Robbie Williams clears the air on Olivia Rodrigo ‘copying’ Christmas song

Olivia Rodrigo once again has critics fingers pointing at her for her song take me home (4 christmas) sounding similar to Robbie Williams’ Candy.

However, the legendary singer himself, 52, took to Instagram and defended the drop dead hitmaker against the critics who are accusing her of copying the melody.

The Britpop singer wrote, “There’s something about the music industry that’s been bothering me for a while. People attacking other people because they’ve noticed a similarity between two songs. I completely understand part of that. In some cases, it’s absolutely justified. But most of the time, I think it’s complete nonsense.

Williams went on to note that there are only so many notes and “Music has been around for a long time. Sooner or later, we all end up bumping into each other. And that brings me to Olivia Rodrigo. I love Olivia Rodrigo. I’ve been a fan since brutal. What an incredible album SOUR is. I wish I’d made it.”

Addressing the controversy, he continued, “I couldn’t care less. I don’t know whether there’s technically a publishing rights issue, a copyright issue, or no problem at all. And I don’t want to know. I’m not going after her. Because I think, at some point, a little common sense needs to prevail. I recognise that I’m at a point in my career where I can afford to take that view…but there’s a difference between protecting your work and treating every vaguely familiar sequence of notes as though it were a winning lottery ticket.

The Escapology singer added, “We’re all standing on the shoulders of those who came before us. Sometimes consciously. Sometimes without even realizing it. That’s how music works. If we keep punishing people for accidentally ending up somewhere someone else has already been, eventually we’re going to stifle everyone’s creativity.”

The message reminded fans of the earlier controversy surrounding Rodrigo and Taylor Swift, which concluded in her giving credits to Swift after deja vu was released.

Fans appreciated Williams’ drastically different attitude and expressed disappointment with Swift.

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