DNCA - Kissing Strangers (where have I heard this before...?)

Something that has always fascinated me is detecting plagiarism in songs. I don't know why, maybe it was my dad influence; as a musician he has good ears and he's able to detect similarities in song easily.

But today what used to be an entertaining activity for me has become tedious and boring since almost every pop song that hits the billboard and radios seem to be a mashup, a rehash, "inspired by" or in some portion "sampled" of another song. Or, as they say today, "has the vibe" of another song. Dumb excuse. If you are going to blatantly use the work of another artist, at least recognize it in the credits, right? or purchase the song rights, or ask permission. Some of they do, but still it's not excuse that every pop song now contain parts of another songs. Pop songwriters are not even putting an effort on their work.

Anyway, today I went shopping and I heard an earworm song called Kissing Strangers being played in the store. This song is from a group called DNCE, where one of the Jonas Brothers is in the group; the song features, of course! Nikki Minaj. Boy how they are spoonfeeding us Nikki Minaj. I liked the song, it got stuck in my head, I was suddenly hummering it, thinking about adding it to my playlist...

But wait... Why do I like it? Maybe because it sounds an awfully lot as this one?

Is it just the vibe? Am I just splitting hairs on this one?

It has a "brit-poppish" vibe, don't you think?