Bananarama members say they haven't heard Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer." "I would have preferred her recording mine, because then I could have made some of her money," Keren Woodward told Billboard. AdvertisementBananarama — who has a song called "Cruel Summer" — says they haven't heard Taylor Swift's hit of the same name. AdvertisementSwift's "Cruel Summer" hit the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart in October 2023, four years after it was released. "Deja Vu," a song off Rodrigo's debut album "Sour" was embroiled in a copyright controversy after fans noted the similarities between the song and Swift's "Cruel Summer."

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