Robbie Williams Explains Olivia Rodrigo Tweet: “I’m Not Going After Her”

Last Thursday, Olivia Rodrigo shared her first-ever Christmas song "take me home (4 christmas)." It has been surprisingly controversial. Holiday songs already tend to be pretty polarizing — some people love 'em, and some people can't stand 'em (moi). But Rodrigo's first go at it is fine, in my opinion.Over the past few days, however, the internet has gotten into a fuss about how it sounds similar to the Waitresses' 1981 classic "Christmas Wrapping." And although the cheeky vibe is there, it's not a rip-off. Rodrigo even reached out to the band's Christopher Butler months before the song's release. Butler then defended the pop star after plagiarism allegations started to build on the internet. Now, Robbie Williams has entered the conversation after people pointed out similarities to his 2012 song "Candy."On Saturday, Williams tweeted "Happy Christmas @oliviarodrigo x," which some people interpreted as shade. But this morning, Williams followed up with an Instagram post saying that he didn't mean to go after Rodrigo at all. His post pointed out how we're living in an absurd time where it's easy or trendy to comparison spiral about art. He did, however, jokingly call out Rodrigo for s...