It seems that not everyone is a fan of Beyoncé's new music.
According to ABC News, the signer has been labeled as "insensitive" by former NASA astronauts and family members. for sampling of audio from the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster on her new song "XO".
The NASA Challenger explosion, exploded 73 seconds after taking off from the Kennedy Space Center Jan. 28, 1986. The explosion claimed seven American lives. Astronauts on board included Dick Scobee, Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Michael J. Smith, and Christa McAuliffe.
"Flight controllers here looking very carefully at the situation," said Steve Nesbitt, a former NASA public affairs officer, said as America's received a first hand view of the wreckage fall into the ocean. "Obviously a major malfunction."
ABC News reported that Beyonce's "OX" song is about a troubled relationship. The song was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and Terius Nash, and is featured on the singer's new album released on Dec. 13.
According to ABC News, Beyoncé said in a statement obtained that she meant to honor, not offend those affected by the tragedy.
"My heart goes out to the families of those lost in the Challenger disaster," she said. "The song 'XO' was recorded with the sincerest intention to help heal those who have lost loved ones and to remind us that unexpected things happen, so love and appreciate every minute that you have with those who mean the most to you."
Beyonce also told ABC News that the clip was a "tribute to the unselfish work of the Challenger crew with hope that they will never be forgotten." Still former and current NASA employees are claiming that the singer mocked the crew's sacrifice and has brought back memories.
"We were disappointed to learn that an audio clip from the day we lost our heroic Challenger crew was used in the song 'XO'," June Scobee Rogers, widow of the Challenger commander, said in a statement. "The moment included in this song is an emotionally difficult one for the Challenger families, colleagues and friends. We have always chosen to focus not on how our loved ones were lost, but rather on how they lived and how their legacy lives on today."
Clayton Anderson, a retired NASA astronaut told ABC News, "For the words to be used in the video is simply insensitive, at the very least." Keith Cowing, a former NASA employee who now runs the NASAWatch.com website, is asking that the singer remove the clip and apologize to Challenger's family.
"This choice of historic and solemn audio is inappropriate in the extreme," Cowing said. "The choice is little different than taking Walter Cronkite's words to viewers announcing the death of President Kennedy or 911 calls from the World Trade Center attack and using them for shock value in a pop tune."