Lorde is claiming Kanye West stole her set designs.
In a series of Instagram Stories, the “Green Light” singer shared images of her tour stage along with similar-looking set-ups from West’s performances.
She finished the post with a final thought, “I’m proud of the work I do and it’s flattering when other artists feel inspired by it, to the extent that they choose to try it on themselves. But don’t steal not from women or anyone else not in 2018 or ever.”
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Lorde calls out Kanye West for stealing her box stage idea: A few hours ago, controversy arose when Kanye West and Kid Cudi performed on a floating stage, a replica of Lorde’s – a female artist’s – North American Tour staple. (via lordemusic’s instagram stories) pic.twitter.com/nqp3vPFGz8 — the lorde scene (@lordescene) November 12, 2018
The “Green Light” singer has also called West her “idol” in a past Billboard interview.
In a 2017 interview with Spinoff, Lorde said she worked with Es Devlin on the glass box-type designs. “It’s hard to come up with stuff that feels new, and with the tank it felt weird and interesting and quite specific to me,” she said. “The two of us just built it from the ground up, bouncing ideas back and forth.”
It felt so good being on the stage last night with my brother Cudi. After performing again, I realize the new album I’ve been working on isn’t ready yet. I’ll announce the release date once it’s done. Thank you for understanding. — ye (@kanyewest) November 13, 2018
West tweeted about the performance, writing, “It felt so good being on the stage last night with my brother Cudi. After performing again, I realize the new album I’ve been working on isn’t ready yet. I’ll announce the release date once it’s done.”
West or Cudi haven’t commented on Lorde’s claims.
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