Shakira has released another of his songs that has become a worldwide success less than 24 hours after its release, positioning itself on many industry charts, being the first hit of 2023. However, it seems that said song was very similar to one by a Venezuelan singer that she had released six months ago.
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Like every artist, it is obvious that when it comes to composing and making a song, inspiration or ideas are needed. There are cases where very famous artists use exact parts or chords from other songs, which result in legal problems.
They accused Shakira and Bizarrap of plagiarism
It was the case of Shakira with Bizarrap, as the case of a Venezuelan singer quickly went viral, comparing her song released about six months ago. Evidently, they sound very similar, to which she replied that she didn’t know what to do because it seemed to be a case of plagiarism.
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Given this, a cultural journalist stated that:
“She says the chorus is exactly the same and yes. But I’m going to show you something. It turns out that it is a formula that exists in popular music and it is the minor seventh chord. With those notes, if you play them in order, like with some intermediate notes that are called passing notes, then it gives that melody. So, what happens? Well, it is a formula that many have used” Laura Galindo from RTVC affirmed.
“Three examples: Mexican, called Caín Guzmán made this song on January 22, that is, before Briella. Or check out this song called ‘Secret Number’ by a K-Pop band in November 2021 and to finish off, Selena Gomez did this in 2015. Many artists like Briella and Shakira must have used the same formula. It is as if we were accusing of plagiarism all the writings of the Latin American boom that spoke of an afternoon with a hot sun” the journalist ended up saying.
Bizarrap and Shakira bring up a topic and everyone repeats the same thing and talks about reproduction numbers, but on television there is someone who is encouraged to do something different and of quality pic.twitter.com/GExwwo2Dqz
— Sebastian Grandi (@sebasgrandi) January 13, 2023