Beyoncé confirmed she will remove an "ableist" lyric used in a song on her new "Renaissance" album following online backlash from the disability rights community.
The 40-year-old artist will change the word "spaz" from the 11th anthem on the catalog, "Heated," to another, as yet undetermined, term. "The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," a representative for Beyoncé told Fox News Digital.
Beyoncé heard the calls to change an "ableist" and offensive lyric on one of her songs on her new "Renaissance" album.The award-winning artist is pictured at the Grammys in 2021. (Kevin Winter) In the song, which is co-written by rapper Drake, Beyoncé sings the line: "Spazzin' on that ass, spazz on that ass." The word has often been used to negatively reference people with disabilities.
The 16-track album, which officially debuted on Friday, is her first solo release since "Lemonade" in 2016 and marks her seventh studio album. "So @Beyonce used the word 'spaz' in her new song Heated," Hannah Diviney tweeted. "Feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo.
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