Music Church says he was involved in the legal process of Taylor Swift because of a letter from “Shake It Off”

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Eric Church revealed that he was dragged on a lawsuit of copyright against Taylor Swift After the singer mentioned his song during a statement.

In 2017, Swift was processed by music composers “Playas Gon ‘Play”group 3lw for using the phrases “Players Gonna Play, Haters Gonna Hate ” in its success “Shake It Off”. The action generated a judicial battle that lasted years and ended up being filed at the end of 2022. However, months before that, during a statement, Swift claimed that he heard this sentence for the first time in music “The Outsiders ”from Eric Church.

“In her testimony, when [falava sobre o trecho] ‘Players Gonna Play, Haters Gonna Hate,’ She said: ‘The first time I heard this phrase was in the song ‘The Outsiders’from Eric Church‘, ” He told the singer in the interview. “She was saying she had never heard the phrase in the original song [da 3LW]which was the reason for the process. Two weeks later, I was summoned by the same faces that were suing it! ”

Specifically, Swift I had declared that I already had “Hearing the phrases ‘Players Gonna Play’ and ‘Haters Gonna Hate’ countless times as a way of expressing the idea that negativity should be ignored”and cited the music of Church as an example.

“I sent her a message, and she answered,” recalled Church. “I said, ‘Hey, thanks. Next time, let’s just skip this part, can it be?’ And she sent me a message: ‘Sorry. It has been resolved. But I was like: ‘How did this happen?’

Swift and the two composers who accused her of plagiarism in “Shake It Off”They agreed to end the lawsuit a month before the trial, which was scheduled for December 2022. The documents did not specify the reason for the agreement, but the process had started in 2017, when Sean Hall and Nathan Butler accused Swift to copy the phrase of their music.

Last week, Swift obtained the complete control of his catalog of recordings, six years after his former label, the Big Machine Label Grouphaving sold it to the Ithaca Holdingsfrom Scooter Braun.

Eric Churchin turn, is performing in Nashville during the Fest CMA. On Thursday, he made a surprise appearance on Spotify House, where he sang hits like “Springsteen” and promoted its latest album, Evangeline vs. The Machine.

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