Stella Lefty Song Debate, Lil Durk Verdict, Bruce Springsteen Ruling & More Top Music Law News

THE BIG STORY: They say all press is good press.

They say that, right? Well, Stella Lefty is currently testing the absolute limits of the theory.

Amid a meteoric rise, the country singer is the talk of the music industry.

That’s partly because her viral breakout “Boston” is currently sitting at No.

2 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 23 total weeks on the chart.

But it’s also partly because large segments of the internet thinks she copied her way to the top.

Related Stella Lefty Critics Say She Copied Old Hit Songs.

Here’s What the Experts Say Billboard to Add Smart Media Albums As Chart-Eligible Sales Formats Duane 'Keffe D' Davis Gives First Interview After Tupac Shakur Murder Conviction “Boston” has a songwriting credit for Noah Kahan , owing to its similarities to his own megahit “Stick Season.” Another track, “Summer You Were Mine,” is an interpolation of The Chicks ’ 1998 hit “There’s Your Trouble.” And three more Stella songs have drawn plagiarism hackles on social media.

Songs that sound similar are hardly a new phenomenon in the music industry, especially in pop and country, and such overlap is rarely the result of outright theft.

And industry experts say the Stella situation is basically no different — similar sounds, but likely not infringement.

And yet, here we are.

The Washington Post called the criticism of Lefty “some of the most intense online vitriol in recent memory.” Rolling Stone said the internet is “tearing Stella Lefty apart.” So sure, this stuff happens a lot — but rarely does everyone get this mad about it.

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