On December 23, 2022, The Decline and fellow Pee Records band Nerdlinger both released a Christmas single with identical lyrics. Over the following weeks both bands posted on social media, claiming to be the original author of the lyrics and accusing the other of plagiarism. On January 7, 2023, The Decline posted a cameo video of Australian singer Shannon Noll who encouraged both bands to “shake hands and make up”. On January 13, 2023, both The Decline and Nerdlinger posted a photo on Instagram of Pat Decline and Scott McNairn shaking hands and announced that they were “friends again”.
Released Christmas single
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