Many of the Jackson 5 songs were written by Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, and Berry Gordy.

They called themselves The Corporation.

The music was provided by the Funk Brothers.

Now they can all hear their song, “I Want You Back,” again.

Taylor Swift has ripped off “I Want You Back” for her new song, “Wood.”

I told you yesterday that Taylor had already ripped off “Cool” by the Jonas Brothers to get her title track, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Across the internet, fans are finding obvious paths to the new Swift songs. “Ruin the Friendship” comes from a song by The 1975, for example. The group is one of her favorites.

What the heck is going on here?

Swift doesn’t have to worry about getting sued on this one. All three members of The Corporation are dead. Gordy is 95 and very rich. So the odds are, they’ll leave her alone — unless their estates say something. And they might.

No one’s said anything yet, but a Fleetwood Mac 2026 farewell tour looks all but certain.

Today both Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood each wished Lindsay Buckingham a Happy Birthday on social media.

This is part of a continuing rapprochement since Buckingham was fired in 2018 by the group a few years ago.

That moment was stunning. Nicks accused her former lover and musical partner of abuse in no uncertain terms. The disagreement was said to stem from Buckingham asking the group to delay a tour. A tour did go out without him, but including Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.

Soon after, Christine McVie — who’d written so many of their hits and had been a huge part of the band — died. Christine’s ex husband, bass player John McVie, had retired.

But the group lived on. “Rumours” and “Greatest Hits” continue to sell like crazy. The songs “Dreams,” “Go Your Own Way,” and “Everything” are heard on commercials constantly.

Then this summer Nicks and Buckingham had begun reaching out to each other publicly. That campaign resulted in the reissue of their “Buckingham Nicks” album from 1974, all remastered and remixed. It’s been a huge hit — over 37,000 copies since September 19th.

A farewell reunion tour would be a massive hit. It would follow the blueprint laid out by the Eagles, also down one founding member — Glenn Frey — due to untimely death. The groups share a manager, the legendary Irving Azoff, who could move a pyramid if necessary. Imagine a Fleetwood Mac residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. It would be sold out in the next century.

So happy birthday, Lindsay. The summer of 2026 looks very promising!

Lorde, the New Zealand singer with one hit in twelve years, has underscored her previous antisemitism.

She’s seen her music pulled from iTunes in Israel after shouting “Free Palestine!” at a New York show.

She won’t be missed.

Lorde already said several years ago she wouldn’t do shows in Israel. This was met with a collective yawn.

Her one hit, “Royals,” came in 2013. Since then, her record sales are minimal. No one in Israel, or most countries, was clamoring for her music.

This year, according to Luminate, Lorde has had sales of just 115,1999 in downloads, CDs, and vinyl.

Adding in streaming, she has 742,581. Most of the sales from “Royals.”

How Lorde even has a US record label is a mystery. She hasn’t sold a record here in a decade.

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor has made herself a pariah. Frankly, she should have all her music removed from iTunes ASAP.

What is going on here?

“The Life of a Showgirl” album by Taylor Swift — released at midnight — is number 1 on amazon and iTunes.

But on iTunes and Spotify there’s no action. On the former, no individual tracks have revealed themselves. On the latter, one song — “Ophelia” — is registering.

How can all these things exist at the same time?

More interesting: the “Showgirl” tracks take up the top 20 of Apple streaming. Nothing on Apple’s iTunes, where albums are made or broken by individual tracks catching fire.

As of 4:23pm, Swift has nothing on the iTunes top 100.

And then there’s Rolling Stone. The long venerated rock and roll bible has given over its entire home page to “Showgirl” as if it were “Sgt. Pepper.” They are all in, bestowing a ridiculous five star review.

The fans don’t seem to like the album. Twitter X is full of comments saying the album is “mid” Swift, nothing new, and a disappointment.

On Metacritic, the rating is at 62%, not exactly a run away hit.

And let’s not forget my previous story about the title track sounding awfully similar to the Jonas Brothers’ 2019 song, “Cool.”

Stay tuned…

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