The British singer called the pop star “f–king brilliant” and noted, “I’m not going after her.”
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Robbie Williams says he won’t sue Olivia Rodrigo after some fans claimed her holiday track “Take Me Home (4 Christmas) sounds like his song “Candy,” and that he thinks such lawsuits are “disgusting” and “complete bollocks.”
Social media users have heavily speculated that Olivia’s Christmas song, released Nov. 5, somehow ripped off Robbie’s 2012 hit. But in a lengthy Instagram post Monday (Nov. 9), Williams defended the “Good 4 U” singer, called her “f–king brilliant” and blasted the idea that he might sue her.
“It sounds to me as though she may have accidentally stumbled across a musical echo of mine in one of her new songs. And do you know what? I couldn’t care less,” Williams said. “I’m not going after her. Because I think at some point, some f–king sanity has to prevail.”
The British singer went even further, broadly criticizing the rush to accuse pop artists of copying earlier songs.
