Thursday, June 4, 2026

BC Jean Survives Beyonce, Gets Her First Hit

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BC Jean–she’s 22, and we wrote about her first, in this column, last year. Beyonce tried to take her song, “If I Were a Boy,” for herself and claim authorship. In the end, this talented singer songwriter from Southern California got a $250,000 settlement and a deal with Clive Davis‘s team, which pursued her. Now BC has her first hit, “I’ll Survive You,” co-written and produced with the Max Martin team. Great hit, and I can’t help but keep hearing that tinkling toy piano reiterating the melody line in the background. BC has a great voice that’s unmistakably hers. The countdown is on her for her album. Good guys do finish first! Hear the new song in the video player on our front page.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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