"Any artist, including Beyoncé, can wear whatever another artist
wore, but that multiplicity gets suspicious and easily pegged as
stealing. But more bothersome than Bey’s
inspiration-turned-imitation act – and less subtle as her career
progresses – is that she’s playing off the risks that other artists have
been brave enough to take (and appropriately praised for) instead of
challenging herself and taken some herself. Perhaps visual and dance concepts don’t come as naturally to her as vocal prowess, but I’m doubtful that she can recruit those for which it does. Even as a vocal performer, Beyonce is more of a canvas than a creator."
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This is coming in after pop singer Kerli posted a side-by-side photo on her Facebook page on Monday, 29th April, of her and Beyoncé donning the same Amato Haute Couture dress. The photo of Beyoncé comes from the pages of her 2013 "Mrs. Carter Show" tour book, showing that she copied the look from Kerli.
Billboard Magazine, in the article, listed Beyonce’s more notorious creative thefts over the years. Go HERE to see the full piece on Billboard. Chai! They yabbed Beyonce, no be small.
That was rather harsh........ Ouch! True, but ouch!
ReplyDeleteBeyonce can sing but is not creative at all. She needs to change her creative team if she has one, if not she needs to hire one.
ReplyDeleteOk, I checked out the Op-ed site and truth be told, I prefer Beyonce's spin to all the videos. And i don't think she should be crucified cos she took someone's concept and built on it. I don't get what the intense anger is about over what she did.
ReplyDeleteBuilding on the concept of some one else isn't bad, not when you do it so many times. It means she just waits for others to do the thinking while she snatches the ideas and make them hers. Not professional and not cool.
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