Beyoncé surprised almost everyone when she dropped her Blue Ivy featuring, politically charged new music video “Formation (Dirty)”.
After a quiet 2015, this marks the singer’s second video of 2015, having starred in Coldplay’s “Hymn’s for the Weekend” as a Bollywood actress, a role that was criticised for “appropriating Indian culture”.
“Formation” is Beyoncé’s first new track since the 2014 re-release of her self-titled album, which was, at the time, also a surprise release. Watch the video below.
-- Less than 24 hours after its release (and over 4m YouTube views later), two filmmakers have claimed some of the footage used is stolen from a documentary they worked on.
Chris Black wrote on Twitter that the “new Beyoncé video used hella clips from the doc I produced and directed.”
The documentary he was referring to was the 9 minute long That B.E.A.T. which centres on ‘NOLA bounce culture’ and was directed by Abteen Bagheri.
Black continued: “I guess it's flattering that people f*ck with the things you've created but also frustrating when they want to use it like it's theirs.” --
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