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Olivia Rodrigo has opened up about drawing inspiration from other artists’ work, touching on adding extra songwriting credits to tracks on debut album ‘Sour’ months after the record’s release.In July, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and Annie Clark (AKA St. Vincent) were given songwriting credits for Rodrigo’s song ‘Deja Vu’, which interpolates elements of ‘Cruel Summer’ from Swift’s 2019 album ‘Lover’.The following month, Paramore‘s Hayley Williams and former guitarist Joshua Farro received credits on Rodrigo’s single ‘Good 4 U’, after similarities were pointed out between the song and Paramore’s 2007 hit ‘Misery Business’.

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Olivia Rodrigo is giving writing credit on her successful single Good 4 Uto two members of the iconic rock band Paramore.Fans of the singer were quick to point out the similarities between Paramore’s 2007 hit song Misery Business and Olivia’s single Good 4 U, making it a conversation topic all over TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.And while Hayley Williams and former guitarist of the band Joshua Farro, the new credited writers, have yet to talk about Olivia’s song, it was a representative of Paramore’s publishers, Warner Chappell Music, who revealed the credits.Warner’s representative took to Twitter to announce ‘Good 4 U’ had reached number one in the U.S.

and hovered in the top three ever since.It’s not clear when their names were added to the track notes, according to NME; however, they were not reportedly there when the song was first released a few months ago.Fans observed early the similarities between the song and Paramore’s 2007 single “Misery Business.” Musical mash-ups comparing the two songs appeared on social media, accusing Rodrigo of being heavily inspired by the pop-punk group, drawing in millions of viewers in the process.In an Instagram update spotted in previous reports, Paramore’s publisher Warner Chappell Music shared the news of the song’s success in a cheeky Instagram update, saying: “Huge shoutout to our writers Hayley Williams and Joshua Farro.”Williams re-shared her