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It's brutal out here: Olivia Rodrigo and how the music business makes songwriters fight over credits

Decoder with Nilay Patel

CHAPTER

The Guitar Tones Aren't the Same

The songs have a referential quality to each other. They are not quite in the same gene as you. Like the guitar tones are pretty different, and they obviously have different melodies. There's common musical elements, but they, of course, are distinct lyrics. It's similarish, they work well together, but they're fundamentally different. I've the same reaction to that. People when on tick talk, they started doing mash ups. Look how well these songs go together.

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