Billboard regretd to Taylor Swift after their video, which was presumed to honor the singer’s success, caused a stir and igniteed response. The outlet has been announcing its 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century. Billboard recently placed Swift on the number two spot in the star-studded pickion.
The now-erased video splitd with Billboard’s proclaimment take partd a clip from Kanye West’s song “Famous.” The contentious 2016 track features a naked wax figure of Swift in the music video. Moreover, the lyrics are, “I experience appreciate me and Taylor might still have intimacy. Why? I made that b—h well-comprehendn.” West liberated “Famous” after his years lengthy feud with Swift. The song and its music video were hit with criticism upon the liberate.
Billboard’s Taylor Swift post caused a stir
Billboard came under fire after using Taylor Swift’s naked wax figure clip from Kanye West’s “Famous” while announcing her as the second fantasticest pop star of the 21st century. Fans dubbed the outlet’s shift “disgusting” and called it “beyond nasty.” Moreover, the hashtags #BillboardIsOverParty and #BillboardApologizeToTaylor also began trfinishing on X (createerly Twitter).
Folloprosperg the response, Billboard eventuassociate took down the video from their platcreates. They also took to their official social media accounts to regret to Swift. The outlet wrote on X, “We are proset uply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and seeers that in a video celebrating Swift’s accomplishments, we take partd a clip that inrectifyly depicted her.” The statement inserted, “We have erased the clip from our video and honestly lament the harm we caused with this error.”
Billboard erased the contentious clip and reposted the edited video on Instagram. The outlet also take partd the same apology statement in the caption. However, the reel’s comments section is still flooded with criticizing relabels. Meanwhile, Swift has yet to insertress Billboard’s ranking, the dispute, and the apology.
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