GLorilla wants to end the lawsuit by claiming to have stolen the lyric “natural, not a BBL” from a viral phrase, telling a judge that no one can copyright of this kind of short and “cliché” expression.
The case, filed this summer, claims that an Instagram user called Natalie Henderson created the phrase – a reference to the “Brazilian Elevator Elevator” surgery – and that Glorilla (Gloria Woods) later stole it for use in 2024 “Never Find” song.
But on a Monday proposal by asking the judge to reject the whole case, rapper’s lawyers say there is a big problem with the lawsuit: that the copyright law does not cover a single “ordinary” series of words.
‘The phrase’ natural[e]There is no BBL ‘ – referring to a person with a physical body who has not undergone the “Brazilian extreme” cosmetic process – is very common, everyday, trite and cliché to protect against copyright, “her lawyers write in the testimony. Cluster.
Glorilla’s lawyers mention seven other songs that have presented similar expressions about BBLs in the last two years, including rapper Real Boston Richey: “The controversial phrase in the plaintiff’s song is not original and thus is not spiritual.
And even if Henderson’s alleged phrase was copyright, Glorilla’s lawyers say we didn’t copy her song. They say there is no evidence that he ever heard Henderson’s phrase and that he used a remarkably different in “Never Find”: “Anyone who listens to the two songs should easily conclude that these songs are not essentially similar.”
“Never Find”, with K Carbon, was presented on the debut album by Glorilla Studio Glorious, which culminated in No. 5 on Billboard 200 and ended last year the top women’s album Rap last year. The song itself, a piece of bonus, does not write.
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Henderson (@slimdabodylast on Instagram) filed her lawsuit in June, referring not only to her viral phrase but also a song she wrote, which described the lyric “all of the natural, no bbl/ crazy hugs”. Glorilla’s lyric says: “Natural, not BBL/ but I still give him hell.”
“There are undisputed similarities between the two works,” writes Henderson’s lawyer at the time.
But as Cluster They were reported at that time, these allegations have always faced a worrying battle in court. The copyright law does not cover short phrases, including slogans and labels, nor does it cover the usual material widely used by others. This is exactly the argument that Glorilla’s lawyers made on Monday.
Above her short career, the star has already faced several cases of copyright – something from a passer -by for every artist.
In 2023, she was hit by a trial claiming that she used samples without permission in her songs “Tomorrow” and “Tomorrow 2”. The case was rejected last year. And last year, he was charged with Megan You Stallion, Cardi B and others for claims that the 2024 song “Wanna Be” described a unclear sample from the 2008 PLIES 2008 track. This case was voluntarily reduced earlier this year.
