The Weeknd‘s copyright legal issue with his 2018 cut “Call Out My Name” is officially resolved.
According to Pitchfork, lawyers for The Weeknd and his co-defendants Nicolás Jaar and Frank Dukes, and the legal team of producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange filed in court that they have reached a settlement, with the details kept under wraps. This puts an end to the copyright lawsuit initially filed by Fox and Strange in September 2021, where they accused the My Dear Melancholy track as one that “contain[s] quantitatively and qualitatively similar material in their respective lead guitar and vocal hooks, including melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements distinctive to” their track “Vibeking.”
The suit added, “Both works are in a minor key. Both works are in a 6/8 meter that is less common in popular music. Both works are played at a similar tempo. And both works use features of electronica, ambience, pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B to achieve a particular atmospheric and melancholic sound.”
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