Taylor Swift files in Shake It Off copyright lawsuit: ‘The lyrics were written entirely by me’

Singer had been sued by writers of 3LW's 2000 song Playas Gon' Play for alleged plagiarism, and the case is due to return to court

Taylor Swift has defended herself as the sole writer of her 2014 hit Shake It Off in response to a lawsuit claiming that she plagiarised lyrics from the 2000 song Playas Gon' Play by girl group 3LW.

The lyrics to Shake It Off were written entirely by me," Swift stated in a sworn declaration filed on Monday. Until learning about Plaintiffs' claim in 2017, I had never heard the song Playas Gon' Play and had never heard of that song or the group 3LW."