Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams and former guitarist Josh Farro have been added to the writing credits of pop star Olivia Rodrigo’s song ‘good 4 u.’ A listing in the repertory of the ‘American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ (ASCAP) notes that Williams and Farro (who left Paramore in 2010) are now credited on the track and listed as writers alongside Rodrigo and producer Dan Nigro. Williams and Farro were not originally credited.
Williams revealed the news to her Instagram Story, sharing a screenshot of a post made by Warner Chappell Music highlighting the single’s Number 1 peak on the Top 40 chart. The post gave a “huge shoutout to our writers Hayley Williams [and] Joshua Farro”, to which Williams added a caption: “Our publisher is wildin rn”. Music journalists and fans have pointed out obvious similarities between ‘good 4 u’ and Paramore’s 2007 hit ‘Misery Business’ for some time.
Rodrigo’s debut album ‘Sour’ also lists Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff as songwriters on the track ‘1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back’, due to its interpolation of melodies from Swift’s ‘New Year’s Day’.
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