Charli XCX Team Responds to Sky Ferreira 'Wuthering Heights' Claims

Charli XCX's team has responded to claims that Sky Ferreira was involved in the Wuthering Heights soundtrack without proper credit.

While Ferreira is credited as a writer and vocalist on one of the soundtrack album's songs, "Eyes of the World", an exchange with a fan account on social media seemed to indicate that she made further contributions that weren't properly acknowledged.

In a statement shared with Billboard, however, Charli’s team refuted this suggestion, claiming that proper accreditation procedures were followed and “all credits were finalised and formally approved by the appropriate parties prior to the album’s release.”

It all started when a post by a Charli/Ferreira fan account called @skyferrori about how the latter makes an income prompted Ferreira herself to respond, “I toured for years. I work. I hate to break it to you, but your favorite artist records my old songs. I hope that answers your question.”

The fan account then claimed to contact an “industry insider” about Ferreira’s alleged extra work on Wuthering Heights.

They posted a screen grab of an alleged exchange with this anonymous “industry insider,” who said the “Chains of Love”intro was “ripped from” an old Ferreira demo called “Ancient Idols”, and that the Wuthering Heights track “Alters” was based on another Ferreira demo from 2015.

Over on Instagram, Ferreira insisted the "insider" had wrong information, but she added cryptically, "Close but wrong."

“It was definitely more than an intro. I have proof of everything with dates. It isn’t worth the trouble bc I know how the world works," she continued.

In another comment, Ferreira said, “I wasn’t going to say anything. I’m over being dragged & humiliated for no reason. It brought back a lot of things I have worked really hard to move past.… I don’t want the actions of multiple people fucking things up for me & my album. I’m an honest person. People don’t care about the truth. It’s about whatever narrative is fitting or more exciting. I’m glad I can finally move on with my life.”

The statement from Charli’s team stresses that “she always shares credits fairly and appropriately, and values her collaborators tremendously."

The statement continues: “Ahead of the Wuthering Heights album release, a standard review process was conducted on a small number of tracks from the album, including fragments of material originating from earlier sessions. This process involved managers, legal representatives, artists, and producers, and included a thorough review of archival materials and demo recordings.

"All relevant parties were consulted throughout, and the album was played in full in advance of release to everyone. Songwriting credits and splits were determined and agreed collectively in writing, with reference to documented timelines and contributions.”