According to the lawsuit filed in Manhattan, the first 13 seconds of the Grammy-nominated single feature a distorted sample of a 1995 recording by Mitsou with the group Ando Drom.

The song in question is "Bajba, Bajba Pelem," a traditional Roma song that Mitsou learned from her grandmother.

It is not clear why it took Mitsou a year to realise that it is her song, when it has been a big hit, velvet.hu observes.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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