“It is a results of me listening and taking motion.”
Lizzo has amended the phrases to her newest single “GRRRLS” after she obtained fan backlash over an offensive lyric.
“Let me make one factor clear,” she mentioned in a press release. “I by no means need to promote derogatory language. As a fats black lady in America, I’ve had many hurtful phrases used in opposition to me so I perceive the facility phrases can have (whether or not deliberately or in my case, unintentionally).”
“I am proud to say there is a new model of ‘GRRRLS’ with a lyric change. It is a results of me listening and taking motion. As an influential artist I am devoted to being a part of the change I have been ready to see on this planet,” she informed followers.
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Beforehand, the tune included the phrase “I’mma spaz” in it, which she modified to “maintain me again”.
One other notable artist to alter lyrics is Taylor Swift. In her 2009 tune “Image To Burn,” she initially had the phrases “inform your pals that I am obsessive and loopy /That is superb I am going to inform mine that you just’re homosexual!”
She modified the lyrics to: “inform your pals that I am obsessive and loopy / That is superb, you will not thoughts if I say.”
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In 2011, Swift informed MTV: “Now, the way in which that I might say that and the way in which that I might really feel that form of ache is so much totally different.”
In the meantime, The Black Eyed Peas modified the lyrics to their 2003 tune “Let’s Get It Began” from “let’s get r—–ed” to “let’s get it began”.
Maybe most famously, Michael Jackson altered the lyrics to his tune “They Do not Care About Us.” In an interview with Diane Sawyer, he defined precisely what occurred, which you’ll be able to watch beneath:
