According to Azealia Banks, Beyoncé’s new country songs are “pale in comparison to literally every single artist making contemporary white americana country music.”
Azealia Banks shared her candid thoughts on Beyonce’s new country phase on social media last month. She received a great deal of criticism from the BeyHive, as was to be expected. The hitmaker’s “lazy” attempt to break into a new genre with “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” and “16 CARRIAGES,” in her opinion, fell flat. Instead of trying to “stop the madness,” she advised Beyonce to just let experts like K. Michelle handle it.
A few weeks following Banks’ public outburst of criticism, Billboard released an article detailing her several high-profile conflicts. She now suspects Beyonce of being somehow involved. She quickly responded on Instagram, criticizing the singer and her spouse for what she claims is a smear campaign.
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“It’s getting EVEN MORE evident that you allow your employees to be paid to spout any nonsense in these feeble attempts to shape narratives,” the speaker remarked. “However, their team paid for this shoddy attempt at damage control by using my message about Beyoncé and the R.O.C.’s treatment of black female artists and writers behind the scenes and her bold expectation that black women would somehow join her in a moment of pride for being ‘the first black woman to top the country charts’ (ugh, I nearly puked).”
“It’s pathetic that in 2024, a global superstar and her husband are relying on these offensively infantilizing terms like ‘first black woman (to spend payola at country radio LOL)’ as if she deserves something special just for being black,” she continued. “It’s obviously to pump some steam into the curious attempt to ‘disrupt’ the power structure of the music industry with their own DSP – Tidal.” “This post-BLM propaganda isn’t masking how both songs pale in comparison to literally every single artist making contemporary white americana country music.” What do you think about Azealia Banks’ claim that Beyonce and her entourage are smearing her with bad press? Please leave your comments in the space provided below, and check back with TGtrends for more updates.