Dua Lipa has been sued for copyright infringement by the Florida-based reggae band Artikal Sound System, for allegedly stealing her hit song “Levitating” from their 2017 song “Live Your Life”.
In the lawsuit filed in the court in Los Angeles, the group claims that the hit song of the English singer, who spent 68 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, was taken from their lesser-known song.
According to billboard, the complaint was “very brief” and did not detail how exactly Lipa stole the band’s song from South Florida. The lawsuit alleges that “Levitating” and “Live Your Life” are so similar that it is “very unlikely” that Lipa’s song will be “created independently.”
The lawsuit also alleges that the singer had “access” to the Artikal Sound System song before creating “Levitating.”
The suit does not explain why and how Future nostalgia the singer heard their song.
The Independent contacted Dua Lipa representatives for comment.
The pop singer is currently touring the world for her Future Nostalgia Tour.
Originally announced in December 2019 and scheduled to run from April to June next year, the tour was postponed several times due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Dua Lipa is scheduled to take place in the cities of the United Kingdom from 15 April to 3 May. She is currently giving concerts in the United States.