“Hollywood Dreaming” features a sample of “Lovelettertypewriter” by the emo band Mineral.
Mineral tweeted saying that they used the sample without any permission.
Gab3 replied that they were “just showing love” and the song is not for sale:
[Chorus: Lil Peep]
Playing with the word, now I'm Hollywood geekin'
It's just another Hollywood weekend
I'm just another Hollywood demon
Dropping next season, I ain't got a reason
Now I'm Hollywood geekin'
It's just another Hollywood weekend
Baby, I'm a Hollywood demon
Girls keep screamin', living like I'm dreamin'
[Verse: Gab3]
Is she tellin' me that she wanna leave me?
I guess she don't believe me
Ring, ring, I got the call from Leezy
Now I'm at the Mercer with the Yeezy, ayy
I pull up with the Gucci
I swear to God, I'm livin' in a movie, ayy
I give a fuck about a goofy
You know what's up, girls actin' like the groupies
Swear they always geekin'
And why my girl always tweakin'?
Another Hollywood demon
On another Hollywood weekend
[Chorus: Lil Peep]
Playing with the word, now I'm Hollywood geekin'
It's just another Hollywood weekend
I'm just another Hollywood demon
Dropping next season, I ain't got a reason
Now I'm Hollywood geekin'
It's just another Hollywood weekend
Baby, I'm a Hollywood demon
Girls keep screamin', living like I'm dreamin'
[Outro: Mineral]
Summer unfolded like a—
Hollywood Dreaming was written by Gabriel Wiley & Chris Simpson & Scott McCarver & Jeremy Gomez & Lil Peep & Gab3 & Yung Cortex & Smokeasac.
Hollywood Dreaming was produced by Smokeasac & Yung Cortex.
Lil-peep-and-gab3 released Hollywood Dreaming on Thu Feb 09 2017.
There was some confusion before, but this song was made to pay homage to the band Mineral and show how much their sound helped us develop ours. Much respect to Mineral and all the bands that paved the way.
– from YouTube video description
Yes, when the song was first released it was also uploaded to streaming services (which has now been taken down due to not clearing the sample) with this cover: