I Disclosure sono stati accusati recentemente di plagio. Da parte di chi? Una cantante sconosciuta di nome Katie Farrah Sopher… Stando alle parole di quest’ultima, il fidanzato avrebbe rubato e venduto un libricino in cui erano presenti proprio i testi di alcune canzoni contenute nel debutto del duo elettronico, Settle.
Sean Sawyers, il fidanzato peraltro accusato di violenza nei confronti della Sopher, nega tutto ciò. Nel processo sarebbero coinvolti anche Eliza Doolittle, Sam Smith e AlunaGeorge per le collaborazioni all’interno del disco (in più anche per Attracting Flies, contenuta in Body Music – debutto degli AlunaGeorge).
La prima risposta arriva dai primi imputati, i Disclosure, i quali – tramite un post sul loro Facebook – ribattono:
“Hi all,
Just wanted to post a little something for our fans who may have read the blogs in the last couple of days and help clear up some speculation that has been circulating, to do with whether or not we wrote the lyrics to some of our songs.
Firstly we want to make it very clear that every Disclosure song we have put our names to has been written by us. We sometimes write lyrics and melodies along-side whoever the featured singer may be (i.e. Sam, Eliza etc) and the great Mr. Jimmy Napes, but that is it. When we do, we always make sure everyone gets proper credit. We take great pride in our self sufficiency, our work and the way we work, and it’s incredibly frustrating when someone tries to take that away from us, by claiming we stole even one word or one note of our music from anyone.
We’d much rather be working on more music than commenting on these type of things, but it felt like we had no choice…
So, just to be clear, all allegations made against us to do with this subject are completely false, as anyone we have ever worked with will back up. We didn’t get into this industry to steal other people’s ideas and we haven’t – we are musicians, artists and producers. “
Il penultimo paragrafo, infine, potrebbe farvi pensare a delle novità imminenti… e, senza usare il condizionale, leggete qui:
“In better news… Album 2 is niiiiicely underway!“
Eravate seduti o no? Spero non vi siate fatti male.
Intanto, a voi una delle canzoni accusate di plagio:
