The Weeknd sued for plagiarism

The Weeknd is facing legal action from three British songwriters who allege he copied one of their songs. Scott McCulloch, Brian Clover and Billy Smith believe a track from the musician’s 2016 album Starboy — A Lonely Night — uses a key section of I Need to Love, a song they recorded in 2004 with their then-band Sonic Religion. Clover said he noticed the similarity between the two songs after hearing The Weeknd’s track while shopping in Colchester, England, and that he and his fellow songwriters tried to resolve the matter amicably before heading to court. The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, denies the claims.