Doja Cat sends Australian guitarist Plini a string of private messages to apologise for accidentally sampling his song without credit
Doja Cat sent Australian guitarist Plini a string of apologetic messages on Instagram after she sampled one of his songs in a performance without credit.
This misunderstanding started after the American pop star used a snippet of Plini’s song Handmade Cities in her performance of the MTV European Music Awards.
After fans of the guitarist called it out on social media, Plini issues a statement on social media, calling it ‘disappointing’.
Say So-rry! Doja Cat sent Australian guitarist Plini (pictured) a string of apologetic messages on Instagram after she sampled one of his songs in a performance without credit
‘The lack of prior communication about it or proper credit upon release is disappointing but not particularly surprising in a sector of the industry that is usually more interested in clout than creativity,’ he wrote.
‘It’s being sorted now, but would have been cooler a million views ago,’ he added.
The performance was released on YouTube on November 9 and currently has 2.2 million views.
Controversy: This misunderstanding started after the pop star used a snippet of Plini’s song Handmade Cities in her performance of the MTV European Music Awards (pictured)
Plini later backtracked and said that it was all an ‘honest mistake’ and that the musical director of the performance had used it ‘perhaps’ without realising that it would be an issue.
From there, Doja herself sent Plini a string of voice messages on Instagram apologising profusely for the misunderstanding.
‘The best part of all this is that I woke up one day with a string of voice messages from her in my DMs, saying sorry and that she wished she’d known about all of this and wished they could have credited me properly, and also praising my song and thanking me for being nice about it,’ he told Music Radar.
Apologies: After that, Doja herself sent Plini a string of voice messages on Instagram apologising profusely for the misunderstanding
‘I thought about that and realized it was the number one strangest thing that’s happened to me in my career,’ he continued.
‘One of the biggest pop stars is messaging me an apology because someone kinda ripped my music for her live performance. Life is so f***ing weird. As far as I’m concerned it’s a great story.’
Plini just released his sophomore album, Impulse Voices, last month.
Working hard: Plini just released his sophomore album, Impulse Voices, last month