A big Taylor Swift fan named Delphine‘s tweet is going viral because she’s currently without her phone or WiFi and does not yet know that her fave singer released a whole album, Folklore.
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Lady A, the singer, has responded to Lady A, the band, following their headline-making lawsuit over trademark of the name the two acts now share.
"I think they always knew what they were gonna do," the singer, born Anita White, told Vulture on Thursday (July 9) after news broke that she was being sued by the country trio.
Back in June, the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum announced they'd be dropping the historical reference to the pre-Civil War South from their name in response to the
A big Taylor Swift fan named Delphine‘s tweet is going viral because she’s currently without her phone or WiFi and does not yet know that her fave singer released a whole album, Folklore.
The Chicks, formerly known as The Dixie Chicks, opened up about the other band who changed their name amid the Black Lives Matter movement: Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum.“I think it was good. It was news to us that they had gotten that trademark, what, six years ago or something,” The Chicks singer Natalie Maines said during the Tuesday, July 21, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
Anita "Lady A" White spelled out her stage name squabble with country trio Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, in an interview with ABC News Live Prime yesterday (July 14).
Singer-songwriter Lady A has commented on the lawsuit filed against her by the band formerly known as Lady Antebellum. The band claimed in a court filing last week that the singer, real name Anita White, had made an “exorbitant monetary demand” from them after they changed their name to hers.
(CNN)The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A.The country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum, filed suit on Wednesday against Anita White, a singer/songwriter who also performs as Lady A.White recently told HLN she had been willing to work with the band but is unwilling to share the name with them. "You're saying that you are an ally, but you are not," White said.
they legit tried to take her musical identity without offering compensation.“I think they always knew what they were gonna do,” White told (via ). “I was quiet for two weeks because I was trying to believe that it was going to be okay and that they would realize that it would be easier to just change their name or pay me for my name.”“Five million dollars is nothing, and I’m actually worth more than that, regardless of what they think,” she continued.
When country music trio Lady Antebellum announced last month that they were changing their name to Lady A due to the word “antebellum” being tied to slavery, it was a big surprise to blues singer Anita White, who has been performing in Seattle as Lady A for more than 20 years. According to People magazine, both Lady Antebellum and Lady A had a discussion about “continued coexistence” where both musical acts could perform under the moniker Lady A.
Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood confirmed that they would be taking the country group in a new direction after acknowledging the dangerous history of the word “antebellum” amid nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.“As a band, we have strived for our music to be a refuge … inclusive of all,” the Grammy winners declared via a lengthy Instagram statement on June 11.
Margo Price shared her unfiltered thoughts on the legal name dispute between the band Lady A, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, and the blues singer Anita "Lady A" White," after the first camp filed a lawsuit over the matter."sooooo they changed their name but does the 'A' stand for antebellum or a--hole," Price wrote on Twitter Wednesday (July 8) when the news of the suit first broke.
Singer Anita White, who was sued by a country group over the use of the name Lady A, says the group is using their white privilege against her. The band, who had previously been known as Lady Antebellum, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday seeking a ruling that their use of the trademark “Lady A" does not infringe on White's use of the same name.
lawsuit recently filed by the country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum, saying the seven-time Grammy winners are “minimizing my voice.”White spoke in a conversation about the dispute with a Rolling Stone reporter, and her words were published as a lengthy op-ed on the magazine’s website Friday.
they legit tried to take her musical identity without offering compensation."I think they always knew what they were gonna do," White told (via ). "I was quiet for two weeks because I was trying to believe that it was going to be okay and that they would realize that it would be easier to just change their name, or pay me for my name.""Five million dollars is nothing, and I’m actually worth more than that, regardless of what they think," she continued.
Anita «Lady A» White says she is «not going to be erased» after the country band, formerly known as Lady Antebellum, changed their name to «Lady A» and sued her. White has been performing as Lady A since 1987, and is now embroiled in a lawsuit with the musical trio, composed of Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and David Haywood, over the moniker.«I think they always knew what they were gonna do,» White tells in an interview published Thursday.
Country trio Lady A’s recent name change from original moniker Lady Antebellum was orchestrated to erase the tinge of racism associated with the word “antebellum” and its associations with slavery and the Confederacy.
Chris Willman Music WriterIn a new interview with Vulture, Anita White, aka Lady A, the Seattle singer who was sued this week by the country group that is also calling itself Lady A, says she now believes the band was not acting in good faith during what initially seemed like positive and fruitful negotiations in June.“I think they always knew what they were gonna do,” White tells the website.The group formerly known as Lady Antebellum contends in the suit that it has the legal trademark on the
Anita “Lady A” White weeks after appearing to have reached an agreement with the artist, who has been using the moniker for years.“Today we are sad to share that our sincere hope to join together with Anita White in unity and common purpose has ended,” the band members of Lady A said in a statement to Us Weekly.
also on June 16 that the band jumped the gun by putting out the statement. “I’m not happy about [it] yet again after talking in good faith…Their camp is trying to erase me and I’ll have more to say tomorrow.