Uh-Oh! Little Mix Have Been Blasted By Another Girl Band For ‘Ripping Off’ Their Song

They’re our fave-o girl group since The Spice Girls, and last night X Factor winners Little Mix again took to the show’s stage to perform their new single Shout Out To My Ex.

But while the girls put on an absolutely stomping performance of their catchy new track, many peeps on Twitter were quick to accuse them of ripping off another single.

The song in question is GRL’s Ugly Heart, released in 2014 – and Twitter was rife with comments about the similarities between the two tracks.

“They’re identical,” one user wrote, while other’s accused Little Mix of copying the entire chorus.

Am I the only one thinking Little Mix’s new tune A Shout Out To My Ex sounds remarkably like G.R.L.’s Ugly Heart?

— Lisa McLoughlin (@itslisamc) October 16, 2016

since i’m petty af i listened to ugly heart by grl bc apparently shout out to my ex sounds the exact same and i aint tryna help LM chart

— dani (@singleniaz) October 16, 2016

Is it me or does Little Mix’s “shout out to my ex” sound suspiciously like G.R.L’s “Ugly Heart” ??

— Lydia Hill (@lydiahill08x) October 16, 2016

That was a fantastic performance of Ugly Heart by GRL on #XFactor pic.twitter.com/g14yvL5v8m

— Neil Fox (@BRUTHANIALL) October 16, 2016

Anyone else think @LittleMix #ShoutoutToMyEx is just a rip off of Ugly Heart by @grl ????

— The Ghost of Eddie (@Scouting_4_Leah) October 16, 2016

As if all the criticism wasn’t enough, GRL then responded to the claims, and they seem none to happy, simply tweeting ‘#ShoutOutToUglyHeart”. Yikes.

#ShoutOutToUglyHeart

— G.R.L. (@grl) October 16, 2016

But not everyone was convinced that Shout Out To My Ex had taken inspiration from Ugly Heart…

Just like with CFTS & Jessie J’s Domino, SOTME & Ugly Heart have the same chord progression that thousands of pop songs have. Means nothing.

— i died 10/16/16 (@jadejesleighpez) October 17, 2016

well, that’s kinda true that sotme sounds like ugly heart, but perfect sounds like style and no one had a problem with that?

— Susan (@gIorydaysariana) October 17, 2016

Here are both songs. Have a listen for the comparison. What do you think?

• GRL
• Little Mix