American singer song-writer Meghan Trainor came under suspicion of plagiarizing the Korean song “Happy Mode.”
The accusation of plagiarism surfaced in Korea earlier this month after a netizen posted a video on YouTube that shows similarities between K-pop group Koyote’s “Happy Mode” and Billboard-ranked track “All About That Bass” sung by Trainor.
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Some netizens pointed out that the beat of American song, released in July, is a bit faster than the Korean one, revealed in 2006. But the two songs’ melodies are clearly similar, they said.
Joo Young-hoon, the composer of the Korean song, first denied the possibility of Trainor’s alleged plagiarism. “It must be coincidence,” he wrote on Twitter on Aug. 1.
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About three weeks later, however, Joo said in an Aug. 21 tweet that he got a call from the U.S. and was considering hiring a lawyer specialized in intellectual property.
On Aug. 26, news made headlines as Joo admitted that he was consulting with a lawyer over the plagiarism allegation.
“All About That Bass,” Trainor’s debut single, stands at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music video has garnered more than 20 million views on YouTube as of Aug. 26.
By Ock Hyun-ju (
laeticia.ock@heraldcorp.com)
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