Sarah Bahbah Accuses Selena Gomez of Copying Her Art, Again

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Sarah Bahbah, an Australian-born Palestinian and Jordanian artist, posted a video accusing Selena Gomez of copying her art for the second time (The first time was for her video "Back to You" video). Bahbah says she was taken aback when watching

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[_kleptomane]

The only thing is that it’s the same location. None of what either one is doing is original or proprietary. Not to mention, this artist talks about her very distinct (and supposedly viral) artistic aesthetic and I’m like…where? While there’s definitely a problem with smaller artists and poc creatives being ripped off, this is a reach. Reminds me of that super delusional indie artist that claimed Adele based her entire last album and aesthetic on her work but then got more and more unhinged about it and now is nowhere to be found. Hmm, wonder what happened to her.

…and now I see she’s pulling the same exact moves the “Adele ripped me off!” artist took, like speaking about her ancestors carrying the weight of her situation through symbolic means and getting paranoid about being supposedly shadowbanned. Tsk.

[likeiused2]

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yeah that's thievery...I feel bad for her--especially because they could have just HIRED her.

do I think Selena knew? she acts so ditzy in public sometimes that I honestly can't tell how much control she even exerts (not that she doesn't have it vs an indie artist)

[blackstarnebula]

I was about to give her the benefit of the doubt, especially considering they filmed at the same location. But half way through her video and nothing Selena had looked like her work. I mean one of her complaints was that there was a shot of Selene on the floor with dancers around her and she had the same thing. But they didn’t look anything alike nor is it original. Or even the bathroom thing.

I mean this is a reach. None of the scenes look the same, or even feel the same. This seems like scandal/clout chasing to make a name for herself.

[matsaurus]

About 100 other people from the entire 20th century could make a video about Sarah copying their framing, style, and basically their whole vibe. She invented absolutely none of this, being the same locations is probably coincidental and the parts of the rooms they shot in are basically where anyone would frame a shot because they are chosen for that reason.

I really hate when people think they invented mediocrity.

[stormvandal]

I actually spent a few hours a couple weeks ago working on Sarah Bahbah's Wikipedia article - I had never heard of her before but the article came up on my Wiki homepage as needing edits. The conclusion I came to after I was finished working on it was that I like some of her work but she's a little delulu about how original her work really is LOL. It's funny bc if you read her interviews, in the SAME SENTENCE she'll talk about how she wanted to replicate the style and aesthetic of screenshots of foreign movies that she was seeing on Tumblr, and then she'll be like "I INNOVATED this style and now everyone's ripping it off" like... hello? But you JUST said-

[hardto_remember]

Im so sorry but her work is just extreme generic regurgitation of marketing images so she is going to have a hard time convincing the public. I’m guessing any director choosing the location for a music video would come up with similar generic images as hers.