{"id":83105,"date":"2025-10-16T22:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/83105\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:30:07","slug":"paz-lenchantin-song-scrubbed-from-the-internet-following-plagiarism-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/83105\/","title":{"rendered":"Paz Lenchantin Song Scrubbed From the Internet Following Plagiarism Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in August, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/paz-lenchantin-departs-pixies-after-a-decade-in-the-band\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/3324-pixies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pixies<\/a> bassist <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/15200-paz-lenchantin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paz Lenchantin<\/a> announced her return with a solo album, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/paz-lenchantin-announces-debut-solo-album-shares-video-for-new-song-hang-tough-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Triste<\/a>. Soon after the news went live, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixies\/comments\/1mvgbhf\/hang_tough_new_single_from_paz\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixies\/comments\/1mvgbhf\/hang_tough_new_single_from_paz\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pixies\/comments\/1mvgbhf\/hang_tough_new_single_from_paz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">listeners<\/a> on <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NEWMUSICVIDEORELEASES\/comments\/1muvg9s\/hang_tough_by_paz_lenchantin\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NEWMUSICVIDEORELEASES\/comments\/1muvg9s\/hang_tough_by_paz_lenchantin\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NEWMUSICVIDEORELEASES\/comments\/1muvg9s\/hang_tough_by_paz_lenchantin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/K8VAblIaADA?si=vcqmxvuW6c_op6l5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> noted glaring similarities between the lead single, \u201cHang Tough,\u201d and Chico Buarque and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/24039-milton-nascimento\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milton Nascimento<\/a>\u2019s Brazilian classic \u201cC\u00e1lice.\u201d It turns out the song\u2019s authors, Buarque and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/the-story-of-tropicalia-in-20-albums\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tropical\u00eda<\/a> legend <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/12368-gilberto-gil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gilberto Gil<\/a>, were listening, too. In August, the duo filed a notice accusing Lenchantin of plagiarizing \u201cCalice,\u201d as reported in the Brazilian newspaper <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/internacional\/en\/culture\/2025\/08\/gilberto-gil-and-chico-buarque-notify-former-pixies-bassist-over-alleged-plagiarism.shtml\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/internacional\/en\/culture\/2025\/08\/gilberto-gil-and-chico-buarque-notify-former-pixies-bassist-over-alleged-plagiarism.shtml&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/internacional\/en\/culture\/2025\/08\/gilberto-gil-and-chico-buarque-notify-former-pixies-bassist-over-alleged-plagiarism.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Folha de S. Paulo<\/a>. Lenchantin, who was born in Argentina, made no public comment, but the song has since been removed from streaming services and the album tracklist displays another song title.<\/p>\n<p>Reached by Pitchfork through a representative, Lenchantin declined to comment. Her label, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/hideoushumanrecords.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hideoushumanrecords.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/hideoushumanrecords.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hideous Human<\/a>, will release Triste tomorrow, October 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in August, former Pixies bassist Paz Lenchantin announced her return with a solo album, Triste. 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