Dua Lipa Sued By Reggae Group Artikal Sound System For Allegedly Stealing "Levitating"

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Artikal Sound System shared "Live Your Life" back in 2017.

Dua Lipa's days of "Levitating" may be coming to a close. On Tuesday, March 1st, TMZ reported that the English pop star has been sued by a reggae group called Artikal Sound System, who claims that she's ripped off their 2017 tune "Live Your Life," which achieved some notable success in its day.

The allegation is one of simple copyright infringement, with documents obtained by the publication claiming that "Dua and her team heard their [track] pre-2020 (when they started writing 'Levitating') and [released] a carbon copy."

It's been reported that nothing in the legal papers explicitly explains why Artikal Sound System believes that Dua and her team copied their work, but those details will presumably be hashed out in court.

As TMZ points out, "the two songs do sound awfully similar, especially the chorus," and although they have "different lyrics, obviously, the beat comes across as damn near the same," and Artikal clearly agrees if they felt strongly enough about the situation to take aggressive legal action.


Along with the "New Rules" hitmaker, the musical group has named Warned Records and others as defendants, and are asking for "any profits they may have made off of 'Levitating,' plus damages."

This isn't the first issue that Dua has faced thanks to her hit song. When she tapped DaBaby to appear on the remix, it's unlikely that the 26-year-old thought that she would find herself wrapped up in the rapper's controversies, but nonetheless, she ended up not submitting their collaboration for a Grammy, presumably due to his antics – read more about that here, and let us know if you think "Levitiating sounds like "Live Your Life" in the comments.

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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