Pop singer Demi Lovato is being accused by indie pop band Sleigh Bells of ripping off some of their most recognizable songs. And the evidence is pretty damning.
A track called “Stars” from Lovato’s latest album Confident seems to have lifted the drums from “Infinty Guitars,” a song so omnipresent and recognizable in the early ’10s that it led to a feature in a Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie about bicycle messengers.
https://twitter.com/sleighbells/status/661239652087685120
Sleigh Bells also accused Lovato of taking samples of their song “Riot Rhythm,” though whether or not she did that is less clear.
Lovato fans are freaking out that anyone would dare question Demi.
@sleighbells @ddlovato The least you could do is attempt to be professional. Don't air your dirty laundry on the internet.
— Demi Lovato News (@justcatchmedemi) November 2, 2015
@sleighbells are you looking for attention? pls stop, this kind of attention WONT MAKE YOU SELL MORE OF YOUR SONGS! 😘
— axé de bruxa 🔱 (@axedebruxa) November 2, 2015
@sleighbells @ddlovato PLS CONTACT DEMI OR HER TEAM INSTEAD OF TWEETING HER ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UGHH
— ivy (@soursofaa) November 2, 2015
Check out “Infinity Guitars” and “Stars” below.
For something Lovato did wrong that’s a little more lighthearted than snatching someone else’s work without permission, check out her hilarious misunderstanding of an interviewer’s question.
UPDATE: “Stars” producers Carl Falk and Rami have denied sampling Sleigh Bells, saying: “We did not use any samples in Demi Lovato’s song ‘Stars.’ Demi was also not involved with the production. She only wrote top line.”
(Via Jezebel)
