Born This Way Rips Off, Well, Everybody

Poor Lady Gaga. Despite launching her new single straight to the top of the Hot 100, and keeping it there for the past five weeks, some people aren't impressed. Across the net there are whispers and incriminations that Gaga has been heavily "inspired" by other artists. Who exactly? Well.... *takes a deep breath*

There's Madonna,



David Guetta/Kelly Rowland,



Christina Aguilera,



TLC,



aaaaaand now SNSD. Who? They're a K Pop girl group, who released a song called Be Happy, about a year ago:



Of all of them, this is oddest. In the other cases, there are definite similarities in the melodies, and while it's understandable that people immediately think of the other songs, I don't think it was an intentional act.

Be Happy is different though. The beat is actually quite similar throughout, and the message of the song is almost identical. I'm in now way saying Gaga has actually ripped the song off, but it's a very odd coincidence.

In all honesty, it's not Gaga's best work. She'd be better off to let these other acts take the blame and move on to You & I, which sounds very good indeed.