Diane Warren Apologizes After Facing Backlash for 'Misunderstanding' Beyoncé's Songwriting Credits

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Beyoncé's highly anticipated seventh studio album, , has finally dropped and it's been met with critical acclaim, hilarious memes and controversy!

The latest involves songwriter Diane Warren and some seemingly shady tweets.On Monday, Warren took to Twitter, writing an apparent jab at the songwriting credits on Beyoncé’s «Alien Superstar.»«How can there be 24 writers on a song?” she wrote with a rolling-eyes emoji.

Warren claimed that her question wasn't meant to be shady, though she added in a since-deleted reply, „That's 23 more than on mine.“ features plenty of sampling and interpolation; »Alien Superstar" samples Foremost Poets' «Moonraker,» Right Said Fred's «I'm Too Sexy,» «Do It Your Way» by Mood II Swing, which itself sampled «Black Theater Speech» by Barbara Ann Teer, which also makes an appearance in the song.

Thus, «Alien Superstar»s 24 credits. This isn't meant as shade, I'm just curiousAlthough Warren later commented that the samples in the music likely contributed to the numerous credited writers, members of Beyoncé's protective BeyHive took offense to the veteran songwriter's comments. «It's quite simple,” one person replied to Warren. „If you sample/interpolate several songs within a new recording, all of those original songwriters receive credit along with those who contributed to the new composition.“Another added, „As one of the greatest songwriters of all time, I think you know how lol.“ While a third commented, „This is kind of a boring narrative at this point and it's sad to see artists' attempt to devalue one another.“But it wasn't only fans taking Warren to task, musicians also stepped in to educate the songwriter on why her tweets were taken so harshly.