Chilean singer Jaime Ciero is suing everyone connected to “Let It Go,” alleging that the track copied his Spanish-language track “Volar.” Jaime Ciero claims in a new lawsuit that the smash hit from “Frozen” was inspired by his 2008 song “Volar” and wants royalties from Disney, Idina Menzel and Demi Lovato.
According to TMZ, Ciero said his single was “a huge international success reaching millions of listeners and landing on numerous charts of the most popular, top-performing songs.”
Jaime Ciero claims in a new lawsuit “Let It Go” was obviously inspired by his song, “Volar.” Ciero recorded the song in 2008 and it was played globally. Ciero calls the song “a huge international success reaching millions of listeners and landing on numerous charts of the most popular, top-performing songs.”
This is not the first time “Frozen,” the highest-grossing animated film of all time, has been sued. In 2014, A woman in Kuwait claimed that the story for Disney’s animated mega-hit “Frozen” was lifted from her book. In the end the judge iced here case.
Listen to both (below). Not so sure … even though “Volar” is recorded in Spanish, there are similarities though. Maybe? The question … are there enough to make a case?
Listen, and judge for yourself. Are there enough similarities to make a case?