Robin Schulz: Southstar accuses star DJ of stealing ideas

By wsadmin On Aug 12, 2022

One piece sounds like the other – in this case it’s actually true. Two tracks that have the same title, using the same sample with a very distinctive voice of a female singer, played in the same key, even the arrangements are very similar.

Only the artists who released both tracks could hardly be more different: on the one hand Robin Schulz, a star DJ for years with millions of hits, a Grammy nomination and hits like “Waves” and “Prayer”, one of the best-selling singles in Germany. On the other hand, Southstar, a young electronic music artist who only started releasing music under this name last year.

He now claims: “Robin Schulz stole my song ‘Miss You’, which I dropped a month ago.” That’s what he wrote it on Instagram in a story, of which the news portal Watson showed a screenshot . After their automatic deletion after 21 hours, Southstar has published them permanently as a highlight on his Instagram account.

The tracks are easy to confuse

A steep accusation, which is supported by the fact that Southstar’s track was originally released in May, Robin Schulz’s only on August 5th. And that they really do sound very similar – you can see for yourself here.

This is what »Miss You« by sounds like )Southstar …

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In the meantime, several German rappers have shown solidarity with Southstar. Bausa and Symba, for example, link to Southstar’s track in their Instagram stories and write: “The original.” And according to the Hiphop.de site

also says Prince Pi, the song is from Schulz “Stolen 1:1”.

Fans protest online

How the duplicate came about is still unclear. Robin Schulz has not yet commented on this. And Southstar has also kept a low profile on Instagram since the allegation. There was only the hint that Oliver Tree had nothing to do with it, the musician from whom both took over the sample with the singer. Perhaps there was an unsuccessful agreement between the Schulz and Southstar labels about the use of this music snippet, speculates the music magazine “Diffus”

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»Miss You« is Southstar’s first release involving a professional label – B1 Recordings, part of Sony, re-released the track to a wider audience in July. His “Miss You” version was apparently streamed much more frequently than the predecessors. The scandal and the support from the musicians’ scene bring him additional attention.

Meanwhile, the fans are protesting online. On Instagram, a user writes under Schulz’s last post: “Stealing songs is not possible,” and someone else: “Honestly, you’re ashamed. With your oh so many followers, sold records, etc., you really need to steal songs from an underground artist?! Really uncool action«.

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article stated that Southstar’s Instagram post had been deleted. While this was true of the original Insta story, the content is still accessible as a highlight.

Also, the Sony re-release of Southstar’s track in July was given as the original release date. However, he had already published a version on his own in May.

We have corrected the errors.

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