I am honoured': Dance queen Robin S reacts to sample in Beyonce song

I am honoured': Dance queen Robin S reacts to sample in Beyonce songQueen of the dance floor Robin S claims Beyonce gave her her flowers' by sampling her track in her single Break My Soul'.

by Megan van den Heever

26-06-2022 23:06

in Celeb News

Robin S's hit song Show Me Love' has been sampled on Break My Soul' by Beyonce.

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It's a song that had everyone on the dancefloor way back in the 90s. Three decades later, Robin S's Show Me Love continues to do so after it was sampled in Beyonce's latest track Break My Soul.

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The dance classic was used in the track released earlier this week, which received a rave reception. Beyonce is set to release her full-length album Renaissance on 29 July.

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ROBIN S PRAISES BEYONCE AND BREAK MY SOUL' Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Robin S revealed how she discovered that she found out about the song sample when Beyonce released Break My Soul and the song became a trending topic.

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She said in a clip of the 1990 hit: It doesn't have to be confirmed. A singer knows her songs.

My son called me and he's like, Mom, mom, you're trending all over the place! Beyonc put her song out and it's Show Me Love and you're trending everywhere! .

I m honoured and excited to see what else can happen.

Singer Robin S tells @RichardAArnold how she felt when she heard @Beyonce s new song, Break My Soul.

Robin s song Show Me Love is thought to be sampled on Beyonce s latest single. pic.twitter.com/za24JEg9Bj

Good Morning Britain (@GMB) June 22, 2022

The 60-year-old singer who is still belting out the hits also thanked Beyonce for giving her flowers .

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She added: This message goes out to Queen Bey herself-Beyonce, to Jay-Z, to the entire team. Thank you so much for giving me my flowers while I'm still alive. I am honored and I'm excited to see what else can happen.

BIG FREEDIA SPEAKS ON FEATURE Robin S is not the only sample to feature on Break My Soul. Bounce music artist Big Freedia's 2014 track Explode was also sourced by Beyonce's producers.

Speaking to Bustle, Big Freedia said of her feature: [I'm] excited and blessed, and like, I might faint!

Big Freedia also explained the meaning behind her lyrics, which include Release ya anger, release ya mind / release ya job, release the time / release ya trade which Beyonce fans have jokingly said will contribute to The Great Resignation.

Speaking of her own song, she said: Explode is a song about the daily stresses of life and coming to the club to release it all .

In Break My Soul, Big Freedia believed Beyonce was encouraging fans to let go of stresses in life, of relationship stress, work stress, pandemic stress .

She added: We've all had a tough couple of years, and it's time to release it all.

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