I'm trying to write a parody but I want to use and/or refer to real world music artists and lyrics but I am worried it keeping it out of fan-fiction. Is this possible or do I have choose between keeping music or turning it into a fan-fiction? Or am I not allowed to use real life lyrics or refer to real artists?
Referencing the Real World
the problem is most of the time when you are dealing with this time of thing if you think about it the artist is like a persona its going to fall into fanfic because there already already character the make to put out music take garth brooks for instance he made a persona for Chris Gaines to explore other types of music you can make reference to the artist with out it being a fan fic but if you are using there songs or artist as or for the mc then i would say its a fanfic. i hope this helps and best of luck to you
Loophus thank you