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The internet is linking Charlie Puth's take on interpolation in music to Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo.
In a new TikTok video, the We Don't Talk Anymore hitmaker spoke about songs having similar melodies and what does and doesn't count as interpolation.
“Lately there’s been a lot of discussion about when two songs have similar melodies,” the video begins. “There’s only 12 notes in a scale, so when you’re writing a new song, there’s bound to be similarities to an older song.”
His video comes on the heels of rumors online that Taylor Swift copied several artists, including The Jackson 5, Post Malone, and The Ronettes, on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. However, scores have been responding to the video in defense of Rodrigo, noting that she was just 18 when she was accused of copying on her June 2021 debut album, Sour.
A look back at the allegations of plagiarism against Olivia Rodrigo:
For the unversed, when Olivia Rodrigo debuted Sour in 2021, internet sleuths took to social media to point out the similarities between one of its tracks, Good 4 U, and Paramore's Misery Business. Per Billboard, however, teams for both parties were in touch about the track ahead of its release.
Olivia Rodrigo was also accused of ripping off Elvis Costello's Pump It Up on her single, Brutal. At the time, per Newsweek, X user Billy Edwards (@biiilyedwards) penned:
"No sh*t. First song on the album [Sour] is a pretty much direct lift from Elvis Costello."
Costello later replied to the tweet with a green light on her end:
"This is fine by me, Billy. It's how rock and roll works. You take the broken pieces of another thrill and make a brand new toy. That's what I did. #subterreaneanhomesickblues #toomuchmonkeybusiness."
Grunge rock legend Courtney Love also took to social media to accuse Olivia Rodrigo of copying her album artwork for her band Hole's 1994 album, Live Through This.
"Spot the difference! #twinning!" Love penned on X at the time.
Per People Magazine, she doubled down on her accusations on Facebook, when she said it was "rude" of the artist to recreate her cover art without her permission. She added that she didn't care about it too much since its a recurring issue.
"But manners is manners," she wrote. "I've informed [Olivia Rodrigo] I await her flowers snd [sic] note. I sure hope it's long. Does Disney teach kids reading and writing? God knows. Let's see. Yes this is rude. Rage inducing? Honey if I had a dollar for everyone [sic] this happens? I'd be real rich!"
Per Newsweek, Olivia later acknowledged the similarities in the now-iconic photo with a comment under Love's posts:
"love u and live through this sooooo much."
Love wrote back:
"Olivia—you're welcome. My favorite florist is in Notting Hill, London! Dm me for deets! I look forward to reading your note!"
As for her and Taylor Swift, albeit Olivia Rodrigo was never directly accused of copying her, netizens online have drawn similarities between their tracks. Swift was even credited as a writer on two of Rodrigo's songs.
The accusations of interpolation against Taylor Swift explored:
The Tortured Poets Department hitmaker was recently accused of copying Pixies' Where Is My Mind with her Actually Romantic track off her new album. Netizens also pointed out the similarities between the title track, The Life Of A Showgirl, and Jonas Brothers’ Cool. Some even claimed her song Wood was too similar to the Jackson 5’s I Want You Back, among others.
In his video on TikTok, however, Charlie Puth defended Taylor Swift and called for leniency:
“Sometimes artists will accidentally interpolate each other, and it’s almost never done maliciously. We have to really stop demonizing this when it happens. Interpolations and sampling, this stuff has been going on for a really long time, and some great music has come about because of it.”
Stereo Gum has reported that the only artist to get credited for interpolation on Taylor Swift's Showgirl was George Michael for his song Father Figure.
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