Elvis Costello has defended the singer as she was accused of lifting his guitar riffs in her track „Brutal“.<\/b>
\nMusic He made an important point about music. Olivia Rodrigo has everyone belting out her songs this summer. With hits such as \u201cdrivers licence\u201d off of her debut album Sour, the 18-year-old\u2019s tunes are just soaring up the charts. But the \u201cgood 4 u\u201d singer has recently found herself embroiled in a plagiarism dispute with Elvis Costello. Rodrigo\u2019s song \u201cBrutal\u201d uses a chord sequence featured in Costello\u2019s 1978 hit \u201cPump It Up,\u201d a comparison which one Twitter user called \u201cpretty much a direct lift\u201d. What could have started some intense drama was actually met with a nonchalant response from the rockstar as he replied to the tweet, \u201cThis is fine by me. It’s how rock & roll works,“ he continued. „You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That’s what I did.“ Costello used hashtags alluding to his own inspirations and referenced other moments some of the rock greats have been inspired by one another. He referenced Bob Dylan\u2019s 1965 track \u201cSubterranean Homesick Blues\u201d which influenced \u201cPump It Up\u201d and Chuck Berry\u2019s 1956 single \u201cToo Much Monkey Business\u201d which inspired Dylan\u2019s song. This isn\u2019t the first time the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star\u2019s work has been criticised for similarities to that of another artist. Earlier this week, Courtney Love shared a post remarking on the resemblances between Rodrigo\u2019s Sour Prom Concert Film promo photos and the album cover for her band Hole\u2019s Live Through This 1994 album. Love shared the photo comparison on Instagram with the caption \u201cSpot the difference.\u201d It doesn\u2019t seem like Love was too impressed by the likeness of the album covers commenting on Facebook, \u201cIt\u2019s rude not to be asked. I know Ellen Von Unwerth isn\u2019t amused.\u201d It\u2019s all very \u201cdeja vu\u201d for the young singer, whose team was also accused of taking \u201ca little too much inspiration\u201d from the US indie rock band Pom Squad. A Twitter used shared a thread that showed the similarities between the singer’s music visuals and the bands overall aesthetic. Rodrigo and her team are yet to speak out on these latest accusations.<\/p>\n