He made direct comments via his Instagram Stories.
Amid the slew of controversies that tvNIt’s K-Drama The love next door Faced with the episodes, a new accusation of plagiarism has emerged, which concerns both the viewers and the original artist.
In the month of September, Stone musical entertainment shared the music video of Ha Sung Woon“What Are We”, an “original” soundtrack for The love next door.
Weeks later, after a virus theqoo post that recalls the “disturbing similarities” between the soundtrack and the soloist Baek Yerin“0310” by “0310” released in 2019…
…the video is now collecting comments denouncing plagiarism.
- “The riff sounds like it comes from Baek Yerin’s 0310… It’s mind-blowing to hear it copied so blatantly.”
- “LMAO. Why is this song so beautiful? BECAUSE IT’S 03.10.”
- “I came to listen to the song after seeing Baek Yerin’s Instagram stories. The chords, the drums and even the dramatic break… Everything except the vocal melody is the same as 0310.”
- “It reminded me of 0310 as soon as I heard it, but no one was talking about it. So I was confused. I am happy that Yerin has decided to address the issue.”
- “This is basically the same song. Crazy. What is this, 0310 from Temu?”
- “Someone else worked really hard on this song. How would you feel if someone stole your work and copied it to make it exactly the same?
The post claims that the instrumental versions of the two songs are even more identical…
…and since then Baek Yerin herself has started doing it Instagram Stories to express confusion and disappointment over apparent plagiarism.
Is it okay to release a ‘remake’ song (lmao) that the original artist has no idea about?
– A comment from a fan
Why do I hear 0310?
– A comment on YouTube
While some say they don’t feel any resemblance…
- “Compared to other ‘plagiarism’ controversies we’ve seen, this one is nowhere near close enough.”
- “But the drums also start at the same time.”
- “I don’t know if this can be called plagiarism… I mean, I’ve listened to them both and there’s nothing that overlaps, in my opinion. Is it plagiarism if two songs use the same chords? Serious question.”
- “Are we sure that the agreements are the same? Didn’t we have the same problem with a NewJeans song? Shouldn’t we wait to hear both sides of the story?
- “The melodies are different, but… the guitar riff is definitely the same.”
- “Aside from the guitar, though, I don’t understand what similarities there are.”
…most are convinced that the two things are “pretty much the same song.”
Neither composer listed for “What Are We”, whyminsu (Yoon Min Su) o Okhan Uenverresponded to the accusation, although Yoon Min Su is said to have made her Instagram private.
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