Lainey Wilson Under Fire, Accused Of Stealing Beyoncé’s Aesthetic

Days after Snoop Dogg invited nation music star Lainey Wilson on stage with him to carry out throughout his Netflix Christmas Day particular, followers have been criticizing the “Coronary heart Like A Truck” singer, accusing her of stealing Queen Beyoncé‘s nation aesthetic.

After Netflix shared a picture of Wilson carrying an all-white, cowboy-inspired costume for Snoop Dogg’s Christmas Day efficiency, many followers flooded the feedback to argue that the award-winning artist had really copied Beyoncé, who carried out in the same look the 12 months earlier than.

“So, as soon as once more… they copied Beyoncé,” a person wrote, whereas one other commented, “Child, I swear it is deja vu,” referencing a lyric from Beyoncé’s second studio album, “B’day.”

The comparisons did not cease there, although, as many others crammed the remark part with Beyoncé gifs and memes.

“So, y’all copied and pasted final 12 months’s efficiency? Received it…” one other wrote.

A 12 months in the past, Beyoncé gave her first-ever reside efficiency of songs from her genre-bending eighth studio album, “Cowboy Carter.”

The efficiency was a spectacle of lights, fireworks, and flying objects, with Beyoncé prancing across the large soccer area for practically quarter-hour.

She was wearing all white, carrying a large white cowboy hat and curly hair.

The particular, titled “Beyoncé Bowl,” was really acknowledged for its costuming, because it won an Emmy for “Excellent Costumes For a Selection, Nonfiction, Or Actuality Program.”

“This present was a reclamation of house in addition to a visible love letter to Black cowboys, country-music icons, Texas legends, and Black tradition,” stated Shiona Turini, one of many particular’s costume designers.

“The conversations have been all the time evolving. The furry chaps on the dancers have been undoubtedly a nod to Black cowboys, the studded Levi’s denims, that unimaginable picture of Linda Martell [from Ebony magazine] sitting on the fence. It was about exploring what it means to be Black within the Western house and paying homage,” she stated.

After all, Beyoncé followers are fiercely protecting of their queen, given the pushback she acquired from nation singers and radio stations after the legendary artist introduced she was releasing a country-inspired album.

Nation star Luke Bryan broke his silence on the singer’s obvious CMA snub, calling it a “difficult” state of affairs. “I am all for everyone coming in and making nation albums and all that. However simply by declaring that, simply because she made one. I do not want [a nomination], simply ‘trigger I make one,” he stated.

Persevering with, Bryan appeared to criticize Beyoncé for not being “nation” sufficient. However the place issues get a bit difficult, and, and you recognize, in case you’re gonna make nation albums, come into our world and be nation with us a bit bit. Beyoncé can do it precisely what she needs to. She’s in all probability the largest star in music,” he stated.

Earlier than this 12 months’s Christmas Day halftime present, Wilson had given Beyoncé her flowers throughout public interviews and expressed her pleasure concerning the singer’s journey into nation.

“I find it irresistible,” Wilson said. “The extra the merrier. I am like, once more, it is about storytelling. It is nearly making individuals really feel at residence, and all people needs to really feel at residence.”

Wilson took it even additional, seemingly defending Beyoncé from the naysayers who spoke poorly of her two singles, “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.”