The four-day trial was expected to feature musicians performing various instruments with Malone expected to testify as well.Ĭircles became Post Malone's fourth single to top the Billboard Hot 100 singles, and it even broke the singer's own record with 34 straight weeks in the top 10. The ruling stated that Armes has, 'no claim of authorship in the commercial release' of Circles, though he, 'demonstrates genuine disputes in regard to his authorship in the session composition.'Ĭountered: Post countered with a lawsuit that Armes didn't write any of the music used in the finished song and that he wasn't present in any of the future recording sessions District Judge Otis Wright leading to the trial that was entering jury selection when the settlement was reached. 'It is an age-old story in the music business that when a song earns the type of runaway success that ‘Circles’ has garnered, an individual will come out of the woodwork, falsely claim to take credit for the song, and demand unwarranted and unearned windfall profits from the song,' said Post's attorney Christine Lepera, who does confirm Armes was at the initial August 2018 recording session.īoth of the lawsuits were ultimately consolidated, with an April 2022 ruling by U.S. Post countered with a lawsuit that Armes didn't write any of the music used in the finished song and that he wasn't present in any of the future recording sessions. I was not just someone hanging out in the room, I’m a writer/producer in the room with two other writer/producers working on a song,' Armes said in a text to London cited in the lawsuit. The producer offered him a 5% share of publishing royalties, though when Armes tried to negotiate a higher stake, Post's manager Dre London shut down negotiations and said he would withdraw the offer if he didn't accept. The suit filed by Armes in April 2020 claimed that, while the lyrics to Circles hadn't been written yet, both the 'instrumentation and vocal melodies' recorded at the August 2018 recording session were, 'note for note rhythmically and melodically identical' to the finished version of the song.Īfter the song was released in August 2019, Armes claimed in the lawsuit that he reached out to one of the song's producers, Frank Dukes. Claims: Armes claimed that he was part of an August 2018 recording session with Post where Armes said he co-wrote the keyboard chords and guitar melody, and had 'significant input' on the bassline of what would become Circles
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