I love Katy Perry .. but she needs new musical producers .. First it was California Gurls sounding exactly like Tik Tok ... Then Roar ... and now this? WHYYYY? lol Katy is soo talented she doesn't deserve this!
All you monsters need to stop, like your fave does the exact same thing:
First Born This Way:
Then Do What You Want:
And Donatella:
And also Aura:
I know Zedd (and Infected Mushroom) produced Aura and Donatella, but they are still old songs, getting re-used and there for not "original" songs made for Lady Gaga. So take a seat.
Reaching for the heavens.
Born This Way and Express Yourself share a bass line, not a melody, which is arguably the defining factor of a pop song. That's why Brave/Roar was getting slammed earlier this year.
"We've listened Gaga's song, and it is definitely not a sample or copy of 'The Deep' and we think the songs don't sound alike in any way" - Dance with the Dead
Zedd was lazy and reused his instrumental.
Aura is a collaboration with Infected Mushroom that samples their beat. Sampling with permission is not stealing. Just ask Madonna (Hung Up) or Kanye (Blood on the Leaves, among others).
If you want to slam Gaga for anything, it should be Judas being a carbon copy of Bad Romance, as well as Scheiße having the same structure. To me that's laziness.
I don't use Dark Horse but the only similarity are the drops, and I don't think this DJ copyrighted that melodic line. You bored girls with an internet connection and zero awareness of musical history need to step back from all this "X copied Y" nonsense.