Queens supporting queens! Beyoncé expressed her deep appreciation for Madonna after the duo launched their new single “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” on Friday.
Madonna, 63, took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, August 8, to share a heartfelt notice the “Halo” singer, 40, despatched her together with a bouquet of flowers.
“Thanks, Queen. I’m so grateful for you,” the message learn. “You will have opened so many doorways for therefore many ladies. You’re a masterpiece genius. Thanks for permitting me to sing in your tune and thanks for naming the remix!!!! Love at all times and endlessly, B.”
Madonna, for her half, subsequently thanked the previous Future’s Youngster member for the gesture, captioning the image, “❤️❤️thanks!! from one 👑 to a different 👑. I like the Re-Combine! @beyonce ❤️❤️,” earlier than sharing a second snap of the flowers, which included lilies and white roses.
Beyoncé’s newest remix — which is her fifth collaboration for the tune — samples Madonna’s hit pop anthem “Vogue,” whereas paying tribute to legendary Black feminine artists, together with Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross.
Following the discharge of Renaissance in July, the Texas native took to social media to thank her followers for his or her unfaltering loyalty.
“Thanks on your unwavering help,” she wrote by way of Instagram on the time. “Thanks for being affected person. We’re going to take out time and Benefit from the music. I’ll proceed to present my all and do my finest to convey you pleasure. I Love You Deep.”
Whereas the report rapidly earned each fan and significant acclaim, it has additionally garnered its fair proportion of controversy. At some point previous to the album’s launch, Kelis claimed that the “Formation” singer used a pattern of her 2003 hit “Milkshake” with out permission.
“My thoughts is blown too as a result of the extent of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 events concerned is astounding,” the New York native mentioned by way of Instagram on the time. “I heard about this the identical means everybody else did. Nothing is ever because it appears, a few of the folks on this enterprise haven’t any soul or integrity they usually have everybody fooled.”
Whereas Beyoncé has seemingly since eliminated the pattern, the album, which is the “Loopy In Love” artist’s seventh studio launch, as soon as once more got here underneath fireplace when followers started to criticize the Dreamgirls star for utilizing the phrase “spazz” in her tune “Heated” — a slang time period derived from the phrase “spastic” and thought of to be derogatory towards folks with spastic cerebral palsy.
The “Single Women” singer, nevertheless, rapidly responded to the suggestions, making the required modifications. “The phrase, not used deliberately in a dangerous means, will likely be changed,” learn an August 1 assertion from the songwriter’s group. Nonetheless, Monica Lewinsky additionally requested the Grammy Award winner to change lyrics from her tune “Partition,” which identify drops the anti-bullying advocate, 49, referencing her affair with Invoice Clinton.
“Uhmm, whereas we’re at it… #Partition,” Lewinsky tweeted in August, in response to the information that “Heated” would eradicate the ablest slur.
