BANKS hits out at Neon Jungle for covering "Waiting Game" without permission

​The rendition by the girl group features on their debut album (which is out now), while the original will also be included on Banks’ upcoming LP, something which has upset the noir-pop musician.

“I was as shocked as you to see this song made up of my own heartbeats on their album,” the singer writes on Facebook. “How strange it is to see it used on someone else’s album before it even comes out on mine. It makes me feel very uncomfortable. Like my own thoughts were stolen from me and sold as someone elses.”

Read the full statement and watch videos for both Banks’ original and the Neon Jungle cover below:

People keep asking why I let Neon Jungle put my song “Waiting Game” on their album when my album has yet to come out. The answer is I was never asked. I was as shocked as you to see this song made up of my own heartbeats on their album. A song that was born from my real life, my real heartache, my real fingertips when I was at one of the most confusing times in my life.

How strange it is to see it used on someone else’s album before it even comes out on mine.
It makes me feel very uncomfortable. Like my own thoughts were stolen from me and sold as someone elses. I am a new artist and new to this business and I am told it is legal. But it feels really icky. I guess I can only hope Waiting Game means as much to Neon Jungle as it did to me when I wrote it….... BANKS

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