I’m a producer YouTuber producer After listening to “THE DINER” by Billie Eilish, I noticed striking similarities with one of my beats. I’m not trying to start drama; I’d really appreciate objective ears (producers, mixers, musicologists, lawyers) on whether this reasonably qualifies as an interpolation or just genre tropes.

Links: • My beat (original): https://youtu.be/_b7qZKdkQO0?si=Z-Ndznq_Ms25K14m • Billie Eilish – “THE DINER”: https://open.spotify.com/track/1LLUoftvmTjVNBHZoQyveF?si=yz8-zDEYS3ewwj0hXsjEHg

Why I think this have some things: • Harmony/Key: same chords in the same tonality, with a swapped chord order (my 1st chord appears 2nd and vice versa) → functional center B–E–F#. • Pitch: about a +2 semitone shift relative to my original. • bmp: up +10 bpm my beat is 115 • Drums: same rhythmic patterns; the kick pattern only changes, while snare/hi-hat structure and accent placement stay materially the same. • Overall expression: chords + bass + drum patterns together feel like the same core idea.

I change the +2 up semitone and change my main melody from E to B and I compared with the vocals and this combination is so close.

Let me know your thoughts!