loreen has become the winner of Eurovision 2023 with Tattoo, a beautiful song of impossible love. However, not everyone has enjoyed her performance too much since they have not been slow to accuse her of plagiarism.
Specifically, the subject with which they compare it is flying freecomposed by Pont Aeri in 1999.
The introduction of Tattoo is practically identical to that of the flying freea song from 24 years ago composed by the Spanish DJ Skudero and Xavi Metralla. This song was one of the most played hits at the Pont Aeri electronic music disco in Catalonia, which closed in 2012.
The first accusations of plagiarism They occurred when the artist appeared at Melodifestivalen —the Swedish music festival in which the country’s representative in Eurovision is chosen, and in which you have to participate with a 100% original theme— which took place in March 2023. The song was published on streaming platforms on February 25 of that same year.
Since then the artist has suffered these accusations in detail, until the grand finale of Eurovision. After winning, she has become latent, and much more viral, than the beat Initial of both songs is the same.
Plagiarism accusations on social media
Social networks have not been slow to echo the exaggerated similarity between this Swedish song and the popular single electronic, and they do not give rise to doubt: it is practically impossible for it to be a coincidence taking into account the similarity between both subjects.
One of the first profiles to question plagiarism was Pablo Mdz on TikTok. She did it on March 22, 11 days after Loreen was proclaimed the winner of the Melodifest and, therefore, the representative of Sweden in Eurovision.
In the video, the user perfectly explains and exemplifies the similarities between both songs: they have changed the piano for a synthesizer, and the notes and rhythm are the same. Once set to the same tempo and key, both songs become the same piece.
But he is not the only one who has spoken about it, social networks, especially Twitter, are full of this same opinion.
At the moment neither Loreen nor the creators of flying free have spoken about this fact.
