Last week, fans pointed out that Singaporean female singer Tanya 's new song "Halfway" was similar to some parts of the song "Safe and Sound" written by Taylor Swift for the movie "The Hunger Games" in 2011, and was suspected of plagiarism. To this end, Warner specifically issued a statement. After the
incident, Tanya Tanya was exposed that other songs were also suspected of plagiarizing the works of European and American artists. Among them, " red high heels " was suspected of plagiarizing the work "Take it from me" by The weepies. On December 21, Tanya Chua posted on Weibo that she had contacted The Weepies to explain the situation and gained their understanding. Everything seems to be over.
But a few days later, some netizens exposed their chat records with The weepies on Twitter. The conversation did mention that Tsai Tsai contacted them, but the two parties did not reach a consensus, let alone obtain forgiveness.
In the conversation, The weepies repeatedly stated "The songs we wrote are ours. We believe they are still ours. (Those songs were written by us, they still belong to us.)" "She said she didn't steal and we said she did. End of story.” (She claimed that she did not plagiarize, but we think she did. We did not reach a consensus.)
Although The weepies believed that Tanya plagiarized her song, they still maintained a tolerant attitude and hoped that Music exists as something positive and something that can be shared with others. They even said that if Tanya Tanya starts a tour in China, they would be happy to participate. But obviously, Tanya Tsai insisted that she did not plagiarize and did not achieve the "understanding" she said on her Weibo.
From the perspective of lyrics alone, the sentences and images in Tanya Tanya's works are very similar to the songs of The Weepies, and using red shoes to refer to love is a very unpopular metaphor, and the possibility of an unintentional crash is extremely small.
We are not professional composers, nor are we judges, but judging from the current situation, Tanya Tanya's music is at least suspected of being a reference, and many of the situations in the Weibo clarification also need to be scrutinized. We do not make any definitions, but we hope that every artist can stick to his own heart, be worthy of the trust of fans, and gain the recognition he deserves with his sincerity and talent.
