Adam Levine and Olivia Rodrigo

Singer Says Song Copying ‘Inadvertently Happens’ Amid Paramore Drama

Adam weighs in.

The Maroon 5 singer put his two cents in about how Olivia Rodrigo just gave Paramore a writing credit on "Good 4 U," a song many compared to Paramore's song, "Misery Business."

“These are tricky things, and anyone who’s ever written a song knows that you rip something off inadvertently, and it makes it to tape, and then it’s released, and then there’s a lawsuit," Adam said.

On Olivia

"It’s a natural thing for it to happen, and sometimes it gets ugly," Levine explained. "Sometimes, it’s warranted that people take legal action. Sometimes it’s not."

Levine referenced the landmark lawsuit over "Blurred Lines" and called for a more peaceful response.  "I do think that we should probably meet this with a little more compassion and understanding."

"All this calling out, it’s like, music is a creative thing, and I just hate to see it crushed," he said before turning his attention back to Olivia.

— Adam Levine

“When you take someone who’s a newer artist, and she’s doing things that kind of emulate the ones from generations removed, I don’t know how bad that is."