Remember Parey Hut Love’s ‘Haye Dil Bechara‘, the upbeat song that had everyone get down throughout ‘Shadi season‘? Turns out the original track it is based on is even better.
Yes, even this track is inspired by another song. And no its not an outright copy of it!
With Jimmy Khan’s vocals and Asim Raza’s lyrics to Azaan Sami Khan’s composition, Haye Dil as a dance track was all the rage. But have you listened to its ‘inspiration’ ‘Sofia’ by Alvaro Soler, a Spanish track? Its even better!
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If the rhythm, and tune weren’t a dead giveaway. The Spanish instrumentals and clap in the background of both tracks make the similarities obvious.
Of course, even though the entire song is not the same, the rift certainly is.
Twitterati respond
Why is this just becoming a subject of discussion? That courtesy goes to an expose via a Twitter thread.
https://twitter.com/zephyrzealot/status/1232329746803044359
While some blamed Pakistani artists for lacking creativity, others pointed out how remixes are the same.
https://twitter.com/khanshehru/status/1232356036528328705
https://twitter.com/ArtbyNafay/status/1233369431763542017
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Then there was also the debate of whether ‘Haye Dil Bechara‘ is a copy of ‘Sofia’ by Alvaro Soler, or just inspired by the track. The vocalist Jimmy Khan already stated that ‘Haye Dil Bechara‘ was inspired by Spanish salsa music.
Yeah but tbh every other song these days copies off their tunes from olden songs, some dating back to to 30's or the 60's. Nothing new in the music industry, they keep on recycling this stuff. Case in point: https://t.co/1YCb5Upu9T
— Ali Iftikhar (@ReadyPlayerAik) February 26, 2020
For fuck’s sake there is copying and then there’s inspiration. Stop using the word copy. The lyrics are different and the tune, save for the ay yo part, is also different. The song, as Jimmy had said before, was an inspiration from Spanish salsa music.
— Hiba Salman (@HibaSalman19) February 26, 2020
