Beyoncé accused of stealing idea for music video for 'Hold Up'

Beyoncé has been accused of ripping of Pipilotti Rist's video [Getty]

Lemonade hitmaker's video is very similar to a Swiss visual artist.

BEYONCÉ has been accused of stealing the her music video for song 'Hold Up'.

The superstar has basically taken over the world thanks to the release of her much talked about visual album Lemonade.

Pipilotti Rist's 1997 Ever Is Over All [PipilottiRist/YouTube]

But one person who in not too happy about Bey's latest work is Swiss visual artist Pipilotti Rist.

Rist has accused the Formation singer of ripping off her video idea for song 'Hold Up', from her project 'Ever Is Over All'.

Bey's Hold Up video is very similar to the Swiss artist's project [HBO]

In Beyoncé's video, she is seen strutting through the streets smashing up cars with a baseball bat.

And similarly, in Rist's 'Ever Is Over All' video, she is seen doing practically the same thing but instead of a baseball bat, she uses a giant flower.

As good a weapon as any.
The Swiss' work was made in 1997, so it's little wonder she's mad if Bey did indeed plagiarise her.

It's not the first time Jay Z's wife has gotton into hot water for using other people's work.
Back in February, she was accused of using footage from a 2012 documentary called That B.E.A.T, without asking permission.