Songwriter blasts unnamed artist for not paying her in almost a year

[Teletubby 149,489]

A singer-songwriter has gone viral on TikTok after claiming she hasn't gotten paid for her contributions to a song for another artist in "almost a year."

In the clip, Kanner sings along to a snippet of Katy Perry's "This Is How We Do" — the "this is no big deal" part, to be exact — before flipping off the camera.

 

Although Kanner has so far opted out of naming the musician who owes her money (she alluded to fears of being sued for defamation in another upload), some TikTok users think they know who the artist is.

Many seem to think Katy Perry is the star who owes Kanner for her work.

For starters, the songwriter included one of Katy's songs in the now-viral TikTok.
Additionally, after a little digging it's clear that Kanner worked with Katy early last year.

In May 2021, Kanner uploaded a celebratory video announcing that she worked on Perry's Pokemon anniversary song "Electric" and Rachel Kanner is indeed credited as a songwriter on the track.
Kanner also made several additional TikToks about the collaboration: She got decked out in "Electric" merchandise, "leaked" the track's original demo and even joked about how Perry didn't know she existed in a series of videos that went live in 2021.

Katy is likely not the person holding the payment up. The singer would have a team responsible for paying songwriters and background singers.
That hasn't stopped some people from calling Perry out in the comments, though.

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[Dojo 19,365]

this is very off brand from Katy

does Katy have to pay her or her label?  

[Bleachella 2,932]

10 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Katy is likely not the person holding the payment up. The singer would have a team responsible for paying songwriters and background singers.
That hasn't stopped some people from calling Perry out in the comments, though.

 

7 minutes ago, dojo said:

this is very off brand from Katy

does Katy have to pay her or her label?  

Probably her label/team/the publishing company :p

[Teletubby 149,489]

8 minutes ago, dojo said:

does Katy have to pay her or her label?  

Label but I think she talks about an artist to get more attention...

 

[Dojo 19,365]

2 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

Label but I think she talks about an artist to get more attention...