Lawsuit over Lizzo song joke about Sydney Sweeney ad is settled

Lizzo has previously resolved a lawsuit connected to her unreleased song “I’m Going Til October.” She first posted the track on social media as a playful jab at Sydney Sweeney’s viral American Eagle ad last year. The complaint was brought by GRC Trust, which alleged copyright infringement and claimed Lizzo benefited from using an unlicensed sample of Sam Dees’ song “Win or Lose (We Tried).”

According to a new court document obtained by Billboard, both parties confirmed that they have reached a settlement in principle that addresses all claims involved in the case. However, neither side offered any insight into the specific terms of the agreement.

At the time the lawsuit was filed, Lizzo’s team said they were caught off guard, pointing out that “I’m Going Til October” was never officially released. Because of that, they argued it would be difficult to show that she actually made money from the song. “We are surprised that The GRC Trust filed this lawsuit,” her team told Billboard in a statement. “To be clear, the song has never been commercially released or monetized, and no decision has been made at this time regarding any future commercial release of the song.”

Attorneys representing GRC Trust pushed back on that argument, saying, “It is antiquated to claim that a song is not ‘released’ when it is streamed through TikTok, one of the largest musical platforms in the world, to the public.”

Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Campaign

On the unreleased track, Lizzo delivers the line, “No kizzy, he ain’t got no business being with me. Fat ass pretty face with the titties. Bitch, I got good jeans like I’m Sydney.” The lyric nods to Sweeney’s role in promoting American Eagle jeans, playing on the similar sounds of the words “jeans” and “genes.” The campaign sparked widespread debate once the ads began circulating in 2025.

Elsewhere, the legal dispute surrounding “I’m Going Til October” surfaced not long after Lizzo spoke out about sampling laws during an appearance on Gillie and Wallo’s Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast.

“I just feel like the theft of it all, putting theft on Black culture, that’s the part that kind of turns me off,” she said on the show. “Hip hop’s medium was sampling. Sampling is a Black art that bred hip hop. Hip hop was born from sampling. And now sampling is synonymous with theft.”