Beyoncé has been accused of copyright infringement in a new lawsuit targeting her US No 1 hit song Break My Soul.
The song samples Explode by Big Freedia, a New Orleans vocalist who performs bounce, a subgenre of insistent high-tempo dance music. Another bounce group, Da Showstoppaz, are alleging that Big Freedia’s Explode infringed the copyright of their 2002 track Release a Wiggle. Explode slightly alters the title phrase to “release your wiggle” in its repeated chorus, and that phrase was part of the track sampled by Beyoncé.
