Arduous-Fi have responded to feedback on similarities between their 2006 single ‘Arduous To Beat’ and Paramore‘s latest hit ‘C’est Comme Ca’.
Some followers thought the opening chord progressions of the 2 songs sounded notably related when ‘C’est Comme Ca’ was first launched final month.
Now, the Staines indie rockers have addressed the similarities themselves, albeit quite ambiguously. A fan tweeted them suggesting that they need to sue Paramore – “the music flopped so y’all wouldn’t get that a lot cash however nonetheless”, which they then quote tweeted with a single embarrassed emoji.
NME has reached out to Paramore’s reps for remark.
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Paramore’s frontwoman Hayley Williams had beforehand credited Yard Act and Dry Cleansing as inspiration for the monitor, which she has additionally mentioned is about “attempting to get un-addicted to a survival narrative”.
“The thought of imminent doom is much less catastrophic to me than not realizing something in regards to the future or my half in it,” she mentioned in a press launch. “The fellows and I are all in far more secure locations in our lives than ever earlier than. And one way or the other that’s more durable for me to regulate to.”
Williams spoke in additional element in regards to the monitor’s inspiration in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “‘C’est Comme Ca’ [came], I might say, halfway to the start half, it was positively earlier than we had hit a stride… it’s simply this actually nice monitor and we had a very good time getting again into just a little little bit of dance punk vibes. I had been listening to loads of Dry Cleansing and Yard Act and simply artists that discuss quite a bit over nice, cool, music. So I suppose I used to be simply feeling poetic and feeling a bit crucial of myself and fused all that stuff.
“I used to be actually stoked to get this music as a result of loads of instances with Paramore, except we’re all within the room on the similar time engaged on stuff collectively, I really feel like loads of what I do is high lining and I really like doing that. It’s so releasing. Particularly after doing the solo data the place I used to be simply at all times on high of each single second.”
‘C’est Comme Ca’ is the third single from Paramore’s sixth album ‘This Is Why’, which was launched on February 10. In a five-star evaluate, NME wrote: “Paramore are reaching to the place, lastly, their music has wished to get to for the very best a part of the previous decade. Moderately than attempt to high their peerless anthems, the band have as a substitute uncovered a brand new heat on ‘This Is Why’, and the impact is triumphant certainly.”
