![]() ![]() It may also entice other defining aughts-era emo bands to capitalize off other notable rappers similar to Juice. If they’re successful, “Lucid Dreams” will basically no longer be Juice’s song. This is likely why the band’s defense makes note of Juice’s appreciation for “emo pop rock” - “the precise genre of Yellowcard’s music,” a part of the complaint reads - as well as his music being defined as “emo rap” and him being identified as “emo rap ambassador.” During their trial against Thicke and Pharrell, the Gaye family referenced prior interviews from the former, where he said “Got to Give It Up” was one of his favorite songs and he wanted to “make something like that, something with that groove.”Īlthough Juice hasn’t ever explicitly mentioned Yellowcard as an influence, the band is trying to build their case into something more tangible by highlighting this emo connection between themselves and Juice. Yellowcard’s has no overt sample to rely on, but instead a feel and sound. Juice has vocalized that “Lucid Dreams” owes itself to Sting’s “Shape of My Heart,” which is sampled throughout the entirety of the former song. The family of the late Marvin Gaye filed a suit against Robin Thicke, alleging that the latter’s “Blurred Lines” copied the “feel” and “sound” of the former’s “Got to Give it Up.” Despite Gaye’s family only possessing the copyright to the sheet music (and not the actual recording), the studio arrangements for both songs were factored in during the trial, and everything from alleged similarities between bass lines and cowbell accents were examined. ![]() Harrison’s case resurfaced almost four decades in 2014. “Nevertheless, it is clear that ‘My Sweet Lord’ is the very same song as ‘He’s So Fine’ with different words, and Harrison had access to ‘He’s So Fine.’ This is, under the law, infringement of copyright, and is no less so even though subconsciously accomplished.” “Did Harrison deliberately use the music of ‘He’s So Fine’? I do not believe he did so deliberately,” Richard Owen, the judge who presided over the case, said at the time. In Harrison’s case, the judge ruled that even though the Beatles lead guitarist didn’t mean to, he still took notable parts from “He’s So Fine” and incorporated them into “My Sweet Lord.” But what will likely serve as the group’s primary defense is the claim that both tracks use a “melodic idiosyncrasy,” also known as a “melisma.” (The term is defined as “the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession…in which each syllable of text is matched to a single note.”) Juice WRLD has spoken on Fall Out Boy’s i nfluence on his music. The suit alleges that Juice WRLD was aware of the song and the album it came from, Lights and Sounds, because it was produced by Neal Avron, who also produced Fall Out Boy’s major label debut album From Under The Cork Tree. On Tuesday (October 22), news broke that the defunct pop-punk band are suing the Chicago rapper over similarities between “Lucid Dreams” and their 2006 track “Holly Wood Died.” The group is seeking $15 million in damages, co-ownership of “Lucid Dreams,” and a cut of the song’s royalties. ![]() Juice WRLD reportedly only owns 15 percent of his hit single “Lucid Dreams” after Sting allegedly threatened to sue him for interpolating “ Shape of My Heart.” Now, all - or a portion - of that remaining 15 could go to Yellowcard. Photo Credit Scott Dudelson/Getty Images In a post-“Blurred Lines” world, popular songs are more susceptible to litigation. ![]()
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