>> I DON'T THINK THE LONDON EVENING STANDARD LISTENED TO
SOLANGE KNOWLES' ALBUM, A SEAT AT THE TABLE, SPECIFICALLY THE
SONG DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR, BEFORE THEY FEATURED HER ON THE COVER.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF THE COVER, IT LOOKS LIKE A
NORMAL COVER, WHAT COULD BE MISSING?
SOLANGE LET THEM KNOW
WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE COVER SHOOT, LOOKS LIKE SHE DREW THE
CROWN THERE, AND WE HAVE THE OTHER PHOTO FROM HER INSTAGRAM?
WE DO NOT COME ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THERE IS A FULL
BRAID THAT WAS MAKING A CROWN OF THE LAKES THAT SHE HAD DRAWN ON
THAT WAS CUT OUT FROM THE EDITION OF THE LONDON EVENING
STANDARD, YOU CAN SEE THE FULL IMAGE THAT WAS CUT OUT.
THIS IS
PARTICULARLY IN POOR TASTE GIVEN WHAT THE STORY TALKS ABOUT --
>> HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE
STORY --
>>
THIS IS WHAT IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING, ONE OF THE WRITERS
OF THE STORY CAME OUT ON TWITTER AND DISAVOWED THE STORY.
SHE SAID --
>> SOMETHING WENT AMISS HERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE,
SIMONE, IT SEEMS THEY DID THIS STORY AND JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHO
THEY WERE TALKING TO AND DIDN'T REALLY DO RESEARCH INTO WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO SOLANGE.
>>THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO HER ALBUM.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HER
ALBUM YOU WOULD KNOW YOU DON'T TOUCH HER HAIR, AND FURTHERMORE
YOU DON'T TOUCH A BLACK WOMAN'S HAIR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE STILL
HAVE TO ARGUE THIS, OR WHY THERE IS CONFUSION OVER THIS.
I WILL
PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, THIS IS A MAGAZINE FROM THE U.K., MAYBE
CULTURALLY THEY DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATED
HISTORY INVOLVING BLACK WOMEN AND HAIR.
>>I WOULD GO WITH YOU ON THAT IF THEY DIDN'T FULLY HAVE ACCESS TO
LISTEN TO HER DAMN ALBUM, WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT THIS.
>>VALID.
>>IT'S SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT IS JUST A CASE OF JOURNALISM
GONE WRONG, AND I DO WANT TO SALUTE ANGELICA BASTIEN BECAUSE
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES BUT I BELIEVE HER
COMPLETELY THAT SHE'S UPSET AND IT WAS A FIASCO AND SOMETHING
WENT AMISS AND I'M SURE THIS WASN'T THE FINAL EDITION SHE
WANTED TO PRINT.
>>IT'S NOT UNUSUAL IN A LOT OF PUBLICATIONS FOR THE HEADLINE
WRITER AND THE PICTURE EDITOR TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE STORY.
SO THAT I GET, BUT TO BE THIS COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED, AS
THOUGH YOU JUST DIDN'T REALLY GET IT AT ALL?
IT'S HARD TO GIVE
THEM A PASS, I THINK THIS IS A BAD ONE.
>>AND SOLANGE BROUGHT IN HER OWN HAIR TEAM, SHE HAD A VISION FOR
THIS PIECE, THE CIRCLE REPRESENTS THE CONSTELLATION OF
ORION, WHICH IS SOMETHING APPARENTLY THAT MEANS A LOT TO
HER, SO SHE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT, WHICH SHE DOES WITH
EVERYTHING, SO WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW HER -- YOU SEE HER
HAIRSTYLE AS YOU ARE SHOOTING IT, WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW HER TO
DO IT AND THEN CUT IT OUT AND NOT THINK SHE IS GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING?
>>ALSO, WHY WOULDN'T YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL
CHOICE?
THAT HERE IS TOO HIGH -- NOW, IT'S INTENTIONAL.
>>ALSO YOU ARE TAKING TREMENDOUS LIBERTIES WITH SOMEONE'S LOOK.
I DON'T GET IT, I CAN'T GIVE THEM A PASS.
>>YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN SOLANGE, EVENING STANDARD.
>>I LOVE HER RESPONSE ON INSTAGRAM, SHE DIDN'T EVEN SPELL
IT OUT, SHE'S LIKE #DTMH.