Another day, another Stella Lefty song being accused of plagiarism. The TikTok breakout singer has now faced comparisons to five different tracks in a matter of weeks, with listeners most recently drawing parallels between “seven eleven” and Wheatus’ 2000 classic “Teenage Dirtbag”.
The discussion started with fan comparisons rather than a formal complaint, taking off after several other Lefty songs have been picked apart for sounding familiar.
"Ok so thought it was a coincidence at first but it’s literally every song," wrote a user on TikTok.
Others have also accused the “Misery” singer of using AI to make her music, with some suggesting that could explain why listeners keep drawing similarities between her songs and existing tracks. Of course, this is all speculation and PEDESTRIAN.TV has reached out to Lefty for comment.
Fans have also re-discovered Lefty's cover of "Teenage Dirtbag" from 2025, spamming the comment section with accusations if plagiarism. So it’s not like she can say she’s never heard it before (also who hasn’t heard of "Teenage Dirtbag"?!).
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"So I kept hearing people saying that seven eleven sounded like 'Teenage Dirtbag', I didn’t hear it at first, but yeah, now I do," one user wrote. "So that’s what, 4 or 5 songs that “coincidentally” sound like very well known and recognisable songs without writing credits given to the original writers?"
This whole mess started when Lefty's breakout single “Boston” prompted comparisons to Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season”, particularly around the chorus. Kahan is now listed as a songwriter on “Boston” after his representatives contacted Lefty’s team.
Lefty addressed the situation in an interview with Vanity Fair, saying, “When I was writing the song, I wasn’t thinking about Noah Kahan. I was literally thinking about nothing at all.”
She later added, “I don’t want to step on anybody’s toes, so I’m like, if this sounds like that, whatever, all good.”
Although Lefty may not have been thinking of "Stick Season" while writing her song, the "Boston" singer was big fan of Kahan, having covered "Stick Season" many times on her TikTok.
Then there is “Summer You Were Mine”, which listeners compared with The Chicks’ “There’s Your Trouble”. Unlike the “seven eleven” debate, that one has an answer. The song is an approved interpolation of The Chicks’ 1998 single. Rolling Stone reported that the interpolation had been cleared before release and that the original songwriters, Tia Sillers and Mark Selby, were subsequently added to the track’s credits.
“Why Wouldn’t We?” has also drawn comparisons to Blake Shelton’s “I’ll Name the Dogs”, with some listeners are naming RaeLynn’s “God Made Girls” in the same discussion. No public legal claim or formal credit change has been announced in relation to that track.
And then there is “Misery”, which has been compared online to “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman, which you can make up your mind on.
Five songs in, it is understandable that people are noticing a pattern, even if not every similarity amounts to copying. Pop and country music share musical conventions and online comparison videos are not exactly a court of law, but I don't think the internet's new nickname for the artist -- "Stella Thefty" -- is going anywhere any time soon.
However, none of it appears to be slowing Lefty down commercially. Her forthcoming headline dates include sold-out shows in Nashville and Chicago and she's also set to play Strummingbird in Australia this October. The festival is scheduled to hit Ballarat, Newcastle and the Sunshine Coast, with Lefty listed for Australian dates across October.
