“Prior to writing ‘Shake it Off,’ I had heard the phrases ‘players gonna play’ and ‘haters gonna hate’ uttered countless times to express the idea that one should shrug off negativity.” “In writing the lyrics, I drew partly on experiences in my life and, in particular, unrelenting public scrutiny of my personal life, ‘clickbait’ reporting, public manipulation, and other forms of negative personal criticism which I learned I just needed to shake off and focus on my music,” Swift wrote. She further added that she never heard “Playas Gon’ Play” before the suit was filed and that the similarities between her song and “Playas Gon’ Play” only exist because phrases like “hater’s gonna hate” are ubiquitous across culture. All the while, Swift was improvising the lyrics she said.
In her newly filed declaration, Swift touched on the origins of writing the song with co-writers Max Martin and Shellback, noting that Shellback made the drumbeat for the track, and Martin, Shellback and Swift worked together to make the musical lines with it. Missing Texts, Disney's Threats and Marilyn Manson: Five Bombshells From Unsealed Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Docs Kylie's 17-Minute Flight Has Nothing on the 170 Trips Taylor Swift's Private Jets Took This Year How Joni Mitchell Became a Millennial and Gen-Z Hero A federal judge ruled at the end of 2021 that the suit would go to trial. The basis of their suit is that “Playas Gon’ Play,” like “Shake it Off” includes versions of the phrases “hater’s gonna hate” and “player’s gonna play.” Butler and Hall’s suit was initially dismissed in 2018, but a panel of federal judges revived the suit a year later, stating it was dropped prematurely. Swift was first sued over the song in 2017 by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who claimed she took lyrics from their 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play” by 3LW. Taylor Swift has denied any copyright infringement over her hit 2014 song “Shake it Off,” writing in a federal court document filed on Monday that “the lyrics to ‘Shake It Off’ were written entirely by me.” Taylor Swift - Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
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