Berita Dunia Bahasa Inggris Bagi Pelajar

20-04-2022 10.00

Ed Sheeran is a British singer who wrote a song named “Shape of You” in 2017.

(Ed Sheeran adalah seorang penyanyi Inggris yang menulis sebuah lagu berjudul “Shape of You” di tahun 2017.)

The song became the best-selling song in the world, and it had more than three billion plays on Spotify. Then another singer named Sami Switch accused Sheeran that he stole a part of his song which he wrote two years earlier. Switch said that the ‘oh I, oh I, oh I’ part was similar to the chorous of his song. Sheeran said that it was usual in pop music that some melodies sound similar.

(Lagu ini menjadi lagu penjualan terbaik di dunia, dan didengarkan lebih dari tiga milyar di Spotify. Lalu seorang penyanyi lain bernama Sami Switch menuduh Sheeran mencuri sebuah bagian lagunya yang dia tulis dua tahun sebelumnya. Switch berkata bahwa bagian “oh I, oh I, oh I” mirip dengan refrain lagu miliknya. Sheeran mengatakan hal ini biasa dalam musik pop karena beberapa melodi mirip.)

Last week, Sheeran won a court battle against Switch. Sheeran said that he was happy, but he said that it was a hard situation for songwriters. It was cheaper to pay money to the other artist than to fight in court.

(Minggu lalu, Sheeran memenangkan gugatan Switch. Sheeran berkata bahwa dirinya senang, tetapi dia mengatakan bahwa itu adalah situasi yang sulit bagi para penulis lagu. Lebih murah membayar seniman lain daripada bertarung di pengadilan.)

Kata-kata sulit: accuse (menuduh), chorous (refrain), songwriter (penulis lagu).

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