Dua Lipa Is Being Sued Over Levitating… Again
metroweekly.comThe year 2022 is only just beginning, but already it’s been a tough one for Dua Lipa. The pop singer has just been hit with her second lawsuit in as many weeks, with both claiming she stole melodies from other songs to create one of her most popular singles.This time around, songwriters L.
Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer have launched a legal fight against the singer, suggesting she took part of two songs they wrote — 1979’s “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” by Cory Day and 1980’s “Don Diablo” by Miguel Bosé, in order to create her global smash “Levitating.” While neither of the earlier tunes were huge hits in the U.S., they did reach an audience globally during their heyday.The songwriters claim that the first few seconds of the three songs sound very similar, and that is very important these days.
Since attention spans are very short, the intro and opening lines are often what grab people and keep them listening. “Levitating” found many fans on TikTok, which encourages instant catchiness, and thus the argument that only a few seconds matter carries some weight.According to The Hollywood Reporter, which quoted the lawsuit, the lawyers who drafted the argument had some fun with the wording, incorporating both the name of Lipa’s hit and the ones written by their clients.“Defendants have levitated away plaintiffs’ intellectual property,” they wrote, adding, “Plaintiffs bring suit so that defendants cannot wiggle out of their willful infringement.” The complaint also quotes Lipa in interviews surrounding her most recent era, when she said she was inspired by songs from years past, and that she aimed to emulate what others had done.
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