had not even asked to be able to use a sample of the title.

Something to annoy Beyoncé, who responded to these allegations.

“The comments made by Right Said Fred claiming that Beyoncé used

in (the song)

without permission are misguided and incredibly derogatory.

Permission was not only granted for its use, but they have publicly spoken of their gratitude for being on the album…,” reads a statement carried by

.

Pleasant

Beyoncé's agents also added that it was impossible for Right Said Fred not to have been aware of the use of her sample prior to the release of the album, since the band members themselves admitted that it " was nice” to be credited on

.

They had indeed published a message to this effect on their Twitter account, on July 22, before the release of the new opus of the star.

The post has since apparently been deleted.

The representatives of the interpreter of

have even gone further.

They have publicly revealed the dates of the title's licensing process.

Thus, they made it known that the request was sent “on May 11, 2022” to their publisher, who responded favorably “on June 15, 2022”.

"They were paid for this use in August 2022," they add.

Right Said Fred, who recently licensed Drake and Taylor Swift to use her title, isn't the first artist to criticize Beyoncé for using samples in

.

Kelis went after his colleague last August, claiming that his title

had been sampled without his consent.

Since then, the title has been changed on some streaming platforms to no longer include this excerpt from the 2003 hit.

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