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Beyonce has been accused (yet again) of her “original” stealing ideas.
This time her performance of “Run the World (Girls)” during the 2011 Billboard Awards show is at issue… with many top blogs comparing the two and accusing Miss. B of stealing her performance from a February 2010 performance by Italian pop star Lorella Cuccarini.
A side by side comparison of the two is indisputable.
Lorella’s influence can be seen when watching the shows side-by-side. It feels as though Beyoncé’s team used Lorella’s show as a template and personalized it by changing out some of the details. Not only does Beyoncé use some of the same scenes Lorella used, but they fall in the same sequence.
Bey’s Billboard performance is full of obvious similarities…
So if your question is ‘was Beyonce’s Billboard Awards performance a copy?’… the answer is “yes”… but we already knew that.
Plus Beyonce has fessed up.
Video of the two performances side by side + Bey’s explanation below:
Video: Beyonce vs. Lorella Cuccarini
Beyoncé clarified speculation about the motivation for her cutting-edge show Monday when she explained that seeing Lorella’s interactive video performance made her want to make her own version.
“My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much,” Beyonce told AOL Music.
“I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards.” (source)
Lorella has given Beyonce props for admitting she ganked her sh*t clearing things up… and so do I.
Watch Beyonce’s full Billboard performance HERE.
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*sigh* Performance jacked, but wig SNATCHED!! LOL!
Not a shock at all. She has been biting others style for years! When JLO was hot she bit her style constantly.
Oh so NOT original! I am dissapointed now after watching the side by side videos. Still like the song.
Who really cares…everybody copies somebody…otherwise we’d all be naked…lol
Imitation is the highest form of flattery and there is nothing new under the sun.
Nonetheless, during her acceptance speech she could have cited the italian singer and her team for their inspiration.
Nothing is new under the sun.
Of course, if it was done by the same people there would be similarities. But the right people got credit for the work. Come on now there have been lots of artist’s who get little pieces from other artists.. Bey is still the shit.
Has Bey ever been original since she went solo? A great performer. Not a great originator.
Are you kidding me?!?!?! WTF is wrong with Beyonce man
Come up with ONE original idea for pete sakes
I bet if those blogs hadn’t started accusing her of copying somebody, she wouldda tried to get away with it as her idea.
Im officially over Queen bitch
as much copying she does off of others, u would think she would do more to pay homage to those she has been inspired by i.e. jlo, ciara, the at last lady, tina turner and the list goes on and on. ppl dont require much if her tho..as long as she look and sound good her character means nothing to ppl
This no talent having has been jacking from others since the beginning of her undeserved career and will still jack others until the very end of it. She’s nothing iconic or great. She’s the epitome of mediocre that has a good team behind her. She’s so overrated that it’s digesting.
With all the accusations levied upon her, specifically her very-well-documented stealing habits, is she really as talented as her stans seem to think she is? And Jay-Z has been known to steal ideas from others, as well. Both seem to think they can get away with it, because of who they are. They think we don’t care if we find out that they have marginal talent, at best. Do you really honestly earn your money, if you steal ideas from others to make said money?
A list of marginally or less than marginally talented people who have managed to make good:
Janet Jackson (singing)…I like her acting much better.
Jennifer Lopez (everything)
Lisa Ray (acting)
Stacey Dash (acting)
Ja Rule (rapping)…actually, many rappers
Gabrielle Union (acting)
Etc., etc.
2 be honestly truthful Beyonce is a copycat.I would love 2 c her b original. As far as Jayz is concern he is just some1 dat should have shown Beyonce how 2 b herself n be true 2 her fans.But as long as Jay is n the picture we will never c da real perfomance of originality dat she do have n her.Beyonce go 2 acting and stick with dat.Be a leader not a follower.I wonder wut Rihanna has 2 say about dis?Lol
Tell us something we aren’t used to hearing…that being said she a great performer lesson learned or maybe not.
It is the one of the greatest visual artists of the 20th century, Picasso, who said…
"Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal."
Never have truer words been spoken.
Nothing has, is, or will ever be original, things always come from somewhere. They might be from lots of different sources, from little known things, or may be cobbled together in unexpected ways, but nothing creative truly comes out of nowhere.
So the folks talking about people needing to be original need to check themselves, because originality is a myth.
Isn’t an artist supposed to be CREATIVE? What do we expect from a NO BRAINER? DUH?
Yes, I can agree she copied it! I give props to Lorella for her originality……..but Bey performed the sh!+ out of it!! and she made it her own. Everyone copies that’s what makes the world go round, but the important thing is you make it your own. You copy somebody everyday when you put on YOUR clothes, when you speak, etc. GET OVER IT PEOPLE, SO MUCH DAMN HATE THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE FREAKIN WORLD