The Dream is reviewing songwriter Diane Warren for questioning how an artist like Beyoncé could have 24 writers on a song, Warren later apologizes

Not a hint of shadow fell on it beyonce makes it past their trusty Beyhive or their most trusted associates. Such was the case when songwriter Terius “The dreamNash gave fellow songwriter Diane Warren a music history lesson.

Warren is no newcomer to the music industry. She has songwriting credits on records for DeBarge, Tina Turner, Cher, Patti Labelle, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion, Jon Batiste; and the list goes on and on.

But Warren caused quite a stir on August 1 when she vaguely questioned how an artist could have 24 writers on a single song.

While she didn’t mention Beyoncé’s name in the tweet, her timing was hard to interpret as pure coincidence. Beyoncé’s fans and Nash apparently interpreted the unique question as an attempt to take a subtle swipe at the entertainer. The “Break My Soul” singer released her seventh solo studio album, Renaissance, on July 29. The record contains 16 tracks including “Alien Superstar” which features more than 20 songwriters.

Warren quickly followed with a tweet saying, “Ok, it’s prob samples summing up the number of authors.” But by then it was already too late to stop the onslaught of comments, including those from Nash, to stop. The mega producer held little to nothing as he briefed Warren on the history of sampling and its importance to black artists.

“You mean how does our (black) culture have so many writers, well, it started because we couldn’t afford certain things, so we started sampling and it became an art form, a big part of black culture (hip – hop). in America. If that era hadn’t happened, who knows. You good?” he wrote in response to Warren’s initial request.

Warren previously worked with Beyoncé on the ballad “I Was Here,” which is included on the singer’s album 4. Nash regularly collaborates with the Grammy-winning singer, including on her latest album.

He continued, “By the way, I know it’s not a one-on-one writing contest that you’re not looking for from anyone here … you don’t want that smoke and you know I love you, but come on.” Stop pretending your records weren’t sampled.”

The Oscar-nominated songwriter replied to her industry peer, “I didn’t mean that as an attack or disrespect. I didn’t know that, thanks U for bringing this to my attention. You don’t have to be mean.”

In the end, Warren expressed that her question wasn’t meant to shadow Beyoncé and that she “sorry for the misunderstanding.” The singer’s fans have yet to accept the apology. Online, they’ve posted comments like “She says her question wasn’t a shadow but the shadiest emoji that followed” and “She was shady if you saw her whole thread she knew when a song was sampled the artists got credit.” . ”

Finishing his tweets for the evening, Nash wrote, “All G. But don’t do that, it’s young writers, producers and artists who need to know how to do it and what their contribution is value it. We’re all not so lucky in the beginning. Every idea is art. I think it’s more fun together and I could be wrong.”