# Robbie Williams Defends Olivia Rodrigo Following Plagiarism Claims

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/robbie-williams-defends-olivia-rodrigo-following-plagiarism-claims/
- Published: 2026-11-10T18:05:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T18:22:26+00:00
- Original publisher: Clash
- Original article: https://www.clashmusic.com/news/robbie-williams-defends-olivia-rodrigo-following-plagiarism-claims/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, UK, World

## Key points

- Williams says he will not pursue a claim against Rodrigo.
- Listeners compared her new song with “Candy” and “Christmas Wrapping”.
- He warned that punishing musical echoes could discourage creativity.

## Summary

Robbie Williams has defended Olivia Rodrigo after listeners said her new festive song echoes earlier Christmas hits. Williams said he would not pursue a claim over a possible resemblance to his song “Candy”, arguing that treating every familiar sequence of notes as a copyright dispute could discourage creativity.

Rodrigo released “take me home (4 christmas)” last week. Some fans heard similarities to The Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping”, while UK listeners also pointed to Williams’s “Candy”; Williams said he did not know whether there was any publishing or copyright issue and did not want to investigate it.

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