Have you heard it yet?
Taylor Swift released the first song from her eagerly-awaited new album
Reputation on Friday morning, and the reaction was predictably divided. Some find 'Look What You Made Me Do' to be a more grown up, less sugary anthem for those who've just had enough of other people's shit, whilst others feel it lacks the hook or actual melody of a great pop song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0RzZGpyds
Whilst the internet tries to decipher the meaning of the lyrics and whether or not they're a personal attack on Kanye West, others have noticed a startling similarity to a very unlikely reference point. British trio Right Said Fred's 1992 hit 'I'm Too Sexy' has been cited as a source of inspiration, with some people slicing the songs together to prove the point.
https://twitter.com/chaseholfelder/status/900937142070906880
But it's not just folk putting two and two together and getting five - because there is a very real connection between the two. LWYMMD actually includes RSF in the official blurb, explaining that the song contains 'an interpolation of a melody' from ‘I’m Too Sexy’. Indeed the boys have responded via Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TheFreds/status/900930399647416320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nme.com%2Fnews%2Fright-said-fred-respond-unlikely-writing-credit-new-taylor-swift-single-2128542
The track credits list Swift, Jack Antonoff, and three members of Right Said Fred: Richard Fairbrass, Fred Fairbrass and Rob Manzoli. Incidentally, we just sampled that last sentence from a
Pitchfork article - META!
