When it comes to Queen Bey, the hive doesn’t play! At the 2024 CMT Music Awards, Beyoncé’s conspicuous absence from the performance lineup had fans buzzing with disappointment. “As I watch @CMT Music Awards to see if there’ll be a surprise @Beyonce award, appearance or performance find myself subjected to my least preferred sounds of the genre. They are determined to illustrate how Beyoncé isn’t country,” one fan wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. But while the multiple Grammy award winner might not have gotten a slot on the CMT stage, she was not entirely left out of the show.
As seen in a clip shared on X, Beyonce’s “Jolene” was played in the auditorium during a commercial break but this apparently was not enough to pacify fans who called the award show out for its biases. “Ouuu I know they pissed rn hearing Beyoncé and seeing black country artists there,” one tweeted. “CMT fans don’t want beyonce. They are just racist af,” another speculated.
This wave of outrage was fueled by the hive’s hope for an announced show-stopping performance from the “Crazy in Love” singer. “Manifesting a surprise Beyoncé and Miley performance at the CMT awards tonight. I’ll actually cry,” one user wrote ahead of the event.
