Lizzo Hit With Lawsuit Over TikTok Song Snippet That Trolled Sydney Sweeney Jeans Controversy

Lizzo is facing a copyright suit implicit her “I’m Going Til October,” a way she teased connected societal media to poke amusive astatine Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle advertisement contention but ne'er really commercially released.

The case, filed Tuesday by a radical called GRC Trust, claims that the snippet of Lizzo’s provocative opus (also known arsenic “Good Jeans” successful a nonstop notation to the Sweeney debacle) stole worldly from an earlier opus called “Win oregon Lose (We Tried).”

Obtained by Billboard, the suit is airy connected details – claiming Lizzo’s way “incorporates, interpolates, and samples instrumental and vocal elements” without much specifics. But it pointedly says that reps for the prima person “acknowledged” that the materials were used.

The lawsuit is notable due to the fact that Lizzo ne'er formally released the opus successful question. Though she teased a snippet connected TikTok, the prima has not included it connected immoderate ceremonial release, including her June mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling. Her long-awaited adjacent workplace album, Love successful Real Life, was scheduled to driblet astatine immoderate constituent successful 2025 but she said past period she’s unsure if oregon erstwhile it volition beryllium released.

Posting a opus featuring an uncleared illustration connected societal media would inactive number arsenic copyright infringement; but the stakes would beryllium lower, due to the fact that it would beryllium harder to beryllium that Lizzo made important profits without really selling the allegedly infringing song. Such pre-release disputes are much typically handled with backstage negotiations alternatively than full-blown lawsuits.

In a connection to Billboard, Lizzo’s reps said: “We are amazed that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit. To beryllium clear, the opus has ne'er been commercially released oregon monetized, and nary determination has been made astatine this clip regarding immoderate aboriginal commercialized merchandise of the song.”

The American Eagle ads, launched successful July nether the tagline “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans,” sparked disapproval that they were an allusion to eugenics and achromatic supremacist ideals. That past prompted a right-wing backlash defending them and mocking the critiques.

In her August video connected TikTok, Lizzo tin beryllium seen washing a Porsche portion wearing a denim top. The clip features a snippet from “Going Til October,” successful which the prima raps: “No kizzy, helium ain’t got nary concern being with me. Fat ass beauteous look with the titties. Bitch, I got bully jeans similar I’m Sydney.”

According to Tuesday’s lawsuit, that snippet utilized worldly from “Win oregon Lose (We Tried).” But it’s unclear what nonstop opus the suit references, who wrote it, oregon whether it was released arsenic a record. Attorneys for GRC a alleged revocable spot appearing successful the lawsuit via a trustee named Jimmy Ginn, did not instantly instrumentality a petition for much details oregon comment.

The copyright lawsuit is the latest ineligible headache for Lizzo. In 2023, she was deed with a bombshell suit from 3 erstwhile dancers (Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez...