IMPORTANT — ADDRESSING ISSUES OF PLAGIARISM
hey guys! i don’t usually talk about drama and stuff within kpop, but this is more than just drama so i want to take a moment to address JYPE’s blatant plagiarism against several different groups as they promote their new girl group, NMIXX.
DISCLAIMER !! this is nothing against the members on NMIXX themselves, solely the entertainment company. i am allocating no blame to the girls, as i’m aware they do not have a say in what the company does in terms of music production, concept planning, music video editing, and choreography. i’m sure they are lovely girls and i know that they truly deserve better than this with their hard work and dedication to their career and fans. this is in no way telling you or anyone that you can’t be a fan of or support the NMIXX members, just a plea for awareness.
the largest, most blatant plagiarism has been agains KQ Entertainment’s group ATEEZ. everything ranging from ATEEZ’s concept, images/imagery from music videos, choreography, and even music itself have been plagiarized by JYP in NMIXX’s debut music video O.O and their recent encore stage of the song Sun. Additionally, the imagery and concept of their debut teasers were plagiarized from the group ENHYPEN. I know there is even more plagiarism from other groups, but i have less information about that.
here is a side to side comparison of just four of the many plagiarized music video scenes from ATEEZ. ATEEZ are on the left, NMIXX on the right.
the plagiarized choreo and a description of NMIXX’s concept which is undeniably similar to ATEEZ’s:
the link below shows a comparison between NMIXX’s song Sun and ATEEZ’s Wave. it is undeniably the same. and this section of the song is not a sample, Wave is produced by KQ’s own team of producers, while Sun’s song credits are allocated to completely different people.
https://twitter.com/bya_nina/status/1497930028239179777?s=10
i will continue to make posts about this to provide more information and resources on this issue. this is serious, JYP is taking the hard earned, original intellectual property of, at this point, a huge amount of people and claiming it as original content with zero credit to the rightful owners. this issue goes beyond the members of ATEEZ and the other groups, but extends to the concept planners, producers, music video designers and editors, those in charge of camera work, choreographers, graphic designers and most likely many others who are behind the incredibly hard work it takes to create this original content. i know none of us can really do much about this, but it is a genuine problem that people need to be aware of. plagiarism is a serious issue. plagiarism is illegal. it is immoral and disgusting and cannot be tolerated. and because JYP is a rich and influential company, they are getting away with it. please, let’s not let that happen, let’s not support a company blindly.
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