Taylor Swift gets dragged for ‘copying Beyonce’s homework’

Beyonce fans, popularly referred to as “The Beyhive”, have been on Taylor Swift’s case for hours following her Billboard Music Awards performance which was eerily similar to Beyonce’s historic Coachella performance.

The scene begins as drummers file into the auditorium in an orderly fashion, all dressed in soft pink before the stage opens up and Taylor Swift emerges wearing a sequined, one-sleeved bodysuit with fringe at the waist. She is then joined by dancers who are all dressed similarly.

Despite the slight differences, this mimics the opening of Bey’s performance in late 2018.

The Queen @beyonce opening #Beychella #coachella 😍 pic.twitter.com/rXRkQRf9sj

— MINA SAYWHAT (@minasaywhat) April 15, 2018

Fans went on to point out further similarities on Twitter under the hashtag #Mayochella before the discussion spiralled into a race to determine who did it first.

https://twitter.com/kinseyschofield/status/1123772817571446784

Taylor: “Ayye can i copy your homework”
Beyonce : “yeah but change it up a little bit” pic.twitter.com/sN8xCZGItS

— Crimson (@AetonX) May 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/simmiehendrxx/status/1123780867703308289

Taylors performance was pretty, but in terrible taste. Wasnt backed up with good talent, choreo, or… Much else. There was glitter, umbrellas, and The Bits of Beyonces 2018 Coachella Headline… #Mayochella was Not it.

Ps: A drumline is not a Prop

— thee journey . (@Taitheehuman) May 3, 2019

Taylor Swift, imma let you finish but, Beyoncé had the greatest drumline of all time.

— Natalie Caña (Updates Only) (@NatCanaWrites) May 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/WannasWorld/status/1123753723631677441

https://twitter.com/SchmahlNaomi/status/1124019894612262912

So Taylor Swift stole from Beyoncé who stole from Gwen Stefani who stole from Fleetwood Mac in the 1970s?
Dumb Asses.#Beyonce #TaylorSwift #DumbFukcz pic.twitter.com/vu0XjaUDeG

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— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) May 2, 2019

Why is the beehive mad cause Taylor Swifter drumline? Beyonce wasn't the 1st and won't be the last. She doesn't own the rights to having one. They did share similar things. But the beehive act like she is God. NOT! pic.twitter.com/kybJaLNGdW

— Patricia Juanita TaylorWalker (@PTaylorwalker) May 2, 2019

Swift has even been accused of baiting the public for some publicity.

I know for a fact Taylor’s team is baiting the public with this one. Instead of giving the public a solid good performance, they gave #BillboardMusicAwards a weird under-rehearsed #homecoming performance knowing the public would make the comparison, so her name would trend #SMH https://t.co/LYQXtt59eE

— MEFeaterCEO (@GabrielleAmani) May 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/ShanghaiTheDon/status/1123926495477547009

Beyonce fans relentlessly made fun of Swift by remixing Beyonce’s lyrics and using them as captions for her photos.

"Prove to me you got some co-lo-ni-sa-tion" https://t.co/lNrzCPi85T

— Oumuamua 🇵🇸 (@Khuze_Elikhulu) May 2, 2019

https://twitter.com/Tlhogi_Ng/status/1124014170758840324

https://twitter.com/jaichanellie/status/1123982824393052161

To top off the blatant imitation, Swift took to Twitter to announce that she would be releasing the live rehearsal audio from the Billboard Music Awards performance on vinyl and CD, much like Beyonce did by releasing the live audio from her Coachella performance as an album titled Homecoming.

THIS WAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUN POSSIBLE. And for the first time ever I’m releasing the live rehearsal audio from this performance on vinyl and CD from @BBMAs on my site. Thank you to every performer up there with us tonight!!! 💗💗💗💗💗 pic.twitter.com/MBHGP99Zxz

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 2, 2019

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