Remember when Taylor Swift “shaken” all the haters and made fans want to dance ferociously to “Shake It Off”? Her first single from 1989 (which many pop-inclined Swifties see as her best album) features beats that marked the singer's future in a new musical genre. Now, because of this problem, she has the opportunity to appear in court.
The singer, whose birthday is December 13, will have to defend copyright claims before a jury after a federal judge ruled the lawsuit will go forward. Swift, 32, is being sued by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claim her 2014 hit "Shake It Off" stole lines from their 2001 song "Playas Gon'Play," which was performed by the girl group 3LW.
The video for "Shake It Off" was released alongside the song on August 18, 2014 at midnight and is now one of the top 20 most viewed YouTube videos of all time with over 3 billion views. article. Between this and other hits like "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" that made viral music videos, suddenly the whole world was dancing... Taylor Swift? At the time, as even Saturday Night Live pointed out, it seemed strange! Why did this country star want to dance with us so badly? At the beginning of the show we danced with Max Martin and we danced with great joy.