Precious Lady B was the butt of a serious Internet joke this week, when the entire world (oops – our bad!) was fooled into thinking she secretly had a terrible voice. Turns out, the soundboard recording was fake, created by a 26-year-old Beyonce fan and spread by millions on the web after it was played on the Howard Stern Show on Tuesday.
“I don’t even listen to Howard Stern,” revealed creator Matthew Zeghibe. “I was just trying to make a point. I wanted to show people how easy it is to manipulate someone’s voice. If I can do it with a clip I pulled off of TV, imagine what they are doing on records and during live performances. The entire industry has been so manipulated, because there’s such an emphasis on perfection, so when something like this happens, it causes such a stir.”
There you have it – that fake recording was created not to ruin the celebrated songbird, but to reveal the music industry as a fraud. Still, Beyonce’s not amused, and she called the whole mess “completely ridiculous.” Lucky for all of us, so is her awesome – and very real – talent. [Photo: WireImage]
