New Found Glory's guitarist Chad Gilbert and the Paramore vocalist anger Directioners after saying on Twitter that the 1D song sounds similar to NFG's 2006 single 'It's Not Your Fault'.
- October 1, 2014
AceShowbiz -
New Found Glory claims that One Direction's new single "Steal My Girl" is a rip-off of one of their songs. The band's guitarist, Chad Gilbert, said on Twitter on Monday, September 29 that in some parts, the boyband's song sounded similar to his group's 2006 single called "It's Not Your Fault".
"Props to the @onedirection 'steal my girl' single for reworking the 'it's not your fault' piano part into a top 40 single. Let me get a cut," he said. In a follow-up tweet, he said that he had no problem with the boys, saying, "My original tweet was a joke anyway. Music influences music. No one cares."
Gilbert's longtime girlfriend, Paramore's Hayley Williams, also pointed out the similarities on Twitter. "Beginning of that new 1D song couldn't sound any more like the beginning of @newfoundglory's 'its not your fault'," she wrote and added in another post that she knew her comment would anger millions of Directioners out there.
"I realize that I'm gonna get hate from a very large fanbase for that. But really, it has more to do w/ whoever pitched or cowrote the song," she said.
Reacting to Gilbert and Paramore's tweets, some fans said that the new One Direction song might also be a rip-off of Journey's 1985 smash "Faithfully".
"Steal My Girl" was co-written by One Direction's Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne with Ed Drewett, Wayne Hector, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan - the same people behind the stars' 2013 hit "Best Song Ever". It serves as the first official single off the group's upcoming fourth studio effort, "FOUR", which is due out on November 17 via Syco/Columbia.
