Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Is this a rip-off? Lizzo vs Doja Cat



Lizzo vs Doja Cat

Recently, the radios have been bombarded by Doja Cat's "Say So" which includes a rap interlude. However, to my ear there is something very similar or possibly even the same as Lizzo's infamous "Juice". Listening to the two back to back, there are sublte differences but despite having different producers and songwriters, the songs sound very similar. "Juice" introduces the bass earlier and "Say So" seems to start in a higher octave and the lyrics start much earlier. 

Lizzo released Juice in 2019, in January. The original video for the song was released on YouTube on January 4th, 2019. I became familiar with the song with this video remix that included a selection of RuPaul's drag race girls. 
The original.
The remix.

Doja Cat's "Say So" was released in November of 2019 but the video was not released until February 27th, 2020. 

What do you guys think? Did Doja get inspiration from Lizzo and alter it just enough to avoid copyright claims?

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