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<p><strong>Beyoncé&#8217;s</strong> <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/did-beyonce-subliminally-drag-her-cheating-husband-back-to-the-elevator-with-solange-on-renaissance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Renaissance&#8221; dropped last week</a> to much fanfare, however, some fans were not feeling a phrase she used in one of the album&#8217;s tracks.</p>
<p>In the song &#8220;Heated,&#8221; the singer includes the lyric &#8220;Sp*zzin&#8217; on that a**, sp*z on that a**,&#8221; with the word &#8220;sp*z&#8221; being viewed by the disabled community as an ableist slur.</p>
<p>She has since faced backlash for using the word, with disability advocate Hannah Diviney writing &#8220;my heart sank&#8221; when she heard it in an op-ed for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/01/when-beyonce-dropped-the-same-ableist-slur-as-lizzo-on-her-new-album-my-heart-sank"><strong>The Guardian</strong></a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Beyoncé To Replace The Word &#8220;Sp*z&#8221; On New Track After Receiving Backlash</h3>
<p>Representatives for Beyoncé confirmed that the lyric would be changed as a result in a statement obtained by <a href="https://www.insider.com/beyonc-remove-ableist-lyric-heated-renaissance-2022-8"><strong>Insider</strong></a>.</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,&#8221; the statement said.</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Lyric Replacement Comes A Month After Lizzo Made Similar Change Regarding Same Word</h3>
<p>The change in lyrics comes just a month after Lizzo made a similar announcement regarding the same word, tweeting fans that she would replace the phrase in her single &#8220;Grrrls&#8221; following backlash upon its release.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I&#8217;ve had so many hurtful words used against me so I understand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case unintentionally)&#8221; Lizzo tweeted. &#8220;I&#8217;m proud to say there&#8217;s a new version of GRRRLS with a lyric change.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">&#8220;Renaissance&#8221; Still Set To Become Beyoncé&#8217;s Seventh No. 1 Album On Billboard 200</h3>
<p>&#8220;Renaissance&#8221; has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify as of Sunday.</p>
<p>And despite the criticism, &#8220;Queen B&#8221; is set to score her seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with the new record, as &#8220;Renaissance&#8221; is projected to earn between 275,000 and 315,000 equivalent album units, according to <a href="https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&;id=332373&;title=NEW-RELEASES%253A-THE-QUEEN-RETURNS"><strong>Hits Daily Double</strong></a>.</p>
<p>What do you think, Roomies? Should Beyonce and Lizzo change the word in question, or are they protected by free speech and their artistic expression?</p>
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