{"id":3412,"date":"2025-03-28T19:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:57:22","slug":"tyla-and-her-producer-sued-over-smash-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/tyla-and-her-producer-sued-over-smash-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyla and Her Producer Sued Over Smash \u2018Water\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South African superstar Tyla and producer Sammy Soso are facing a lawsuit in California over her Grammy-winning hit, \u201cWater.\u201d The lawsuit was filed by Olmo Zucca and Jackson LoMastro, who claim to be co-composers and co-authors of the song\u2019s composition. 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Zucca and LoMastro assert they are owed royalties for the song, as \u201ctop-line producers of the song.\u201d The suit alleges that the \u201cdefendants have acknowledged that [Zucca and LoMastro] are co-composers and co-authors of the composition of the song, but steadfastly refuse to recognize and compensate [them], and pay [them] all of the royalties to which [they] are entitled from the song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further, the suit alleges that the defendants\u2019 refusal to credit Zucca and LoMastro properly as top-line producers of the song \u201chas resulted in harm\u201d to their reputation and careers, costing them opportunities that would otherwise have been available to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zucca and LoMastro claim they were both present for the song\u2019s recording, and produced numerous audio files that are used in the song\u2019s final master recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cZucca and LoMastro were not session musicians, and their contribution to the song was not done on a work-for-hire basis,\u201d the lawsuit continues. \u201c[They] never received or signed any paperwork indicating that they were session musicians for the song, and they never were paid on a work-for-hire basis for the song. 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