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Calvin Harris Posts Video Response to Plagiarism Accusations From Chicane: ‘You’re F—ing Joking’

Calvin Harris responded to plagiarism accusations from trance producer Chicane, who claimed Harris' "Blessings" borrowed from his song "Offshore."

In a video posted to Instagram last week with the caption “copyright alert,” Chicane sat at his computer and explained why he believes that Harris’ most recent single, “Blessings,” shares similarities with his 1996 song “Offshore,” playing each track and comparing them. The comments section is a mixed bag of opinions, with trance master Tiësto chiming in to note that “Offshore is an iconic master piece.” Harris in fact had many comments of his own, which he shared in an Instagram video posted on May 18 with the caption “Response to the people who have enjoyed calling me a plagiarist over the last couple of days, cheers Nick Chicane all the best to you pal.” The long clip features video of Harris’ computer monitor with a DAW showing the waveforms of “Blessings” and “Offshore.” He tinkers with the production until he finds what he thinks must be the alleged similarity then states “it’s a different chord.” The video continues with Harris laughing and saying “that’s what happens when you don’t loop up a tiny little section of track you stupid bastard,” among other expletive laden exclamations.

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