Indie
band Sleigh Bells took to Twitter on Monday to call out Demi Lovato for
allegedly sampling not one, but two of their songs.
The musicians are claiming that the pop star's new track, "Stars," takes from both "Riot Rhythm" and "Infinity Guitars," which were both songs from their 2010 debut album, Treats.
"@ddlovato
Demi Lovato flattered you guys sampled Infinity Guitars & Riot
Rhythm for 'Stars' but we were not contacted," Sleigh Bells tweeted.
"Gotta clear those."
.@ddlovato
Demi Lovato flattered you guys sampled Infinity Guitars & Riot
Rhythm for "Stars" but we were not contacted. Gotta clear those.
— SLEIGH BELLS (@sleighbells) November 2, 2015
Give all three songs and listen and see if you can spot any similarities:
"Infinity Guitars"
"Riot Rhythm"
"Stars"
This isn't the first time Lovato has been accused of ripping off another artist.
Upon the release of "Cool for the Summer," people started to claim that
the track sounded similar to Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and
Jessie's J's "Domino." Perry's lyrics in "I Kissed a Girl" were
especially compared to Lovato's summer hit.
The
former Disney star responded via Twitter to the allegations, writing:
"Sounds nothing like it and with all the advances we've made in the LGBT
community..."
Both "Stars" and "Cool for the Summer" appear on the 23-year-old singer's new album, Confident.
Lovato seemed very proud of the songs when she spoke with ET at
the MTV Video Music Awards in August. "I wanted something that was
going to best represent the album title, where I'm at today and the
music," she said of naming her album. "I've never been more confident in
my life and it was the perfect album title."
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