CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

People reports:

Kelis is one of many musicians whose work is sampled on Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance — and the “Bossy” hitmaker feels disrespected.

Queen B’s new song “Energy” includes an interpolation of Kelis’ 2003 signature hit “Milkshake,” on which Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes are the sole credited writers and producers.

(Williams, 49, and Hugo, 48, are credited as co-writers on “Energy,” per Genius — Kelis, 42, whose vocals do not appear on the Renaissance track, is not.)

Pitchfork reports:

Kelis made her remarks in the comment section of a post from the @kelistrends fan page.

“My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter ignorance of all 3 parties involved is astounding,” she commented from the verified account for her company Bounty & Full.

“I heard about this the same way everyone else did. Nothing is ever as it seems , some of the people in this business have no soul or integrity and they have everyone fooled.” In a subsequent comment, Kelis wrote, “it’s not a collab it’s theft.”