IN DEEP WATER: Lady Gaga accused of stealing American singer-songwriter Shallow's award-winning song

Lady Gaga was accused of stealing the melody for her award-winning Shallow song by American songwriter Steve Ronsen.

The 33-year-old singer won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the title, from A Star Is Born, alongside co-authors Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronsoin. Read invented by Teads

But now a relatively unknown song

Writer Ronsen asks for "millions and millions" of dollars in a settlement, claiming that the three-note progression of the melody is taken from his 2012 song, which has recorded less than a thousand streams on SoundCloud over the last five years.

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To fight these accusations, Gaga hired power lawyer Orin Snyder, who said in a statement to New York Post's gossip column, Page Six: "Mr. Ronsen and his lawyer are trying to make money easily because of an artist's success. It is shameful and false. I congratulate Lady Gaga for having the courage and integrity to defend the interests of renowned artists who find themselves immune to such claims.

If Mr. Shirian continues this case, Lady Gaga will fight vigorously and win. "

Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, Lady Gaga, winners of the best original song, pose in the Oscar press room at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California 24, 2019 FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images

Ronsen alleges that the note hook G, A, B in Shallow was removed from Almost, but Gaga's team countered by saying that the trio of notes appeared in centuries-old musical pieces - like the song of Kansas Dust In The Wind, published in 1978.

Contacted by Page Six, Ronsen's attorney, Mark D. Shirian, said in a statement: "In order to resolve this problem amicably, several months ago, my office provided Lady's legal team with Gaga, at their request, an official report written by a reputed and respected musicologist and teacher who determined that there were important similarities of tempo, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic between the two "hooks" of the songs in question. Lady Gaga's team has not yet provided my office with an opposite musicologist's report, which we have repeatedly asked for. "

It remains to be seen if Ronsen is moving forward with his threat to launch a $ 1 million lawsuit against Gaga over the claims.

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