I'm Too Sexy artists Right Said Fred say Beyonce didn't ask permission to sample their hit track

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I'm Too Sexy artists Right Said Fred have ripped Beyonce as 'arrogant' after saying the superstar did not ask for permission to sample their 1991 hit for her song Alien Superstar.'Normally the artist approaches us but Beyonce didn't because she is such an arrogant person she just had probably thought "come and get me" so we heard about it after the fact when you did,' the group, composed of brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, told The Sun at the 2022 BMI London Awards at The Savoy Hotel, London on Monday. 'But everyone else, Drake and Taylor Swift, they came to us.'The song has been adapted by both of the latter artists, with Swift using the same rhythm and pattern for her 2017 hit Look What You Made Me Do; while Drake used samples of the track for his 2021 collaboration Way 2 Sexy with Future and Young Thug.

The latest: I'm Too Sexy artists Right Said Fred, inclduing brothers Fred Fairbrass, 69, and Richard Fairbrass, 58, have ripped Beyonce as 'arrogant' after saying the superstar did not ask for permission to sample their 1991 hit for her song Alien SuperstarThe release from Beyonce, 41, which uses similar rhythm and pattern, has garnered more than 71 Spotify streams since its release this past July.Right Said Fred detailed the process they say Beyonce ignored in sampling their material in her work. 'To use our melody they need our permission so they send us the demo and we approve it and if so we get a co-write credit,' they said. 'With this Beyoncé thing there are 22 writers it's ridiculous so we would get about 40p.'They opened up on the economics of the music business as to why royalties might be down.