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Courtney Love under fire after attacking Olivia Rodrigo over ‘album cover plagiarism’
Courtney Love has come under fire after her suggesting that Olivia Rodrigo copied her album cover (Picture: UMC/Instagram/courtneylove)
Courtney Love has found herself facing backlash from fans after she accused Olivia Rodrigo of copying the album artwork for her band Hole’s record, Live Through This.
June 25 saw the 56-year-old musician shared a picture of the 18-year-old singer’s promotional artwork for her upcoming Sour Prom Concert film.
The Good 4 U singer could be seen wearing a prom dress and tiara while holding a bouquet of dead flowers as mascara stained tears ran down her face.
‘Since i never got to go to prom, I wanted to throw a little prom party with my fav ppl (you guys obvs),’ the Drivers License star wrote on Twitter and Instagram.
Courtney captioned her own post of the image: ‘Spot the difference! #twinning! @oliviarodrigo.’
Fans instantly clocked on to the fact Courtney was suggesting that the image looked similar to Hole’s 1994 album cover, which featured model Leilani Bishop.
Courtney claimed Olivia should have contacted her to ask for permission to recreate the look (Picture: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)
Hole’s 1994 album cover featured model Leilani Bishop in a similar pose (Picture: UMC)
In the comments section of her post, Courtney claimed that Rodrigo should’ve asked her or cover photographer Ellen von Unwerth for permission.
‘It was rude of her, and Geffen not to ask myself or Ellen Von Unwerth. It’s happened my whole career so i.d.c [I don’t care]. But manners is manners,’ she wrote.
She then added in another comment: ‘Stealing an original idea and not asking permission is rude. There’s no way to be elegant about it. I’m not angry. It happens all the time to me.
And he really [sic] I’m very gracious or say nothing. But this was bad form. That’s not bullying or bomb throwing. This persons music has nothing to do with my life. Possibly never will. It was rude and I gave [sic] every right to stick up for my work…’
Though some fans agreed with her statement, many other believed the musician was taking claim for a concept she didn’t original create in the first place.
One person tweeted: ‘I love when #CourtneyLove accuses others of stealing when there’s literally nothing original about herself.’
Another added: ‘I’m not even an #OliviaRodrigo fan, but I’m pretty sure #CourtneyLove didn’t invent the “crying pageant girl” ….. uhmmm…. kind of been around since pageants?’
‘The girl literally said this was about never having been able to go to prom. So lame that Courtney is dragging the girl over this similarity. And hey, it’s also super similar to the end of Jawbreaker. Pathetic #CourtneyLove,’ another stated.
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Olivia was quick to show her love for Courtney as she commented: ‘love u and live through this sooooo much’.
Sour Prom, a concert film, will premiere on Olivia Rodrigo’s official YouTube channel on June 28 at 11:30 pm ET.
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