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David Byrne responds to Selena Gomez sampling Talking Heads on ‘Bad Liar’:
The song borrows Tina Weymouth’s bassline from the 1977 new wave classic ‘Psycho Killer’. It was co-written by songwriters Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels, who also worked with Gomez on her 2015 album ‘Revival’.
“Selena and Julia are Talking Heads-obsessed,” co-writer Tranter recently told Variety. “So when we all got together in one room, Julia suggested, ‘Why don’t we just write over the bassline from ‘Psycho Killer?’ and we were all going, ‘That sounds great!’”
Tranter also revealed that Talking Heads’ David Byrne has given ‘Bad Liar’ his seal of approval, saying: “He heard it, loved it and approved it. Which was a pretty crazy moment for us. To have David Byrne listed next to our names is just so cool.”
Now Byrne has issued his own response, writing on Twitter: “I really like the song… and her performance too” ... Bassist Weymouth, meanwhile, has said: “It’s good to be appreciated”.
