Beyonce removes ‘Milkshake’ interpolation from new track following criticism form Kelis

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A new version of new Beyonce track ‘Energy’ has appeared on some of the streaming services with an element borrowed from Kelis hit ‘Milkshake’ removed.

The rework follows criticism from Kelis last week, who said that she was not aware that a track on Beyonce’s new album ‘Renaissance’ would include an interpolation of her song, even though the writers and producers of ‘Milkshake’ had seemingly signed off on its inclusion.Kelis recorded ‘Milkshake’ with her frequent early collaborators The Neptunes – aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo – for her third album, 2003’s ’Tasty’, which was also released by the production duo’s label.She has criticised Williams and Hugo before, accusing them of backtracking on commitments regarding who would be credited on, and share in the copyright from, the songs they made together.

On many of those songs, including ‘Milkshake’, only Williams and Hugo are credited as writers.Williams and Hugo were also listed as co-writers on Beyonce’s song ‘Energy’, suggesting they had approved the inclusion of an element of ‘Milkshake’ in the new track.

However, in various social media posts last week, Kelis made it very clear she had not been consulted.And while her grievances over the ‘Milkshake’ element of ‘Energy’ was really part of her ongoing beef with Williams and Hugo, she also criticised Beyonce herself for not reaching out about the interpolation.Among other things she stated: “It’s not about me being mad about Beyonce – she is one issue because it was stupid and disrespectful, she could have at least reached out – but the real issue is that … this is a direct hit on me, Pharrell does this all the time … and the reality is that it’s frustrating, I have the right to be frustrated”.Presumably in.