The producer said his permission to use a talk-box recording on the original song did not cover remixes. The agreement ends his lawsuit permanently; monetary and credit terms were not disclosed.
Dua Lipa and producer Bosko Kante have reached an agreement to permanently end his lawsuit over the use of his recording in remixes of “Levitating,” their lawyers said in a 9 November 2026 court filing. Kante filed the case in 2023, alleging that the remixes used his work without his approval.
Billboard said the court filings did not disclose monetary terms or whether song credits would change. Neither side’s lawyers immediately responded to its requests for details or comment.
Kante said a producer of “Levitating” approached him to contribute a talk-box recording. A talk box lets musicians apply speech sounds to the sound of an instrument. Kante said his oral agreement allowed his material to be used in the original song, but not in later remixes.
The versions he challenged included a remix featuring DaBaby and another featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott.
Kante’s was the final pending lawsuit over “Levitating.” Two earlier cases alleged that the song copied other works, rather than disputing permission to reuse a recording. Florida reggae band Artikal Sound System alleged that Lipa copied the core hook of its 2017 song “Live Your Life.” The band dropped its case in 2024 after a judge found no indication that anyone involved in creating “Levitating” had heard the band’s earlier song.
Songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer alleged that Lipa copied the melody from their songs “Wiggle and Giggle All Night” and “Don Diablo.” Their separate case was dismissed in 2025 after a judge found that “Levitating” shared only basic musical building blocks with their songs.
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