Beyoncé is being accused of ripping off the artwork of Japanese designer Hajime Sorayama.
Sorayama announced on Instagram (Dec 11) that the Grammy winner, 42, did not ask him for permission before allegedly using his futuristic sketches and ensembles as part of her “Renaissance” tour visuals.
“Yo @beyonce 🤘 You should have asked me ‘officially’ so that I could make much better work for you as like my man @theweeknd ✊,” Sorayama captioned a five-photo slideshow that compared his art to some of her performance graphics and outfits.
The first picture showed Beyoncé’s face on a massive screen on one of the several dozen stages on which she performed her 56-stop show.
In the shot, the “Break My Soul” singer — whose album and tour aesthetic was mostly silver — was seen sporting a chrome, alien-like headpiece that swooped down on her forehead and featured pointy cylinders over her ears. She accessorized the robotic look with silver lip rings.
The second picture in Sorayama’s post showed that same image of the pop star on a T-shirt.
The last three photos were of illustrations showing women wearing strikingly similar headpieces along with matching geometric getups resembling fitted tin suits.
