Taylor Swift’s Paper Rings Copied Hilary Duff‘s Breathe In. Breathe Out.

[Glamourpuss 29,062]

I feel kind of embarrassed now that Paper Rings was my favourite of the album. But I think Cornelia Street and The Man are taking over anyway. That melody is exactly the same. 

[Dominic 11,922]

BIBO is honestly one of the best pop albums I've ever heard. Every track is killer, truly an underrated gem that deserves so much more success. 

[LeJudas 6,490]

49 minutes ago, BBhomemaker said:

Hilary did it better, so much more interesting 

Clinton?

[BBhomemaker 5,611]

2 minutes ago, LeJudas said:

Clinton?

Michelle is that you gurl? 

[LeJudas 6,490]

Just now, BBhomemaker said:

Michelle is that you gurl? 

Free range salads and organic beef for all. 

#vote2020 Michelle Whaleiams

[BBhomemaker 5,611]

1 minute ago, LeJudas said:

Free range salads and organic beef for all. 

#vote2020 Michelle Whaleiams

[Antoni 5,332]

What was the song from reputation that copied BIBO?

Edit: In Getaway Car, she sings "x marks the spot where we fell apart," which I KNEW was from BIBO but I never knew she admitted it or that it was confirmed she stole it. Wow, girl. 

[Roboboy 3,751]

1 hour ago, River said:

fine, so ask for permission to sample and credit the songwriters who did it before

And you can't hit the same bird twice and say that you didn't shoot it

nahhh. that's not the point. what i'm saying is, literally any pop song will have similarites to another. to try and chase down the songwriter for every single melody is unnecessary, not viable, and you wouldn't be able to find everyone with a similar melody. It's a recipe for the disaster of music to have that mindset.

[Pop Music 20,540]

the first time I listened to paper rings I heard the same thing. They are similar but are different enough to not be copied or anything.

[2School4Cool 6,397]

This happens all the time, I doubt Taylor intentionally stole a melody, if she did she would have given them songwriting credits. Like the line in ASIB, “Jack talked about how music is essentially 12 notes between any octave. 12 notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over.” That quote isn’t about this kind of situation at all, but it’s still true. There are only so many notes and only so many ways to interpret them, so sometimes melodies will repeat or sound similar. I hope this doesn’t turn into a lawsuit, I’m so tired of all these artists being sued all the time.