Lizzo is in hot water again — this time over a song that hasn’t even been released! The “Juice” hitmaker has been slapped with a lawsuit for allegedly using an uncleared sample in an unreleased track rumored to be titled “I’m Goin’ In Till October.”
Filed Tuesday (October 21) in California, the suit claims Lizzo and her label Atlantic Records used parts of Windy City’s 1970s funk tune “Win or Lose (We Tried)” without permission. The track first made waves back in August when Lizzo teased a snippet online — singing, “I got good jeans like I’m Sydney,” a cheeky nod to Sydney Sweeney’s infamous American Eagle ad.
The song’s publishers, The GRC Trust, accuse Lizzo of profiting off the sample, writing that she and her label “obtained profits they would not have realized but for their infringement.” After failed private negotiations, GRC decided to take it to court, demanding damages, attorneys’ fees, and any profits made from the teaser.
Lizzo’s team fired back, telling the BBC they were “surprised” by the lawsuit and insisting the track “has never been commercially released or monetised.”
This isn’t the first time Lizzo’s faced plagiarism drama. In 2019, producers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen accused her of lifting parts of her breakout smash “Truth Hurts” from an unreleased demo called “Healthy.” Lizzo denied the claims and sued the brothers herself — and after years of legal back-and-forth, the case was settled in 2022.
Meanwhile, the outspoken star recently declared there’s “no song of the summer” anymore — blaming social media algorithms for “stressing people the f** out.”
