Overview
- Thursday viral posts compared Lefty’s album closer “Why Wouldn’t We” to Blake Shelton’s 2017 hit “I’ll Name the Dogs,” with listeners pointing to nearly identical chorus melodies and a shared call-and-response lyrical structure.
- Lefty’s breakout single “Boston” was earlier compared to Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” and Kahan was later added as a songwriter so he could receive royalties.
- Another album track, “Summer You Were Mine,” contains an approved interpolation of The Chicks’ “There’s Your Trouble,” and the original writers were added to credits after they were initially omitted from streaming listings.
- Criticism of Lefty has been amplified by her family background as the daughter of billionaire Eric Lefkofsky and by resurfaced videos showing her covering songs that fueled doubts about subconscious borrowing.
- Neither Lefty, Blake Shelton nor Atlantic Records has publicly addressed the newest comparison, and the situation could prompt more retroactive credits, royalty adjustments or formal disputes as social media spotlights alleged similarities.