?Christmas Wrapping’ songwriter praises Olivia Rodrigo’s “homage” festive single and Robbie Williams wades

The songwriter for ‘Christmas Wrapping’ has praised Olivia Rodrigo for making a “homage” to the song on her new festive single, while Robbie Williams has spoken about the comparisons to one of his tracks.

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Rodrigo lançou ‘Take Me Home (4 Christmas)’ como seu primeiro single festivo na semana passada, e ele chegou com um clipe estrelado que contou com a participação de Cynthia Nixon, de Sex And The City, e Ben Marshall, do SNL.

Upon its release, the track immediately drew comparisons to the 1981 track from The Waitresses, ‘Christmas Wrapping’. The band’s songwriter and guitarist Christopher Butler has now shared a post on Facebook addressing the similarities and revealing that the pop star reached out to him ahead of the song being released.

He then recalled getting back in touch and praising her songwriting style – although remaining skeptical if the person really was Rodrigo.

While there have been lots of comparisons to The Waitresses’ ‘80s hit, some people online have also drawn similarities between ‘Take Me Home (4 Christmas)’ and Robbie Williams’ hit single ‘Candy’.

Concluindo, Williams disse: “há uma diferença entre proteger seu trabalho e tratar cada sequência vagamente familiar de notas como um bilhete premiado de loteria.”.

Some of this stuff has become ambulance chasing. And I think it’s disgusting.

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