Responding to comments from fans and detractors, Kelis declared she “won” by Beyoncé removing the sample and also called the Beyhive “a joke.” Beyond that, she also responded to an interesting point.

Kelis called out Beyoncé on Instagram for not having the "decency" to contact her before using it. She also called out Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited on the track. Kelis has publicly ...

The interpolation can no longer be heard on "Energy" if you stream the song on Apple Music or Tidal. Last week, Kelis said it was "disrespectful" that she wasn't contacted before the song was used.

Sparking a bickerfest practically engineered to go viral, Kelis called out fellow R&B diva Beyoncé yesterday on Instagram, saying that Bey’s use of her 2003 smash-hit “Milkshake,” on the newly-dropped ...

Beyoncé‘s album Renaissance has been well-received by many fans and other artists, but not “Milkshake” singer Kelis. She called out Beyoncé on social media after the album released for not giving her ...

Beyoncé's Renaissance is a critical and commercial success—and has been rapturously welcomed by fans who had waited six years for its release—but her seventh solo album has also sparked a pretty big ...

If you’re old enough to remember when albums could only be edited before their release, congratulations on making it to the future. For a second time since “Renaissance” dropped (checks notes) four ...

On Renaissance, Beyoncé goes out of her way to cite, credit, and compensate her influences, resulting in a triumph of musical curation. Just look at “Alien Superstar”: the song credits 24 people, ...

Sharp-eared fans who pressed play on Beyonce’s new album Renaissance today may have noticed that a couple of the songs sound slightly different than they did on Friday when it dropped. On one song, ...

On July 25, 2022, four days before Beyoncé was set to stop the world with her new album Renaissance, a Kelis fan page on Instagram claimed that a track would sample one of the hip-hop artist’s early ...

Update (Wednesday, August 3, at 10 a.m.): Beyoncé has removed the interpolation of Kelis’s “Milkshake” from the song “Energy.” Neither Beyoncé nor Williams has commented on the edit. It’s not the only ...