Matthias Reim: Plagiarism allegations against Michael Wendler

Matthias Reim
Plagiarism allegations against Michael Wendler

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The Instagram squabble between Michael Wendler and Oliver Pocher continues. Now Matthias Reim steps in and makes Wendler look pretty old.

Michael Wendler, 48, can do what he wants, somehow he always manages to put himself in a mess through his behavior. As if the public Instagram squabble with Oliver Pocher, 42, and the current malice because of the allegedly fake advent calendar for Laura Müller, 20, weren't enough, Schlager colleague Matthias Reim, 63, now speaks: "Of course he stole the song! I noticed that when I heard the song for the first time. "

Oliver Pocher takes on the Wendler

It's about Wendler's song "Egal", which became a hit in Germany, not least because of Pocher's parodies on Instagram. And now, in lockdown, Oli has made it his business to take every action of Wendler apart down to the smallest detail. First there was a detailed analysis of Laura's allegedly false Advent gifts, then there was a clear indication that "It doesn't matter" is also a fake. The song has a suspicious resemblance to Matthias Reims song "You only do that to annoy me".

Matthias Reim speaks up

An accusation that Wendler wanted to rebut immediately by declaring that there was approval for the brief agreement in the "no matter" song. Matthias Reim sees it a little differently with "Bild": "But there was definitely no permission from me that he could steal my song. Of course he didn't ask me about that".

Only Reim drew attention to the similarity of the two songs and switched his publisher on. An expert opinion was drawn up which proves that "No matter‘ "was actually copied from Reims' song" You only do this to annoy me ". The result: "He can continue singing the song, but has to pull the coal out for it," says Reim.

Does Wendler have the right explanation for this? A request from GALA has so far remained unanswered by Michael Wendler.

Sources used: bild.de, instagram.com

This article originally appeared on Gala.de.

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