Harsh times ahead for Lana Del Rey, who today claims she will be heading to court against UK outfit Radiohead who are suing her for copyright infringement.
The news comes following the release of her latest album Lust For Life, which was home to a track titled ‘Get Free’; a song bearing the same chord progression as Radiohead’s 1992 hit ‘Creep’.
Lana Del Rey took to Twitter to confirm it all, writing “It’s true about the lawsuit. Although I know my song wasn’t inspired by Creep, Radiohead feel it was and want 100% of the publishing – I offered up to 40 over the last few months but they will only accept 100. Their lawyers have been relentless, so we will deal with it in court.”
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It’s true about the lawsuit. Although I know my song wasn’t inspired by Creep, Radiohead feel it was and want 100% of the publishing – I offered up to 40 over the last few months but they will only accept 100. Their lawyers have been relentless, so we will deal with it in court.
— Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) January 7, 2018
The Twittersphere has been piping up over the news since it broke last night, with a majority of the opinions viewed leaning towards Lana Del Rey. Check out some of the Tweets below
Radiohead were sued by The Hollies and now Radiohead are suing Lana Del Ray? Utter madness!
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) January 7, 2018
Lana Del Rey’s song Get Free is extremely similar to Creep, so Radiohead are suing.
Presumably on behalf of Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, who wrote The Air That I Breathe.— Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn) January 7, 2018
Radiohead is suing Lana Del Rey for copyright infringement because Thom Yorke thought he was the only poet who could make beautiful, dreamy, depressing music.
— Alex Hooper (@HooperHairPuff) January 7, 2018
whoa.. from what i can figure, this radiohead / lana del rey lawsuit is allen klein-level uncool. even if she did rip them off, to settle for nothing less than 100% of the publishing is just vindictive & gross.
— matt nathanson (@mattnathanson) January 7, 2018
Not a good start to 2018 for both. Listen to ‘Get Free’ and ‘Creep’ below and let us know if Radiohead deserve 100%.
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