The "indie" Sleigh Bells group sued the pop singer Demi Lovato today for allegedly plagiarizing for the composition of the song "Stars" song "Infinity Guitars". According to the text of the complaint, filed today in federal court in California, "comparing the two songs reveals that at least the combination of slaps and hype, (...) is substantially similar in both works" . That combination is, according to Sleigh Bells, in a structure of "three quarters of bumps and a break with the hype providing a 'contrarritmo' the clap".
The song "Infinity Guitars" belongs to the album "Treats", with which debuted in 2010, the American band "indie" Sleigh Bells. For its part, the theme "Stars" is a bonus track or "bonus-track" from the album "Confident" (2015) Demi Lovato in their "deluxe" version. The controversy about this alleged illegitimate copy is not new, since the November 2, 2015 Sleigh Bells sent a public message, through the social network Twitter, Demi Lovato: "We are flattered that 'samplearais'' Infinity Guitars 'and' Riot Rhythm 'for' Stars', but we were not contacted. we have to clarify. " At that time, the producers of the song Demi Lovato, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub, denied in a statement reproduced by Rolling Stone that courts had used other issues for the development of "Stars".