Who wrote Lizzo’s hit “Truth Hurts”? That question may now be settled in a court of law. Last week, two songwriting brothers accused Lizzo of denying them credit for the song, one of the biggest hits of the year. The brothers, Justin and Jeremiah Raisen, said they had contributed to an early songwriting session that yielded the track’s signature line. A lawyer for Lizzo denied their claim at the time, but now the singer has sued the Raisens, as well as another writer, Yves Rothman, who made his own claim about “Truth Hurts.”Lizzo’s suit, filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles on Wednesday, seeks a declaratory judgment that Rothman and the Raisens had no part in creating “Truth Hurts,” and asks for other unspecified damages.

Source: New York Times October 23, 2019 20:48 UTC