Lizzo is sued over a song that references Sydney Sweeney

An excerpt from an unreleased song by Lizzo is at the center of a recently filed copyright infringement lawsuit. In the action, obtained by Rolling Stonea Georgia-based trust fund called GRC Trustalleges that the artist infringed the song’s copyright “Win or Lose (We Tried)” by releasing a snippet of the track “I’m Goin’ in Till October” on Instagram and TikTok in August 2025.

Although the song was never officially released, GRC Trust claims to have “suffered damage” and claims that Lizzoas well as the record company Atlantic Records“obtained profits that they would not have achieved if it were not for the violation of the rights of GRC”.

In a note sent to Rolling Stonerepresentatives for Lizzo said: “We are surprised that the GRC Trust have filed this action. To be clear, the song has never been commercially released or monetized, and at this time no decision has been made regarding a possible commercial release in the future.”

“I’m Goin’ in Till October” was released at the beginning of August, amid the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney after his jeans campaign with the brand American Eagle. In the song, Lizzo quotes the actress, singing: “Bitch, I got good jeans like I’m Sydney” (“Girl, I have good genes/jeans like Sydney”, in free translation).

A few weeks after the preview, Lizzo released the extended edition of his EP My Face Hurts From Smilingtitled My Face Still Hurts From Smiling. The new version included nine previously unreleased tracks, but a full version of “I’m Goin’ in Till October” did not appear in the project.

In action, GRC claims that Lizzo “copied and exploited” copyrighted material and claims that attempts to negotiate with the singer and her record company “reached an impasse”, which led to the opening of the lawsuit. “The infringing work incorporates, interpolates and samples instrumental and vocal elements of the composition,” says the document. “Representatives of Lizzo recognize the same.”

Lizzo she had already faced a similar lawsuit in 2019, when she was accused of plagiarism for her hit “Truth Hurts“. The artist even sued the composers who filed the complaint, but the case ended up being dismissed. The parties involved reached an agreement in 2022.

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