Diane Warren Apologizes After Tweet Aimed at Beyoncé
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The legendary songwriter faced backlash from Beyoncé's fans on social media.
The Beyhive was all abuzz after prominent songwriter and musician Diane Warren posted a controversial tweet many assumed was about Beyoncé.
Now, Warren is apologizing for the divisive social media post.
The songwriter posted the apology on Twitter, writing, "Ok, I meant no disrespect to @Beyonce, who I've worked with and admire. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding."
The whole situation started when Warren tweeted, "How can there be 24 writers on a song?" followed shortly by a reply saying, "This isn't meant as shade, I'm just curious."
Many thought that this was talking about Beyoncé's song “Alien Superstar” on her new album Renaissance, which credits many writers of songs sampled in the track.
This tweet led to major backlash from Bey's fans, who thought Warren was shading Beyoncé. Others saw it as a legitimate question and explained the R&B singer's use of sampling.
Some fans thought that, as a songwriter herself, Warren should know about the prominence of sampling already, with one person writing, "I think it's sad you even felt the need to ask this particular question being in the business. Makes me wonder how you handle ur business with those you 'work/write' with."
Frequent Beyoncé collaborator The Dream replied to Warren, saying, "You mean [how] does our (Black) culture have so many writers, well it started because we couldn’t afford certain things starting out, so we started sampling and it became an Artform, a major part of the Black Culture (hip hop) in America. Had that era not [happened] who knows. U good?"
Warren sent back, "I didn't mean that as an attack or as disrespect. I didn't know this, thank U for making me aware of it. No need to be mean about it."
Others were a bit less harsh and genuinely informative about the history of sampling and crediting on songs, with fellow musician Questlove writing, "In these post 'Blurred Lines' times you’re gonna see a lot of it. I actually applaud her giving people a seat at the table who otherwise woulda NEVER been considered otherwise. Like she didn’t 'have to' credit the 'Show Me Love' crew but just outta respect she did them a solid."
He followed this by saying, "I pray they win the Grammy just so all 400 participants can get shine they otherwise woulda never seen."
The rest of the replies were filled with interesting conversations about sampling in music—and some not-so-helpful comments here and there–but in the end, Warren apologized for causing any offense.
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