Source:
Kevin
Mazur
/
Getty
/
Beyoncé
Did
Beyoncé
or
someone
on
her
team
rip
off
artist
Hajime
Sorayama
with
her
Renaissance
tour
visuals?
Spotted
on
TMZ,
Sorayama
called
out
Beyoncé
on
social
media
when
he
posted
some
of
his
artwork
alongside
her
Renaissance
tour
visuals,
saying
she
and
her
team
didn’t
contact
him
for
permission.
“Yo
@beyonce
You
should
have
asked
me
‘officially’
so
that
I
could
make
much
better
work
for
you
as
like
my
man
@theweeknd,”
the
post
read
per
TMZ’s
reporting.
According
to
the
celebrity
gossip
site,
many
people
were
under
the
impression
that
Queen
Bey
got
permission
to
copy
Sorayama’s
work,
but
that
was
not
the
case.
His
angry
post
doesn’t
indicate
if
he
plans
on
taking
legal
action
against
Beyoncé
and
the
people
behind
her
tour,
but
that
doesn’t
mean
he
won’t.
Social
media
has
been
reacting
to
the
news.
Of
course,
the
hive
has
their
queen’s
back,
alluding
to
Sorayama
biting
off
Mugler.
“Mugler
was
the
one
who
made
Beyoncé’s
OG
robot
suit
in
the
early
2000s
…
this
was
just
petty
and
incorrect.
Huge
ego
for
what
exactly?”
one
user
on
X,
formerly
Twitter,
wrote
in
response.
While
others
are
reveling
in
the
fact
that
someone
has
the
guts
to
call
out
Beyoncé
for
something.
“Seeing
Hajime
Sorayama
call
out
Beyoncé
saying
she
did
a
shit
job
stealing
his
designs
makes
me
happy,”
another
post
read.
We
are
willing
to
bet
that
Beyoncé
crossed
her
Ts
and
dotted
her
Is
to
ensure
something
like
this
wouldn’t
happen.
Someone
on
her
team
either
dropped
the
ball,
or
this
is
a
big
nothing.
In
the
gallery
below,
you
can
see
more
reactions
to
Beyoncé
allegedly
ripping
off
Hajime
Sorayama.
—
Photo:
Kevin
Mazur
/
Getty
