You know what they say, right? Haters are gonna hate, hate, hate, hate.
But not always. Sometimes haters are gonna sue, sue, sue, sue. And Taylor Swift is finding this out the hard way.
The superstar singer is facing a $ 42 million lawsuit over allegedly stealing lyrics to her smash hit song “Shake It Off” from R&B singer Jesse Braham, who uses the stage name Jesse Graham.
Braham us seeking all this money in damages and also wants his name added to Taylor’s single as a writer.
“Shake It Off” (which we just stuck in your head, didn’t we? Sorry about that.) was the first song off Swift’s first-ever pop album, “1989.”
The artist celebrated the one-year anniversary of that record’s release late last month, but we doubt she’s celebrating this annoying news.
According to Braham, the lyrics about how players are gonna play (play, play, play) and how haters are gonna hate and fakers are gonna fake were swiped from his 2013 track, “Haters Gone Hate.”
Specifically, Braham alleges that Taylor lifted these lines from the part of his song that goes:
Haters gone hater, playas gone play/ Watch out for them fakers, they’ll fake you everyday.
“Her hook is the same hook as mine,” Braham tells The New York Daily News, adding:
“If I didn’t write the song ‘Haters Gone Hate,’ there wouldn’t be a song called Shake It Off.”
No word in response yet from anyone in Swift’s camp, but allow us to say this in reply:
Did you see Swift dressed as Olaf in concert in Halloween? Don’t hate, dude. She’s the best, best, best, best.
