Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Icon Mylene Farmer?

Quelle horreur! We’ve already made a fuss over how Gaga could’ve ripped off Madonna’s “Express Yourself” for her new single “Born This Way.” But a lot of French outlets are reporting that Gaga could’ve just as easily ripped off French star Mylene Farmer’s 1989 hit single, “Libertine.”

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    • rhoden3000 thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is LOL  about 2 years ago
    • Maggie Simspon 2 years ago

      At least Mylène Farmer’s video was fun to watch. It’s provocative and kind of inspired. And i think it was 1986 but whatever.

    • newsdaylaura thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is WTF  about 2 years ago
    • John S. 2 years ago
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    • hollys3 thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is LOL  about 2 years ago
    • Daniel R.   Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... and thinks it’s OMG & LOL  about 2 years ago
    • ClaudiaJAJA   Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... and thinks it’s OMG  about 2 years ago
    • alextheodd   Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... and thinks it’s WTF, OMG & LOL  about 2 years ago
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    • leahleahleah 2 years ago

      Born this way is definitely Gaga’s weakest song.

    • brittanyleighb thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is Trashy & WTF  about 2 years ago
    • chrisg22 2 years ago

      I love Lady Gaga, but ‘Born This Way’ is probably the most generic thing she’s EVER done. You could overlay Chopin’s Nocturne or the score from Terms of Endearment and I’m sure you’d find similarities.

    • mukluk   Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico...  about 2 years ago
    • mukluk 2 years ago

      I’ve always considered myself pro-Gaga because I like her costumes (although I don’t really care one way or the other about her music), but this is upsetting, because I love Mylene (although I will say that I am not a particular fan of this song.)

    • donvarone 2 years ago

      i have no respect whatsoever for lady gaga but if they belive that the song is a ripoff lawsuits should be filled not youtube videos

    • Floobity thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is Trashy  about 2 years ago
    • Sam H. 2 years ago

      Isn’t every pop song essentially a rip off?

    • Anna Smith   Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico...  about 2 years ago
    • MEnMyArrow 2 years ago

      Lady Gaga never said she was original. She said she does what she does with passion and does it better than those who came before her. And shes right.

    • daniellel3 thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is OMG  about 2 years ago
    • fieldoflilies thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is WTF & OMG  about 2 years ago
    • Robert A. 2 years ago

      Yeah, lets play two songs over one another and claim one ripped off the other. FUCK YO COUCH.

    • Lexie L. thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is OMG  about 2 years ago
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    • Dulcis Pater 2 years ago

      Most of her songs borrow heavily from other pop acts. It’s a big part of her whole “meta-pop” thing. It’s really what defines her.

    • marih2 thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is Trashy  about 2 years ago
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    • turtlefeed thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is WTF & OMG  about 2 years ago
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    • elisepiece 2 years ago

      I don’t think she ripped off anybody because the song sounds like EVERY OTHER crappy pop song that ever existed.

    • Nether thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is WTF  about 2 years ago
    • patrciaabreuc 2 years ago

      or people could just give more excuses as to “HOW ORIGINAL GAGA IS,OMG”. or start not paying attention to people that would literally put a watermelon over their heads(or shoes) just to get some lovin’ from the media. RLY? because quite honestly, that is just sad. but then, most of them are sad attentionwhores

    • Whitney Lou thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is Trashy  about 2 years ago
    • snowflakechewy 2 years ago

      Maybe it’s payback. This is Mylene Farmer’s new video “Oui Mais Non”. It’s basically Bad Romance.

    • m. 2 years ago

      It’s definitly a rip off. And the best part about it is that she ripped off the crappiest crap she could (“Express Yourself”). Why not rip off something GOOD?

    • jacqlita thinks Did Lady Gaga Also Rip Off French Ico... is OMG  about 2 years ago
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