“Did Bob Dylan Sue Me?”: Elvis Costello Just Shaded “Arrogant” Artists Who Take Credit For Other People’s Work As He Doubled Down On His Support Of Olivia Rodrigo

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Elvis Costello has doubled down connected his defence of Olivia Rodrigo amid that opus credits debacle — pointing retired that plentifulness of artists person similar-sounding songs, and it’d beryllium “arrogant” to request credit.

As I americium definite you know, Olivia’s relationship with popular superstar Taylor Swift — who is 14 years Olivia’s elder — soured aft Taylor was inexplicably giving credits connected 1 of the then-teen breakout’s biggest hits.

Prior to the merchandise of Olivia’s debut album, Sour, she’d been unfastened astir what a immense instrumentality she was of Taylor’s, and the 2 appeared to feign a saccharine protégé/ mentor-esque friendship. And Taylor’s philharmonic power implicit Olivia’s enactment was astatine its astir evident successful her opus "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” which was released with an approved recognition to Taylor arsenic it uses an interpolation of her way “New Year’s Day.”

Discussing however this recognition came to beryllium successful a consequent interrogation with Zach Sang, Olivia explained: “I came up with the '1 Step Forward' conception and I benignant of wrote a verse and a chorus. I was successful the car connected a roadworthy trip, and erstwhile I got home, I decided to sing it implicit the chords of 'New Year's Day.’ I deliberation they're truly beauteous chords. I was fortunate capable to get that approved, and it's connected the record.”

While this interpolation was authorized by Taylor’s squad and dutifully credited by Olivia anterior to her album’s May 2021 release, that July, fans noticed that Taylor had been retroactively credited connected Olivia’s blockbuster azygous “Deja Vu.” Taylor and her collaborators Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent’s names were added alongside Olivia’s and songwriter-producer Dan Nigro.

It aboriginal transpired that this summation was seemingly owed to the reported interpolation of Taylor’s opus “Cruel Summer” successful the hit, however, fans of some Olivia’s and Taylor’s neglect to spot immoderate similarity successful the 2 songs. If you privation to perceive for yourself, you tin cheque retired "Deja Vu" here and "Cruel Summer" here.

Then successful September, Paramore's Hayley Williams — who is adjacent friends with Taylor — and Joshua Farro were retroactively fixed songwriting credits connected Olivia’s deed azygous “Good 4 U” due to the fact that of the similarities it seemingly shares with Paramore's 2007 azygous "Misery Business.” Olivia's opus tin beryllium heard here, and Paramore's here.

Billboard aboriginal reported that with the credits Olivia had fixed up a huge sum of wealth successful royalties, with Taylor, Jack, and St. Vincent said to person a combined stock of 50% of the royalties for “Deja Vu,” and Hayley and Joshua receiving an estimated combined stock of 50% for “Good 4 U.” It’s worthy noting that the Sour songs to person credits taken were 2 of Olivia’s deed singles.

While the full concern unfolded successful private, different artists came guardant to support Olivia amid the claims that she’d ripped disconnected different artists, and 1 of them was euphony fable Elvis Costello. It was claimed that Olivia had copied a guitar riff from his opus “Pump It Up” successful her way “Brutal,” but astatine the time, helium rubbished the scandal, tweeting: “This is good by me. It's however stone and rotation works. You instrumentality the breached pieces of different thrill and marque a marque caller toy. That's what I did."

And the 70-year-old prima has present doubled down connected his stance, throwing low-key shadiness astatine Taylor and co. arsenic helium argued that it is really “arrogant” for musicians to request recognition connected different people’s work.

In a caller interrogation with the Times of London, Elvis said of his prime not to writer Olivia for credits: “That’s excessively silly to speech about.”

“Well, I met Olivia, and she was lovely,” helium went on. “I said, look, this is conscionable a riff, and however could I beryllium arrogant capable to writer connected the ground of originality erstwhile my opus is based connected ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’? Did Bob Dylan writer me? He teased maine astir it but didn’t sue. And did Chuck Berry writer Bob due to the fact that his opus was similar ‘Too Much Monkey Business’?”

It’s worthy clarifying astatine this constituent that determination is nary grounds that Taylor actively sued Olivia implicit the songwriting credits, but it is thought that her squad reached retired to Olivia’s team, who gave them up without pushback. Speaking to Rolling Stone soon aft the incident, Olivia confessed that she “was a small caught disconnected guard” by the mode that different radical took recognition for her music. She said: “At the time, it was precise confusing, and I was greenish and bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.” Olivia past clarified that it was her squad who handled the situation, and she wasn't "super progressive in" the ins and outs of however it was resolved.

She has besides suggested that determination is present atrocious humor betwixt her and Taylor. “It was truly frustrating to spot radical discredit and contradict my creativity,” Olivia said to Time soon aft she became the 2nd youngest creator to beryllium nominated successful each 4 of the wide Grammy categories successful the aforesaid ceremonial — including the much-coveted “Album of the Year.” Her shaper Dan pointedly added to the publication: "It seems similar radical get comic astir things erstwhile songs go truly popular."

More recently, Olivia was asked astir the concern arsenic she returned to the media circuit to beforehand her upcoming 3rd album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love, which included a wide-ranging, 90-minute interrogation with the New York Times’ Popcast podcast.

Considering however expansive the interrogation was, it’s unsurprising that the Taylor of it each yet came up, with Olivia, present 23, archetypal being asked astir however she handles the changeless scrutiny surrounding her interactions with different celebrities, to which Olivia said: “I don't truly work excessively acold into it. I deliberation it comes [with] the territory, and it's par for the course. And I I deliberation if I dove into each net detective sleuth that got things close oregon incorrect astir my life, oregon immoderate of my relationships, I deliberation I'd conscionable spell crazy. There's conscionable not capable clip successful the day.”

Host Jon Caramanica past straight asked: “Is determination a frost betwixt you and Taylor? Is that thing that hovers implicit your mind? Is it thing that you deliberation is simply a operation of the radical who are doing net detective work? How bash you presumption that present that you're a fewer years removed from the archetypal the archetypal ruptures?”

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Olivia seemed affectional arsenic she replied: “Um… I don’t know. I deliberation I tried to not fto it get to me, oregon upset me. I deliberation I conscionable effort to support it trucking. I deliberation that present it was truthful agelong ago, I deliberation there's nary usage successful harping connected it. And, um, yeah, I conscionable effort to marque songs that I love, and effort to beryllium benignant and bully to different people, and supportive of different people. And I've ever tried to beryllium similar that… At the extremity of the day, I deliberation that's each you tin do.”

You tin work a much in-depth breakdown of the Olivia/ Taylor play here. In the meantime, fto maine cognize your thoughts connected Elvis’s latest comments down below!

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