IU was again accused of plagiarizing several of her songs, so Bang Shi Hyuk and Kim Hyung Seok were willing to stand up to defend the soloist.
Bang Shi Hyuk, Director as well as composer and musician from HYBE which oversees BTS, NewJeans, and TXT, has joined forces to defend IU regarding the plagiarism case that was accused of him.
Not only IU, the famous composer Kim Hyun Seok also said that the accusations given to IU for his works were considered unreasonable and too cliche.
On May 10, 2023, Maeil Business received reports from civilians that IU had plagiarized six of her songs.
They reported IU to the Seoul Gangnam Police Station on suspicion of violating song copyright laws, one of which was the hit song "The Red Shoes".
According to these civilian reports, he claims that IU plagiarized six songs by foreign and domestic artists including "The Red Shoes", "Good Day", "BBI-BBI", "Pitiful", "Boo", and "Celebrity". .
And this is not the first time IU has been involved in a plagiarism case but she has denied it several times in the past.
Since the release of the song "The Red Shoes", many have suspected that the song was the result of plagiarism because it was considered similar to the song "Here's Us" by Nekta.
At the time, IU's former agency, Loen Entertainment, denied the allegations, saying that, both "The Red Shoes" and "Here's Us" had different chords.
"Here's Us and one part of 'The Red Shoes' may sound similar in melody, but the chord arrangements of the two songs are very different. Here's Us uses a dominant scale chord progression with the B-Flat major basic chord," said a representative from Loen Entertainment.
Even because of the accusations given to IU, HYBE Director Bang Shi Hyuk stepped up to defend IU through his SNS.
"For those who say IU's 'The Red Shoes' is plagiarism, it is a cliché in music, because in some genres there is such a thing as a cliché, and if 'The Red Shoes' is plagiarism then all swing jazz songs are considered plagiarism," said Bang Shi Hyuk.
Not only Bang Shi Hyuk, the famous composer Kim Hyung Seok also talked about the rhythm structure which is generally the same, and it makes no sense to be accused of plagiarism.
"The general rhythm structure is similar, like the rhythm arrangement of a fast electronic dance song, it doesn't make sense to see it as plagiarism," he explained.
Even though they have received explanations from agencies and well-known musicians, there are still those who are suspicious, and also today news came out that IU was reported again. /kpopchart.net
