"Déjà Vu" was a hit on social media with many listeners admiring Rodrigo's reference to "Glee" when she sings about watching reruns of the show. More: What we know about Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and the 'Drivers License' drama "But it is sort of difficult having that be my first song ever, because the success is so immense." And it's everyone else's song to interpret, it's not your song anymore," Rodrigo said. "The success of 'Drivers License' has been a huge lesson in how you just need to, when you put a song out, you just need to let it go. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on its release, Rodrigo said she felt pressure to follow up with another hit. And so I thought it would be a cool play on words to use déjà vu as a metaphor for this very universal thing that happens when you break up with someone and they get with somebody else, and see them living the life that you lived," the "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" actress said.Īfter the success of her first single "Drivers License," which debuted in the No. "I'm sort of obsessed with the concept of déjà vu. Rodrigo tells Apple Music's Zane Lowe in an interview released Thursday she wrote the song a month after "Drivers License" and similar to her former single, "Deja Vu" is about heartbreak. The 18-year-old star's new record "Deja Vu" is from her upcoming, yet to be titled, debut album expected May 21. Rodrigo released a new single Thursday just a couple months after giving listeners "Drivers License" in January. Olivia Rodrigo fans may be experiencing déjà vu. Together we try to understand how the byzantine music copyright system works, and how its rules affect the sound of pop music today and in the future.Watch Video: 'Drivers License': Olivia Rodrigo releases new footage, Joshua Bassett drops single This week we are airing the conversation Switched On Pop’s Charlie Harding had on the podcast Decoder with host Nilay Patel who is also editor and chief of The Verge. This online campaign likely contributed to Rodrigo handing songwriting credits, also known as publishing, to Hayley Williams and Josh Farro of the band Paramore. Viral TikTok videos compared Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” to Paramore’s “Misery Business,” which share a common chord progression and vibe. Many listeners have commented on Rodrigo’s more obvious influences on social media. The question of whether someone can borrow a vibe resurfaced when Olivia Rodrigo shared songwriting credits on her hit 2021 album Sour with Taylor Swift, and comparisons have been made to the art of Courtney Love and music of Elvis Costello. Many artists fear that a bad court outcome could let an artist copyright a “vibe” using commonly used musical language. But recent cases increasingly litigate the core building blocks of music. Historically, courts have extended copyright to only unique combinations of words and music, not rhythms, chords, instruments. This story has come in and out of the news cycle in closely watched jury trials including artists like Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, and Katie Perry. In the last ten years there have been 190 public cases, up over 350% from the prior decade, according to The George Washington University & Columbia Law School Music Copyright Infringement Resource. Smith’s melody for “Stay With Me” clearly drew from Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” On rare occasions these cases go to court, where music litigation is at an all time high. Frequently, credits are given retroactively to avoid the cost of long jury trials like when Sam Smith credited Tom Petty. More and more artists are giving songwriting credits away. In the last few years music copyright claims have skyrocketed.
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