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If you were paying attention to Eurovision 2024 at all, you very likely heard Croatian artist Baby Lasagna<\/strong> and their second place song “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”. And if you’re a metal fan, then you might’ve picked up that it sounds a little like Pain<\/a><\/strong>‘s 2021 single “Party In My Head”.<\/p>\n Pain mastermind Peter T\u00e4gtgren<\/strong> weighed in on the similarities during an interview with Laureline Tilkin of Tuonela Magazine, basically saying he doesn’t care. T\u00e4gtgren<\/strong> said he thought “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” was a fun song and that Baby Lasagna<\/strong> did actually take part of a Pain<\/a><\/strong>, that can only mean people’s appetite for metal is growing.<\/p>\n “I didn’t even hear it in the beginning, and [comments about it] started popping up everywhere. People were, like, ‘Oh, I think Croatia stole your song,’ blah, blah, blah. And I was, like, ‘What? I don’t hear it.’ I just hear ‘woo hoo hoo’ [in the chorus], but you hear ‘woo hoo hoo ‘ in ‘I Love It Loud’ with Kiss<\/a><\/strong> since ’81 or whatever. So, for me, I was fine with that.<\/p>\n “And then, actually, our bass player explained, ‘Well, he has the same kind of figure of singing.’ Whatever. I don’t care. I thought it was fun. And I think it’s good that they put in a little bit metal in this Eurovision thing, like they did with the Lordi<\/a><\/strong> 15 years ago. When you get it right, it gets popular. So people want more metal.”<\/p>\n T\u00e4gtgren<\/strong> later added: “I mean, I have no problem, like I said. I’m honored, even though it doesn’t say my name on it. But you can maybe feel that he heard ‘Party In My Head’ before. So I’m totally fine with that.”<\/p>\n You can check out both songs below. The whole industrial metal vibe is certainly similar, but calling this plagiarism seems like a step too far.<\/p>\n \n