{"id":2070688,"date":"2025-10-05T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2070688"},"modified":"2025-10-05T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:04:56","slug":"lola-young-files-lawsuit-against-messy-producer-carter-lang-over-songwriting-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lola-young-files-lawsuit-against-messy-producer-carter-lang-over-songwriting-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Lola Young Files Lawsuit Against &#8216;Messy&#8217; Producer Carter Lang Over Songwriting Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Things are getting messy in an ongoing dispute between singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop\/artists\/Lola%20Young?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=2025_Search_Artists_Sales&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22139251807&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA-DaqW5phTHLj9Wdyo7AKfpQopSJY&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwi4PHBhA-EiwAnjTHubcXa6f4pQwpEagjO6ioTpKM6pIqYv5bB4TeeoqipPQ1daGr0uEh2RoCT0AQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lola Young;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lola Young<\/a> and producer C<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/justin-biebers-swag-ii-album-182413605.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:arter Lang;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">arter Lang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, Oct. 3, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9dx235qe04o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the BBC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the BBC<\/a> reported that Young filed an intellectual property claim in court after Lang claimed writing credits on four of her songs. The case was filed in London this past Wednesday on behalf of Young and Sony Music Publishing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It is with immense disappointment,\u201d read a statement from Young\u2019s lawyers, especially given recent events, that we have had no choice but to respond to recent writing credit claims from Carter Lang on four Lola Young songs by issuing legal proceedings on her behalf. Carter&#8217;s claims are strongly refuted and we will not allow Lola&#8217;s reputation and integrity to be called into question &#8211; particularly so long after the sessions took place and agreements were put in place. Lola has always been authentic in her songwriting process and acknowledges songwriting contributions where appropriate. This dispute has been ongoing for several months and we look forward to the truth being established.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time of writing, Lang \u2014 who has produced and co-written songs for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stories.complex.com\/sza-new-album-cover-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SZA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SZA<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/watch-justin-bieber-help-team-213608256.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Bieber;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">Justin Bieber<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/post-malone-compares-skims-modeling-163223313.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Post Malone;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">Post Malone<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/eric-skelton\/omar-apollo-interview-god-said-no\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Omar Apollo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Omar Apollo<\/a> \u2014 has not commented on the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. 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Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lawsuit comes shortly after Young <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lola-young-collapses-mid-song-032848515.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:collapsed on stage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">collapsed on stage<\/a> during a performance at All Things Go festival and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lola-young-cancels-shows-foreseeable-193122286.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:cancelled all performances;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">cancelled all performances<\/a> \u201cfor the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Young\u2019s rise to fame has been a slow burn. Though she\u2019s been putting out music since 2019, she became a viral success with her song \u201cMessy\u201d last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s not clear which of the songs Lang is claiming to have written, however, he is listed as a producer on \u201cMessy,\u201d as well as several of Young\u2019s tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last month, Young released her third studio album <em>I\u2019m Only F**king Myself<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/treyalston\/justin-bieber-moving-tribute-late-grandfather\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Justin Bieber Writes Moving Tribute to Late Grandfather: &#8216;See U Again Soon in Heaven&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/sza-says-shes-just-tired-050507797.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"SZA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/kXrtXs52UsmCkPxwmW9dtA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/9761f081dfc58f4f553fbc0853aef67a\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>SZA Says She&#8217;s &#8216;Just Tired of Not Being a Bug&#8217; While Explaining Why She Wore a Mask on &#8216;Hot Ones&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lola-young-cancels-shows-foreseeable-193122286.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Musical guest Lola Young performs on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/enCqCwH_xMBEx2XQnRb_6A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/67ae9933d5e452bbbb2b6bfea77e0bad\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Lola Young Cancels All Shows for &#8216;Foreseeable Future\u2019 Days After Collapsing on Stage<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><b>Related News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/anuel-aa-reportedly-sued-alleged-030244283.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anuel AA Reportedly Sued for Alleged Assault at Orlando Amusement Park;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Anuel AA Reportedly Sued for Alleged Assault at Orlando Amusement Park<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/glorilla-breaks-silence-home-invasion-042731063.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:GloRilla Breaks Silence on Home Invasion, Says She and Siblings \u2018Were Victims in This Situation\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">GloRilla Breaks Silence on Home Invasion, Says She and Siblings \u2018Were Victims in This Situation\u2019<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. 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The case was filed in London this past Wednesday on behalf of Young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2070689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[362930,362348],"class_list":["post-2070688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-carter-lang","tag-lola-young"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lola-Young-Files-Lawsuit-Against-Messy-Producer-Carter-Lang-Over.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070690,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070688\/revisions\/2070690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2070689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}