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Dua Lipa is being accused of stealing levitating.

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In a lawsuit filed March 1st in Los Angeles,

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Federal Court, artikal sound system.

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Claim copyright infringement against the British singer over

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for his song.

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Members of the Florida, reggae band.

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Say Dua Lipa, Smash Hit the number one Billboard Hot 100 song

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of 2021 was ripped off from their 2017,

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track live, your life.

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While the complaint was very short with little detail about

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how the pop star, allegedly, copy the song,

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it said the two tracks were so similar that it was quote highly

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unlikely that levitating was created independently,

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the band released live your life on its 2017 EP smoke-and-mirror.

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Levitating released in 2020 and Dua.

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Lipa second studio album future.

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Nostalgia pizza number two on the Hot 100 and its fence 68 weeks

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on the chart, becoming the longest-running top 10 song ever

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by a female artist.

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