Olivia Rodrigo accused of ripping off Rina Sawayama in \u2018Brutal\u2019 music video YouTube: Rina Sawayama, Olivia RodrigoOlivia Rodrigo has been accused of \u2018ripping off\u2019 the Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama after fans noticed similarities between Rodrigo\u2019s music video for \u2018Brutal\u2019 and Sawayama\u2019s \u2018XS\u2019. The music video for \u2018Brutal\u2019 was released on August 23, and features various avatars of Rodrigo with the beginning simulating someone choosing characters in a video game. However, fans and critics were quick to notice similarities between Rodrigo\u2019s video and the video for Sawayama\u2019s \u2018XS\u2019 released in April 2020. Some even accused Rodrigo of ripping off the British singer. The video for \u2018XS\u2019 features Sawayama selling a product called RINA Water on a shopping channel and doing a promotional video too. \u2018XS\u2019 lyrics criticize excessive consumerism and capitalism taking aim at fast fashion and the lives of the ultra-rich. Similarities between Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u2018Brutal\u2019 and Rina Sawayama\u2019s \u2018XS\u2019 As the video progresses, Sawayama\u2019s character turned out to be a robot while the \u2018water\u2019 is extracted from a creature in chains. Read more: The best musicians to follow on TikTok – In \u2018Brutal\u2019, one of Rodrigo\u2019s avatars is shown selling water on a television channel while she sings of quitting her job and being exploited, echoing the themes of Sawayama\u2019s song. Rodrigo also sports an orange wig in the video compared to Sawayama who sports orange and black hair in \u2018XS\u2019. Some fans aren\u2019t happy with the parallels Other fans also noticed similarities between the pink suit worn by Rodrigo as a newsreader and one of the channel hosts in \u2018XS\u2019. Some fans also believed there were similarities in the opening bars of the songs as both songs feature a slow instrumental before a harsh guitar kicks in. Sawayama at the Brit Awards 2021 said in an interview that she was excited to see Rodrigo at the event and added \u201cI stan Olivia Rodrigo.\u201d However, not all the reception has been negative. Look I love Olivia Rodrigo but why does a lot of this feel like a direct rip off of Rina Sawayama visuals? pic.twitter.com\/fvbuX6Adjo \u2014 yoko ono stan (@nuggettugger) August 23, 2021 Vogue described the video as a \u201cvisual treat\u201d and a \u201cplayfully brash rebellion.\u201d Publications like Insider noted similarities with videos such as Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Shake It Off\u2019 and that the video featured actor Lukas Cage from shows like \u201cEuphoria\u201d and \u201cThe White Lotus.\u201d Rodrigo has recently had to credit artists such as Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff on her song \u2018deja vu\u2019 and Hayley Williams and Josh Farro on \u2018good 4 u\u2019. This was after TikToks pointed out similarities between the songs. Rodrigo was also recently criticized for the alleged quality of her Sour merchandise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olivia Rodrigo accused of ripping off Rina Sawayama in \u2018Brutal\u2019 music video YouTube: Rina Sawayama, Olivia RodrigoOlivia Rodrigo has been accused of \u2018ripping off\u2019 the Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama after fans noticed similarities between Rodrigo\u2019s music video for \u2018Brutal\u2019 and Sawayama\u2019s \u2018XS\u2019. The music video for \u2018Brutal\u2019 was released on August 23, and features various […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}