Article: Rose ‘APT’ accused of plagiarizing Japanese song… “way too similar?”
Source: Sports Kyunghyang via Nate
[+112, -9] There’s a difference between something being similar and being plagiarized. There are plenty of songs that sound similar. ‘APT’ has that common ’90s pop melody. It’s just a similar sound.
[+45, -14] After listening to both, it’s not plagiarism at all. The overall key is completely different.
[+31, -4] I took a listen and this is ridiculous… completely unfounded
[+6, -1] This is a method antis use all the time to try to drag down artists. It usually has nothing to do with plagiarism at all. If stuff like this was considered plagiarism, then 99.999% of songs would be considered so.
[+6, -4] I saw the news and took a listen… no plagiarism here…
[+4, -1] There is no song on this earth that doesn’t have a part of it that sounds similar to another song
[+2, -1] So many songs use this same chord, what’re you talking about
[+2, -0] Side by side, it does sound similar, but plenty of songs have similarities like this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ actually, so much of K-Pop is already copied and plagiarized, what does it even matter anymore?
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