They had previously been accused of plagiarizing NewJeans.
Fifth generation girl group permit became embroiled in a plagiarism controversy once again after being accused of plagiarism New Jeans‘ album design for their debut mini-album, N/a.
This time, the izna label Wake up an entertainment he was accused of copying aespa in their official merchandise.
Netizens raised this issue after noticing posters of izna’s official merchandise during the pop-up store event at Lotte World Tower Mall. The poster included a preview of their official photo cards, which looked too similar to aespa’s.
Many online comments pointed out that the photocard previews shown in the poster were exactly identical to the aespa photocard previews Karina AND Gisella from the “Better Things” group photocard set. So, technically, the official izna merchandise poster contained photos of aespa members, which would be a serious copyright violation.
Netizens were left baffled by this debacle, while some thought that the company had moved deliberately to create buzz around Izna’s activities.
- “Absolutely not, LOL. Do they think keeping photos of Giselle and Karina on their official products will go unnoticed? They were clearly caught copying. Yet they roasted ILLIT badly.
- “Even though they know what happened with public opinion regarding ILLIT, they are still doing it. Even if it is considered noise marketing, doing it twice is too stupid. I feel sorry for the idols…”
- “Isn’t it obvious? Why are people undervoting?
- “Huh, now that I’ve seen the photo, it’s real… What the hell?”
- “???? It seems like they did it on purpose because the hottest topics right now are aespa and NewJeans.
