Beyoncé songwriter FINALLY reveals ‘Becky with the good hair’… and it’s not Rachel Roy or Rita Ora
Megastar's collaborator Diana Gordon explains the truth about those famous lyrics
A SONGWRITER for Beyoncé has finally revealed the truth about the singer’s alleged nemesis “Becky with the good hair”.
Diana Gordon worked with Beyoncé on the track Sorry, which contains the famous lyrics “He only want me when I’m not there/He better call Becky with the good hair” – widely interpreted to be a reference to Bey’s husband Jay Z’s mistress.
Various women were alleged to be the mysterious Becky, including designer Rachel Roy and singer Rita Ora.
However Diana suggested in an interview with that the real Becky is in fact… no one in particular.
Discussing the reaction to the song, which features on Beyoncé’s hit visual album Lemonade, she said: “I laughed, like this is so silly. Where are we living?
She explained that the idea of Becky started in her own mind, not Beyoncé’s, though the singer has now made it her own.
She said: “It’s not mine anymore. It was very funny and amusing to me to watch it spread over the world.
“If it’s not going to be me saying it, and the one person in the world who can say it is Beyoncé, I was f**king happy.”
Diana, who also wrote Daddy Lessons and Don’t Hurt Yourself for Beyoncé, added that the megastar is a “scientist of songs”, explaining: “I’ve never seen anyone work the way she works. She definitely changes the song structures.
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“She can take two songs, say, ‘I like two lines, I like the melody then let me use that for a verse and a bridge and write the whole middle.’ It’s more of a collaboration. You never know what she’ll like.”
She added: “I came to her with a bunch of songs and she was like, ‘I like that verse, I like the idea.’ But she definitely doesn’t take things as is, at least not from me.”