<p>Beyonce will remove a derogatory term for disabled people from her new song "Heated," a spokesperson said Monday, after its use was condemned as offensive by campaigners.</p>.<p>The US pop megastar will re-record the track from her latest album "Renaissance" on which she originally sang the lyrics "Spazzin' on that ass, spazz on that ass."</p>.<p>"The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," a spokesperson for Beyonce told AFP via email.</p>.<p>Co-written with Canadian rapper Drake, the dance track appears to use the word "spaz" in the colloquial sense of temporarily losing control or acting erratically.</p>.<p>But disability campaigners noted that the word is derived from "spastic."</p>.<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spasticity is a movement disorder involving stiff muscles and awkward movement, suffered by 80 percent of people with cerebral palsy.</p>.<p>In June, US singer Lizzo re-recorded her song "Grrrls" to remove the same term following complaints that it was derogatory.</p>.<p>Australian disability campaigner Hannah Diviney said the inclusion of the word by Beyonce "feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo."</p>.<p>"Guess I'll just keep telling the whole industry to 'do better' until ableist slurs disappear from music," she tweeted.</p>.<p>Beyonce's eagerly anticipated seventh solo studio album "Renaissance" was released Friday, drawing mainly positive reviews with its nods to disco and electronic dance.</p>.<p>Other collaborators on the album -- which leaked online in the days prior to its official release -- include Nile Rodgers, Skrillex, Nigerian singer Tems, Grace Jones, Pharrell and Beyonce's rap mogul husband Jay-Z.</p>.<p>In an Instagram post published soon after the album's release, Beyonce said creating the album "allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world.</p>.<p>"My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment," she wrote.</p>.<p>"A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom."</p>
<p>Beyonce will remove a derogatory term for disabled people from her new song "Heated," a spokesperson said Monday, after its use was condemned as offensive by campaigners.</p>.<p>The US pop megastar will re-record the track from her latest album "Renaissance" on which she originally sang the lyrics "Spazzin' on that ass, spazz on that ass."</p>.<p>"The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced," a spokesperson for Beyonce told AFP via email.</p>.<p>Co-written with Canadian rapper Drake, the dance track appears to use the word "spaz" in the colloquial sense of temporarily losing control or acting erratically.</p>.<p>But disability campaigners noted that the word is derived from "spastic."</p>.<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spasticity is a movement disorder involving stiff muscles and awkward movement, suffered by 80 percent of people with cerebral palsy.</p>.<p>In June, US singer Lizzo re-recorded her song "Grrrls" to remove the same term following complaints that it was derogatory.</p>.<p>Australian disability campaigner Hannah Diviney said the inclusion of the word by Beyonce "feels like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo."</p>.<p>"Guess I'll just keep telling the whole industry to 'do better' until ableist slurs disappear from music," she tweeted.</p>.<p>Beyonce's eagerly anticipated seventh solo studio album "Renaissance" was released Friday, drawing mainly positive reviews with its nods to disco and electronic dance.</p>.<p>Other collaborators on the album -- which leaked online in the days prior to its official release -- include Nile Rodgers, Skrillex, Nigerian singer Tems, Grace Jones, Pharrell and Beyonce's rap mogul husband Jay-Z.</p>.<p>In an Instagram post published soon after the album's release, Beyonce said creating the album "allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world.</p>.<p>"My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment," she wrote.</p>.<p>"A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom."</p>