Dua Lipa is facing legal action from the Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System, who claim that her hit 2020 single ‘Levitating’ copied their 2017 song ‘Live Your Life’As reported by TMZ, a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Federal court accuses Lipa and her label Warner of copyright infringement.
The band are reportedly asking for any profits made from ‘Levitating’, plus damages.Although the suit contains little detail about how or why she allegedly copied them, it said the two tracks were so similar that it is “highly unlikely that ‘Levitating’ was created independently.”The case does not explain why the band believes Lipa stole their song, but claims that she had “access” to ‘Live Your Life’.Representatives for Lipa, Warner Music, and Artikal Sound System did not respond to requests for comment.
You can hear both tracks below.The original version of ‘Levitating’ appeared on Lipa’s second studio album ‘Future Nostalgia’ in March 2020.
In a five-star review, NME called the record “powerful pop perfection from a star unafraid to speak her mind”.Two remixes of the track followed.
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