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Elvis Costello Says Suing Olivia Rodrigo Over ‘Brutal’ Riff Would Be ‘Ludicrous’
Elvis Costello shared his thoughts on Rodrigo's Sour album opener, "Brutal," which has been criticized for sounding like his 1978 song “Pump It Up.”
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on Rodrigo’s Sour album opener, “Brutal,” which seemingly took inspiration from his angsty 1978 anthem “Pump It Up.” He told the publication that artists “allude to [the song] in their own arrangements. Costello is seemingly referring to a series of copyright issues with Rodrigo’s singles, including “Deja Vu,” which she once said was partly inspired by Swift’s “Cruel Summer” before quietly retroactively crediting Swift as a co-writer. He also included the hashtags “#subterreneanhomesickblues” and “#toomuchmonkeybusiness,” in reference to the respective Bob Dylan and Chuck Berry songs that influenced “Pump It Up.”
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