Beyonce fans react to Diane Warren apparently shading the singer for using 24 songwriters

While Beyonce’s legions of fans enjoy her new album Renaissance — her first album since 2016’s Lemonade — some have defended her against a shadow supposedly thrown her way by Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren.

Warren, 65, took to Twitter on Monday, asking, “How can there be 24 writers on a song?” with a rolling eyes emoji.

The tweet – apparently in reference to Beyonce’s song Alien Superstar – was not well received by BeyHive, with fans bashing her for everything from her age to not knowing how the samples work.

How: Warren, 65, took to Twitter on Monday asking, “How can there be 24 writers on one song?” with rolling eyes emoji

Her tweet – sent early Monday morning – apparently exploded instantly, angering fans who thought she was sending shade to Beyonce.

Warren tried to tone down that idea, tweeting 15 minutes later, “It’s not meant to be shade, I’m just curious.”

About 20 minutes later, she seemed to have it figured out, tweeting, “Okay, these are proof samples adding up the number of writers.”

Shade: Her tweet – sent early Monday morning – apparently exploded instantly, angering fans who thought she was sending shade to Beyonce

No shade: Warren tried to tone down that notion, tweeting 15 minutes later, ‘It’s not meant to be shade, I’m just curious’

Samples: About 20 minutes later, she seemed to get it, tweeting, ‘Okay, these are sample samples adding up the number of writers’

That didn’t stop a number of fans from chiming in, including Twitter user Lisa McGuire, who said, “Samples and multiple tweens!” I’m a music supervisor and I have them clear sometimes.

Another Twitter user named Dylan asked, “How have you been in the game for 80 years and you don’t know how samples work?” Warren replied, “Because I don’t use them.”

Twitter user TaylorBold added, “Likewise you have 13 nominations and no wins,” along with a photo of his 13 Oscar nominations.

Samples: That still hasn’t stopped a number of fans from participating, including Twitter user Lisa McGuire, who said, “Multiple samples and tweens! I’m a music supervisor and I got ’em clear sometimes’

Don’t: Another Twitter user named Dylan asked, “How have you been in the game for 80 years and don’t know how samples work?” Warren replied: “Because I don’t use them”

Same: Twitter user TaylorBold added: ‘Same way you got 13 nominations and no wins’, along with a photo of his 13 Oscar nominations

This started a brief exchange, where Warren joked, “But I have 13 more nominations than U” while another fan, J, added, “Exactly, the nominations”. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

Warren asked, ‘How much do you have?’ as J replied, “Same wins as you, xoxo.”

Fellow recording artist The-Dream explained, “You mean how does our (black) culture have so many writers, well, it started because we couldn’t afford certain things at the time. starting, so we started sampling and it became an art form, a big part of black (hip hop) culture in America. If that time hadn’t happened, who knows. You’re okay ?

Nominations: This started a brief exchange, where Warren joked: ‘But I have 13 more nominations than U’ while another fan, J, added: ‘Exactly, nominations’. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride’

Wins: Warren asked, “How many do you have?” as J replied, “Same wins as you, xoxo”

Explain: Fellow recording artist The-Dream explained, “You mean, how does our (Black) culture have so many writers? Well, it started because we couldn’t afford some things in the beginning. So we started sampling and it became an art form. , an important part of black (hip hop) culture in America. If that era hadn’t happened who knows. You alright ?

Warren replied, “I didn’t mean that as an attack or disrespect. I didn’t know that, thanks for letting me know. No need to be mean with that.

She also sent a number of other tweets, including one where she called out a Twitter user ac**t for calling her ‘grandma’ and another where she sent a middle finger emoji to someone who said she was 65, adding, “Cool U can count. How many fingers do I raise ‘

Warren seemingly conceded his argument a few hours later, tweeting: ‘Ok I meant no disrespect to @beyonce who I have worked with and admire. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.

Beyonce herself has yet to publicly respond to any of the tweets.

No Attack: Warren replied, “I didn’t mean that as an attack or disrespect. I didn’t know that, thanks for letting me know. No need to be mean about it’

Count: She also sent a number of other tweets, including one where she called out a Twitter user ac**t for calling her ‘grandma’ and another where she sent a finger emoji middle to someone who said she was 65, adding, “Cool You can count. How many fingers do I raise ‘

Sorry: Warren apparently conceded his argument a few hours later, tweeting: ‘Ok I meant no disrespect to @beyonce who I have worked with and admire. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding’