Back to news Secret and Super Junior's Heechul defend claims against plagiarism
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Regardless of whether the allegations are true, or the result of an
increasingly wary industry, the issue of plagiarism has been a hot topic
as of late. CNBLUE have been the recent victims of accusations, with
their comeback title track "Intuition" being compared to Jewelry's "Truth Game",
and it seems that girl group Secret and idol veterans Super Junior also
had to defend their work against the rampant plagiarism accusations.
Secret appeared on the March 9 broadcast of MBC "Radio Star", on which
Super Junior's Heechul appears as a regular host, and performed their
hit singles "Madonna" and "Magic" in a battle against SISTAR. The girls
were accosted by the MCs who questioned, "Aren't these both the same
songs? Even the choreography is the same. What exactly is different
about them?"
Sunhwa explained that both songs were written by the same composer,
thereby suffering similarities. But as to whether this affected the
originality of the song, and in response to MC Kim Gura's question as to
whether they were embarassed by the similarities, Sunhwa insisted, "Not
at all. We thought of it as our own unique colour, so we were very
proud."
MC Heechul also rose to defend Super Junior when asked about the
similarities between their internationally recognized "Sorry Sorry" and
comparably famous "Bonamana". Like Sunhwa, Heechul explained that both
tracks were written by the same composer, in this case, Yoo Youngjin.
"'Bonamana' was like an extension of 'Sorry Sorry'," the Super Junior
member offered.
MC Yoon Jongshin was asked to share his thoughts as a composer. He said,
"It's their own song so it shouldn't be a problem. I do think that they
consciously composed it like that since the previous track had done so
well."
Do you think it's plagiarism if it's written by the same composer? Do
you accept that each song is made unique by those who perform it?
Source: TV Report
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