Even though she flips it in the middle and ultimately turns in an outstanding performance, the oddity of Beyonce doing this number -knowing she stole it from some up and coming San Diego prodigy- was unlikely.

It happens… guess if you’re BC Jean, you smile and cry on the inside, because without you all those people wouldn’t have felt so much joy.

VIDEO INSIDE

Faux News is reporting that Beyonce’s camp, namely Matthew Knowles, stole her new hit single, “If I Were A Boy” from a singer/songwriter who goes by the name of B.C. Jean. (BC is said to stand for “Beautiful Child.”) After hearing the 21 year old Southern Cali native’s version, it’s basically the same song and upon recovering a visual of her, it makes even more sense why the track sounds the way it does.

Not that it’s completely unbelievable for Bey to come up with something original as this, but it doesn’t exactly speak to her listeners as much as say “Deja Vu” or “Baby Boy.” Apparently there’s some sort of gag order preventing BC’s camp from speaking on the particulars at present, so we’ll keep you tuned in as updates are made available.

Beyonce’s video for said controversy
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We’re hoping this is some kind of misunderstanding that will be cleared up in the next day or so, but for now you can hear BC’s version of “If I Were A Boy” at www.bcjean.net.