Ariana Grande has been suffering the bad publicity of a plagiarism scandal for much of the last 24 hours after she was accused by Princess Nokia of ripping off her work for 7 Rings.
Well, not only is this story not close to running its course, unfortunately for Ariana, but things just got a whole lot more complicated with new plagiarism accusations flying in several directions! Uh-oh!!
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OK so here’s where we’re at, after Nokia came for Ariana on Friday.
First off, Ariana herself sent a couple tweets last night that sure appear to be some kind of response to this controversy. She wrote (below):
shift your attention here. these women are impeccable and they are who you should be talking about. ???? love.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) January 19, 2019
Interesting… an attempt at a deflection, or what?!
Regardless, fans are already pointing out that while Ariana’s new work may sound like Nokia’s Mine, Grande is now taking heat because some people feel the song actually rips off Soulja Boy‘s Pretty Boy Swag (below):
soulja boy said he was the most influential rapper on a wednesday and had ariana grande rapping in a “pretty boy swag” flow on “7 rings” by friday
— my otter academia (@ottergawd) January 18, 2019
ARIANAAA???? ARIANAAA??!!!! pic.twitter.com/bq9ZRxOPkQ
— Ryleigh ᵇ ˡ ᵐ (@ryleighchec) January 18, 2019
DID ARIANA GRANDE STEAL SOULJA BOY’S FLOW TOO? ???????? #7Rings pic.twitter.com/q0q8pRAEg9
— Demetria Obilor (@DemetriaObilor) January 18, 2019
Ariana Grande’s #7Rings rides Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag” wave while the video is plucked straight out of 2 Chainz’s pink trap house. I just…idk ???? pic.twitter.com/x357S8d9of
— Pusha Bi. (@BiancaEnRogue) January 18, 2019
Whoa!
OK, and that last tweet right there (above) — that’s important, too!
Others are pointing out that the general aesthetic of Ariana’s 7 Rings video rips off 2 Chainz‘s infamous pink trap house that showed up in a video a few years ago (below):
Yeeerrrrr @2chainz your alarm going off? They tryna take the swag again. pic.twitter.com/Hnkxk6PjIO
— Denzyl Amankwah (@MoBetterEats) January 18, 2019
justice for 2chainz pic.twitter.com/zGABTTE7BW
— hot media takes (@kencric) January 18, 2019
What a find!!
Other fans are more skeptical about the whole thing — with some even outright-criticizing Princess Nokia for accusing Ariana of the rip-off in the first place (below):
princess nokia is really flattering herself thinking ariana took time out of her day to copy her song pic.twitter.com/CJUumlAsFx
— kayla (@ariwrld) January 18, 2019
Girl, nothing about this is original or unique. It’s a common trap flow, common flex lyrics. I promise you no one intentionally “copied” you. Lmao step up your pen game
— James (@letthisishgo) January 18, 2019
"mine" sound like "spend it." "spend it" sound like flockaveli. i'm not taking a hard stance because i get that there's a deeper complaint about this rollout that i want to hear more about. but in the case of this song, it's pretty rich to claim complete ownership of the concept.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) January 18, 2019
Bless Nokia but that flow wasn't new when she used it either.
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) January 18, 2019
Wait, what was that last tweet about?!
Yeah… so, it turns out that still other fans have totally flipped on Princess Nokia — and they are accusing her of ripping off Kali Uchis for the song in the first place, before Ariana even ripped off Nokia! Turnabout is fair play??
Look (below):
https://twitter.com/ThinkFenty/status/1086356463839260674
nokia : ariana copied me
everyone : but you copied kali uchis
nokia : pic.twitter.com/GbiM3BM7mv— ???? (@haweyaaa) January 18, 2019
Crazy!!!
And honestly pretty hard to keep up after a while!!!
Idea: Ariana should put 2 Chainz, Nokia and SOULJA Boy on the remix. The end #7Rings
— Sowmya Krishnamurthy (@SowmyaK) January 18, 2019
so ariana ripped off princess nokia and princess nokia ripped off kali uchis but both ariana and princess nokia ripped off soulja boy ? pic.twitter.com/cCoJHR8P6P
— BARBZ AGAINST BLUE LIVES (@mackenxcheese) January 18, 2019
That last tweet (above) captures this whole situation PERFECTLY!
Ha!!!!
Thoughts, Perezcious readers?! Sound OFF in the comments (below)!!!
[Image via Ariana Grande/Instagram.]
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