Nearly two years after the Weeknd was sued for copyright infringement over his 2018 track 'Call Out My Name,' the singer has reached a settlement to avoid trial
Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, members of the electro duo Epikker, filed their lawsuit in Sept. 2021, allegedly that “Call Out My Name” — off the Weeknd’s 2018 EP— plagiarized the vocal hook and lead guitar from their unreleased song “Vibeking.”
“’Vibeking’ and ‘Call Out My Name’ contain quantitatively and qualitatively similar material in their respective lead guitar and vocal hooks, including melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements distinctive to ‘Vibeking’,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote at the time. “Both works are in a 6/8 meter that is less common in popular music. Both works are played at a similar tempo. And both works use features of electronica, ambience, pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B to achieve a particularly atmospheric and melancholic sound.
“Call Out My Name” producers Frank Dukes and Nicolas Jaar were also named in the lawsuit, which ultimately has a settlement in agreement, according to a filing entered into a Los Angeles federal court Friday and obtained by“The parties have reached a settlement in principle of this action,” the filing state.
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