Rahim Redcar (FKA Christine & The Queens) accuses Lorde of copying “with out crediting me as an inspiration”: “I suppose you are welcome”

Rahim Redcar (previously often called Christine & The Queens) has accused Lorde of copying his work “with out crediting me as an inspiration”.

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Lorde launched her new music, ‘Man Of The Yr’, taken from her extremely anticipated new album ‘Virgin’, yesterday (Could 30), alongside a deeply private music video that sees her take off her prime, binding her chest with duct tape.

Shortly after the video’s launch, Redcar took to his Instagram story to react to it, writing: “To lorde: I suppose you’re welcome lol. So bizarre to see such fixed components of my work being digested and put ahead with out ever being credited as an inspiration.”

This can be in reference to the artist’s 2022 tour, through which he additionally used tape to cowl his chest. “Erasure of my expertise by some means occurred due to my unusual path? Do you suppose? What else was I purported to do? Lie?,” he continued.

“I'm wondering if I'll have at some point the credit score I deserve, and I say this with no bitterness, simply real curiosity,” he added. “Let’s be actual I'm made to take pleasure in huge gigs so why can’t they honor the primary flame?

“Oh nicely – again to creating extra superb music am I proper?”

not christine and the queens claiming lorde copied his work… omg??? pic.twitter.com/2I0U7GNSyW

— mazzy (@mazzypopstar) May 30, 2025

Followers have been reacting to Redcar’s assertion within the feedback of his latest Instagram put up, with one writing: “Sorry babe I like you however there’s no inspo in showcasing non-binary awakening, it’s her course of, it’s lower than you to evaluate that or to suppose and fake you’re the one non-binary artist on the market.”

One other added: “You might be so proficient. No must tear down one other artist. I’m sorry not as many individuals as you prefer to are seeing your imaginative and prescient however simply know there are a lot of adoring followers of your unbelievable work over the previous few years. Don’t tarnish it with petty insecurity. It doesn’t style good.”

Lorde’s gender evolution appears to be a outstanding theme of her upcoming album. Throughout an look at this 12 months’s Met Gala, the place she revealed that her outfit contained “Easter eggs” in regards to the new album, she mentioned on the time that her gown, which additionally featured tape on her breasts, “actually represents the place I’m at gender-wise. I really feel like a person and a lady…”

Quickly after, she steered she didn’t imply something by the “Easter eggs” remark, elaborating on her feedback about the place she’s at “gender-wise” and opening up about her previous physique picture points.

“My gender bought far more expansive once I gave my physique extra room,” she mentioned in a latest interview with Rolling Stone, earlier than occurring to clarify the opening line of the primary monitor on ‘Virgin’ that reads “Some days I’m a lady/Some days I’m a person” and the way it displays her present headspace by way of gender fluidity.

Lorde mentioned to Rolling Stone: “[Chappell Roan] requested me this. She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’ And I used to be like, ‘I’m a lady aside from the times once I’m a person.’ I do know that’s not a really satisfying reply, however there’s part of me that's actually proof against boxing it up.”

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She additionally mentioned that ‘Man of the Yr’, “was absolutely consultant of how [her] gender felt in that second.” The music was partially impressed by her expertise of making an attempt on a pair of males’s denims and displaying an image of it producer Jim-E Stack: “He was like, ‘I wish to see the you that’s on this image represented within the music.’ This was earlier than I had any sense of my gender broadening in any respect.”

Lorde additionally lately introduced that she can be hitting the street once more this 12 months for some headline tour dates throughout the UK, Europe and North America in celebration of the album. These kick off in September in Austin, Texas, and run via to December, the place the tour wraps up with a ultimate cease in Stockholm. Majority of the exhibits are offered out.

Particular visitors for the exhibits embody The Japanese Home, Nilüfer Yanya, Chanel Beads, Empress Of and Oklou, in addition to Blood Orange – with Devonte Hynes that includes on the album – and co-producer Jim-E Stack. Go to here for North American tickets and more information, and here for any remaining tickets and details for UK and European dates.

Within the run-up to the album launch and subsequent tour, Lorde has been sharing particulars about issues which will have impacted her sound. These embody candid discussions about her time overcoming consuming struggles, and the way the upcoming exhibits could also be her “masterpiece”.