Beyoncé has agreed to swap out a lyric on her new album “Renaissance” after some fans were offended.
On the song “Heated”, she uses the word “spaz”…twice…and that drew backlash from the disabled community, which considers the word an ableist slur.
Beyoncé was using “spaz” as a loose slang for “freaking out” or “going crazy”…but it’s derived from the word “spastic,” which is demeaning and insensitive to people with spastic cerebral palsy.
It’s unclear how or when Beyoncé will replace the lyric. The existing line was: “Spazzin’ on that a**, spazz on that a**.”
Lizzo came under fire for using the same term a couple months ago. And like Beyoncé, she agreed to change it. Beyoncé apparently missed that in her News Feed.
(CNN)