A California federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Lizzo by two songwriters who say they helped create “Truth Hurts.”

In October of 2019, Lizzo had asked the court for a declaration that brothers Justin and Jeremiah Raisen did not co-write her song, and therefore are not entitled to any profits.  The Raisen brothers countersued in February, arguing that “Truth Hurts” is a derivative work based on a song called “Healthy” that they created in early 2017 with Lizzo.

Lizzo states that the only significant thing to come out of that session was the line, “I just did a DNA test turns out I’m a hundred percent that b*tch,” which was inspired by a viral tweet.

Judge Dolly M. Gee granted Lizzo’s motion to dismiss the counterclaims, agreeing that a “joint author of one copyrightable work does not automatically gain ownership of a derivative work.”  Even if the Raisens are co-authors of “Healthy,” they have not alleged any ownership interest in “Truth Hurts,” which they claim is a derivative work of “Healthy.”

Gee is allowing the Raisens to amend, finding that a section of their opposition to Lizzo’s suit indicates that, “they now intend to allege that their collaboration with Lizzo in creating Healthy was part and parcel of the creative process that led to a single finished work, Truth Hurts.”