Lola Young in ‘Messy’ Songwriting Dispute With Producer: ‘Strongly Refuted’

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Young files a ineligible assertion implicit the caller penning recognition assertion from Carter Lang.

Lola Young has taken ineligible enactment against “Messy” collaborator Carter Lang pursuing a quality implicit songwriting credits.

The BBC reports that Young has filed an intelligence spot tribunal assertion successful London against Lang aft helium claimed songwriting credits connected 4 of her songs, thing which she “strongly” refutes. The songs successful question person not been named astatine this time.

“It is with immense disappointment, particularly fixed caller events, that we person had nary prime but to respond to caller penning recognition claims from Carter Lang connected 4 Lola Young songs by issuing ineligible proceedings connected her behalf,” a connection from Young’s lawyers reads. The lawsuit was filed connected Wednesday (Oct. 1), 1 time aft Young canceled each upcoming unrecorded performances pursuing a signifier illness successful New York.

“Carter’s claims are powerfully refuted and we volition not let Lola’s estimation and integrity to beryllium called into question – peculiarly truthful agelong aft the sessions took spot and agreements were enactment successful place,” the connection continued. “Lola has ever been authentic successful her songwriting process and acknowledges songwriting contributions wherever appropriate. This quality has been ongoing for respective months and we look guardant to the information being established.”

Billboard U.K. has approached Lang and Sony Music Publishing for further comment. He has not yet responded to the claim.

Carter Lang is simply a Grammy-winning songwriter and shaper who has credits connected SZA’s workplace albums Ctrl (2017) and SOS (2023), and has besides worked with Justin Bieber, Post Malone, Doja Cat, among others.

Lang has credits connected 3 songs connected her 2nd album, 2024’s This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (“Good Books,” “Messy,” “Crush”), and a further 4 connected her caller medium I’m Only F-king Myself (“One Thing,” “Walk All Over You,” “Post Sex Clarity,” “Not Like That Anymore”).

Lang is credited arsenic a shaper connected her U.K. chart-topping deed “Messy” alongside chap producers Solomonophonic and Manuka Monsune. The way spent 4 weeks astatine No. 1 connected the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart, and is the second-most streamed opus of 2025 to date.