Lizzo Settles Lawsuit Over Her Song Referencing Sydney Sweeney

Lizzo has already settled a lawsuit over her unreleased monitor, “I’m Going Til October.” She initially shared it on social media to poke fun at Sydney Sweeney’s viral American Eagle ad final yr. The plaintiff, GRC Trust, accused Lizzo of alleged copyright infringement. They claimed she profited off an unlicensed pattern of Sam Dees’ tune, “Win or Lose (We Tried).”

In a brand new court docket submitting obtained by Billboard, the 2 sides stated {that a} “settlement in precept to resolve all claims at situation within the motion has been reached.” Neither occasion disclosed particular particulars of the settlement settlement.

Lizzo’s staff beforehand described the lawsuit as a “shock,” contemplating she by no means launched “I’m Going Til October” as an official monitor. In flip, it could have been a lot more durable to show she actually profited from it. “We are stunned that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit,” Lizzo’s staff informed Billboard in a press release on the time. “To be clear, the tune has by no means been commercially launched or monetized, and no resolution has been made right now concerning any future industrial launch of the tune.”

Lawyers for GRC Trust countered: “It is antiquated to assert {that a} tune shouldn’t be ‘launched’ when it’s streamed via TikTookay – one of many largest musical platforms on the planet – to the general public.”

On Lizzo’s unreleased tune, she raps: “No kizzy, he ain’t received no enterprise being with me. Fat ass fairly face with the titties. Bitch, I received good denims like I’m Sydney.” The line is a reference to Sweeney selling American Eagle denims. In doing so, she used a play on the phrases “denims” and “genes.” The marketing campaign caused a ton of controversy when commercials started airing in 2025.

In different information, the “I’m Going Til October” lawsuit got here shortly after Lizzo had criticized copyright legal guidelines round sampling throughout an look on Gillie and Wallo’s Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast.

“I simply really feel just like the theft of all of it, placing theft on Black tradition, that’s the half that sort of turns me off,” she stated on the present. “Hip-hop’s medium was sampling. Sampling is a Black artwork that bred hip-hop. Hip-hop was born from sampling. And now sampling is synonymous with theft.”