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Created: 2025-06-23 21:19:03 UTC

Dakchild revealed that Beyoncé didn't want to sing on Telephone at first because the song was techno-pop style and he had to rework the song

"Gaga called me. She was getting ready to master the song, and she called me and was like, "What if we got Beyoncé on this?" I think she said Beyoncé already told her she was willing to work with her or something. They had met or something. I called Beyoncé, and I said, "Hey, I'm finishing up a song with Gaga, and wanted to see if you could jump on it?"

So, I played it for Beyoncé. She was in Japan when I sent it to her, and we only had one day to get it done because we were getting ready to mix and master. At first listen, Beyoncé said "I can't do it because it's not really my style. It's like a techno-pop style and that's not really what I'm on." I said, "Well, give me XX minutes and let me adjust it a little bit and send it back to you."  I said, "Well, give me XX minutes and let me adjust it a little bit and send it back to you." So I went back in the studio with our writers. Redid the track to give it a little bit of an R&B, hip-hop thing for the second verse, just changed it to half-time and little things like 808s. And then sent it back to her. Later that day, she recorded all the vocals and sent it back.

I've always believed in that song. There's video footage of me creating that song with Lady Gaga out there. I've always believed in it from that creation. But then to have Beyoncé on it is just like ... in my mind I start thinking like, “Man, here we go again with the two girls, like Brandy and Monica, now Beyoncé and Gaga,” I start thinking like that. This could be something really magical. I purposely used my harp sound in the beginning of that song. It's the same harp sound I used on “The Boy is Mine.”

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beyoncepress Avatar Beyoncé Press. @beyoncepress on x 121.3K followers Created: 2025-06-23 21:19:03 UTC

Dakchild revealed that Beyoncé didn't want to sing on Telephone at first because the song was techno-pop style and he had to rework the song

"Gaga called me. She was getting ready to master the song, and she called me and was like, "What if we got Beyoncé on this?" I think she said Beyoncé already told her she was willing to work with her or something. They had met or something. I called Beyoncé, and I said, "Hey, I'm finishing up a song with Gaga, and wanted to see if you could jump on it?"

So, I played it for Beyoncé. She was in Japan when I sent it to her, and we only had one day to get it done because we were getting ready to mix and master. At first listen, Beyoncé said "I can't do it because it's not really my style. It's like a techno-pop style and that's not really what I'm on." I said, "Well, give me XX minutes and let me adjust it a little bit and send it back to you."  I said, "Well, give me XX minutes and let me adjust it a little bit and send it back to you." So I went back in the studio with our writers. Redid the track to give it a little bit of an R&B, hip-hop thing for the second verse, just changed it to half-time and little things like 808s. And then sent it back to her. Later that day, she recorded all the vocals and sent it back.

I've always believed in that song. There's video footage of me creating that song with Lady Gaga out there. I've always believed in it from that creation. But then to have Beyoncé on it is just like ... in my mind I start thinking like, “Man, here we go again with the two girls, like Brandy and Monica, now Beyoncé and Gaga,” I start thinking like that. This could be something really magical. I purposely used my harp sound in the beginning of that song. It's the same harp sound I used on “The Boy is Mine.”

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