Olivia Rodrigo has achieved exponential success since she released the fisrt son of her album debut “Sour“, until then she has not done more than get #1 on many the charts, however, netizens have found similarities in three of her most popular songs with old works by Paramore, Taylor Swift and others.
It was later announced that both Hayley Williams and Josh Farro of Paramore have been credited with songs such as “Good 4 U” song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks for their 2007 hit “Misery Business”
As Taylor Swift and some of her team, Jack Antonoff and St. Vincent, are also credited on songs like “Deja Vu” for 2019’s “Cruel summer” and “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back” for “New Year’s Day” of 2017, this has made Rodrigo lose a lot of money.
According to a report released Wednesday, September 1, by Billboard Hayley Williams and Josh Farro of Paramore will now receive a 50% royalty share for “Good 4 U”. While Rodrigo and her collaborator Daniel Nigro would share the remaining 50%.
Billboard claims that Williams and Farro could be making about $ 1.2 million after the success of “Good 4 U,” while Taylor Swift and her writing team could profit as well.
In the case of “Deja Vu”, Billboard estimated that Swift, Antonoff and Clark would receive a 50% stake, with Rodrigo and Nigro splitting the rest again. Swift and Antonoff would also receive a third of the royalties each for “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back”, with Rodrigo claiming the last third for writing the song himself.
As for “Deja Vu,” Billboard estimates that Swift has earned $ 325,678 in publishing royalties, with Antonoff taking $ 260,542, while Clark earning $ 65,135 In relation to “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back”, the report predicts that Swift, Antonoff and Rodrigo will have collected around $ 86,000.
All of the interpolations found on 'SOUR' have proven costly for Olivia Rodrigo.https://t.co/WtUmRsk1i1
— billboard (@billboard) September 1, 2021
Elvis Costello, on the other hand, disagreed with this decision to accept credits in the songs of the new pop star, after accusations of copying a guitar riff from one of Costello’s songs used for the single “Brutal“.
“This is fine by me. This is how rock and roll works. You take the broken pieces of another emotion and make a new toy. That’s what I did” Costello tweeted.
This is fine by me, Billy.
It’s how rock and roll works. You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That’s what I did. #subterreaneanhomesickblues #toomuchmonkeybusiness— Elvis Costello (@ElvisCostello) June 28, 2021
