What Next - 2022 Retrospective | Dua Lipa’s Copyright Problem
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🗓️ 22 December 2022
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This week we look back on some of our favorite stories from a year that had us asking—sometimes with excitement and sometimes with exasperation—"What Next”? This episode originally aired March 29.
After more than 70 weeks on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100, Dua Lipa and her song “Levitating” have run into trouble: two separate copyright complaints claiming the pop star ripped off other artists in writing her hit. These aren’t the first lawsuits to test the boundaries of what counts as plagiarism in the musical realm; and if either suit succeeds, it will have far-reaching consequences for creativity in the industry.
Guest: Jeremy Orosz, associate professor of music theory at the University of Memphis.
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| 0:40.3 | This is a fun one about pop music star Dua Lipa. |
| 0:43.6 | Back in March, we did a show about Dua's song Levitating, which had been hit with |
| 0:47.5 | not one but two plagiarism lawsuits. |
| 0:50.5 | But this conversation is also about the music industry and creativity. |
| 0:54.9 | Anyway, here's the show. |
| 1:00.6 | The British singer Dua Lipa has never been secretive about her songwriting. |
| 1:05.9 | She's recorded interviews where she goes deep on her influences, |
| 1:09.4 | analyzes her music stem by stem, her latest album. |
| 1:13.8 | She said the vibe was driven by a close knit team. |
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