How was Britney approving Halsey sampling/covering 'Lucky' on her new song

[Fita]

Okay, so I was almost falling asleep but then I started imagining how was it Britney approving Halsey's new song that samples 'Lucky'. 

Whoever Britney's manager is calls her:

- hey, brit
- oh heyy, how r u?
- good, good, so there's this artist who wants to sample your song 'lucky', she's called halsey, she was g-eazy's wife for a while...
- oh, okay, let me check her on instagram *follows her*
- and here's the song, what do you think?
- *listens* oh, okay  it's okay, cool
- she also wants to know if you'd like to make a cameo on her vide-
- oh, no, i'm good  but she's cool
- ok, that's all
- okay, byee *in britney's baby voice* 

[PokemonSpears]

funniest people at parties here, but singers don't have to approve or give permission if they're not the songwriters of the song being covered/sampled. In Lucky's case it must've been Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Alexander Kronlund

[Fita]

4 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

funniest people at parties here, but singers don't have to approve or give permission if they're not the songwriters of the song being covered/sampled. In Lucky's case it must've been Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Alexander Kronlund

but she followed Halsey on IG, though? I mean I was figuring it out how one thing led to another.

[Imnotcrazy]

10 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

funniest people at parties here, but singers don't have to approve or give permission if they're not the songwriters of the song being covered/sampled. In Lucky's case it must've been Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Alexander Kronlund

Didn’t know this, makes totally sense tho. 
 

Still, it feels like a  kidz bop cover

[humstarr]

Halsey must have talked to her and secure the unofficial approval before putting it out there. Thats why they followed each other before that. I dont think it was for legal reasons. 

[monalisaney81]

59 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

funniest people at parties here, but singers don't have to approve or give permission if they're not the songwriters of the song being covered/sampled. In Lucky's case it must've been Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and Alexander Kronlund

I’m sure it was important for Halsey to get Britney’s approval. How bad would it have been if Halsey jumped over Britney’s head, released a song that literally uses an entire Lucky verse, references her in the visuals and then Britney goes off on her on IG. Single would be DOA

Edited Wednesday at 04:27 AM by monalisaney81

[KrisJ]

They must have spoken which is why Britney followed her. But technically she doesn’t need Britney’s sign off as she didn’t write the song. But getting Britney’s “ok” and blessing makes sense from an artist to artist respect perspective.

 

[LoveYourselfMas]

No.

If Britney can make fast money without lifting a finger she will do it in a heartbeat. It’s her style pretty much. Cade handles all the business. He’s her handler. I think many decisions are made without Britney’s input. She signs the checks or contracts but doesn’t read a single word. If she can make money off a past hit without working to make a new one u can bet damn well that’s her style. 

[LoveYourselfMas]

Yes I wish it were more romantic and intriguing but that’s Hollywood for ya. She truthfully doesn’t give a damn about Halsey, lucky, or what’s being played on the radio 

[MIKE_INT]

Brtiney doesnt have to approve it, she didnt wrote/co-wrote it so she has not rights of the song.

Edited Wednesday at 05:29 AM by MIKE_INT

[Barmy86]

11 minutes ago, MIKE_INT said:

Brtiney doesnt have to approve it, she didnt wrote/co-wrote it so she has not rights of the song.

Exactly. It's who ever owns the right so posted this the other day glad someone else is aware. Let's get it together Britney army...Taylor stand more knowledgeable about the music industry than we are now

[Dark Willow]

58 minutes ago, LoveYourselfMas said:

No.

If Britney can make fast money without lifting a finger she will do it in a heartbeat. It’s her style pretty much. Cade handles all the business. He’s her handler. I think many decisions are made without Britney’s input. She signs the checks or contracts but doesn’t read a single word. If she can make money off a past hit without working to make a new one u can bet damn well that’s her style. 

And she seems to want to avoid anything related to her career, even if she knows they will be paid for something.

She never mentioned the Tate interview... or maybe she forgot about it...

Cheap way to make some money, I remember the Spears/Federline making the boys pretend they did a interview with North West. They never change their ways to make easy money lol.

[BPI]

I think Britney doesn't know there is

This is a Cade stunt, like adding her on Ig, as he did with People, when he wrote the interview for Britney.

[DanjaMouse]

Britney doesn’t need to approve it but it would be common courtesy and good etiquette for a serious artist to contact another artist about using their likeness and a song that was obviously written for them.

 

Remember how Kelis reacted to Beyoncé/Pharrell sampling one of her Neptunes produced songs?

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

Britney didn’t write the song, so I doubt she had any say in it..

[PokemonSpears]

19 hours ago, monalisaney81 said:

I’m sure it was important for Halsey to get Britney’s approval. How bad would it have been if Halsey jumped over Britney’s head, released a song that literally uses an entire Lucky verse, references her in the visuals and then Britney goes off on her on IG. Single would be DOA

they could do that out of courtesy, but legally speaking Britney has no saying over any song she didn't write/cowrite herself

[UnderHisSpell]

Guys writing the song or not doesn't mean anything owning the masters, having the full control over copyright, publishing & licensing is 

Writers don't have direct control over how the song is sampled or covered by other artists.

[monalisaney81]

36 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

they could do that out of courtesy, but legally speaking Britney has no saying over any song she didn't write/cowrite herself

Yup thats what I just said. Including Britney is a courtesy thing bc if they piss her off Britney will drag Halsey and the song on IG…and I think that’s the last thing Halsey would want for a song Thats basically a tribute to B. 

[Frankie8]

Brit probably has no idea about it or even knows who Halsey is. I know "Britney" followed her, but that was just to give an acknowledgement of it in the least way possible. Remember her team/Cade/whoever has her IG password for publicity purposes.

[Naes614]

This is why I wish a big artist would sample Everytime because Britney would get a lot of royalties from that.