Music Blues singer Lady A and country group Lady A are working things out By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on June 15, 2020 10:33PM EDT Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images; Midwest Records Blues singer Lady A and country group Lady A seem to have reached an a-ccord. Last Thursday, popular country trio Lady Antebellum announced plans to change their name to Lady A to disassociate themselves from the history of slavery and the racial connotations of the word "antebellum." While this change, sparked by protests for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd's killing by Minnesota police, seemed positive on the surface, it invited the ire of Seattle blues artist Lady A, who has been using the stage name since the 1980s. "This is too much right now. They’re using the name because of a Black Lives Matter incident that, for them, is just a moment in time. If it mattered, it would have mattered to them before. It shouldn’t have taken George Floyd to die for them to realize that their name had a slave reference to it," she said. " For them to not even reach out is pure privilege. I’m not going to lay down and let this happen to me. But now the burden of proof is on me to prove that my name is in fact mine, and I don’t even know how much I’ll have to spend to keep it." But on Monday, the two Lady A's seemed to be working things out. The country group posted a photo of a video chat with the blues singer on their Instagram alongside the caption, "Today, we connected privately with the artist Lady A. Transparent, honest, and authentic conversations were had. We are excited to share we are moving forward with positive solutions and common ground. The hurt is turning into hope. More to come." A representative for the country group confirmed the conversation to EW and added that they " both will continue as Lady A." EW was unable to reach a representative for blues singer Lady A. The world is wide enough for two Lady A's it seems. Related content: Blues singer Lady A reacts to country group Lady Antebellum commandeering her name Lady Antebellum officially changes name to Lady A: 'Our hearts have been stirred with conviction' Charles Kelley on how Lady Antebellum dove deep on new album 'Ocean'