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Scarlett Johansson's newly formed girl group The Singles - featuring Este Haim, Holly Miranda, Kendra Morris and Julia Haltigan - have hit legal trouble after a fellow band claimed they already owned the name.
The Singles are also based in LA, and worse still, they have been around as a group since 1999. The band have issued a cease-and-desist to Johansson's representatives, citing trademark infringement as their reason for doing so.
In a press release announcing the legal action The Singles decided to take against Johansson and her Singles, frontman Vincent Frederick wrote: "I woke up one morning and learned from the news that our band name was literally just taken by someone else as their own... It’s hard to believe that any musician would do something like that to another band. The Singles has been my life for the past 16 years. We have worked so incredibly hard to make it a success."
He went on to give further justification: "Our band, The Singles, has an account on nearly all social media sites and our music is available in record shops, on iTunes, SoundCloud, and other websites. Just a simple search on Google would have revealed that 'The Singles' was already a band name being used by another pop/rock band – our band."
Johansson's Singles are set to release their first single 'Candy' with label Federal Prism at an unknown date. Listen to it below.
When asked about her new musical foray and the direction she wants to take with it, Johansson had to say: "The idea was to write super-pop dance music written and performed by girls... I love Grimes. And I love the Bangles. And I love the Go-Go's. I wanted it to be like those bands: ultra pop but also a little ironic, a little in on the joke."
