I just finished reading an article about french artist Yseult calling out R.Tee's "Damdadi" MV featuring Soyeon of I-DLE for allegedly plagiarizing her music video "Bitch You Could Never". The similarities they pointed out, from the choreography to the collapsing shelves and visual motifs, are seriously undeniable. Plagiarism has always been an issue in kpop. What's driving me insane is that this keeps happening, and what makes me feel genuinely awful is that Soyeon is getting dragged into the worst of the toxic online discourse. The article clearly shows (and her behind-the-scenes comments confirm) that she was a feature artist on the track, providing her vocal and folowing the direction given. The MV's director, Hong Minho, even released a statement taking full responsibility and clarifying that both R.Tee and Soyeon had no involvement in the creative direction or selecting references. Yet, she's the one getting attacked online. It's so disheartening to see an artist, who was hired for a feature, and Yseult who simply stood up for herself, get all the racist and hateful backlash when the actual production team and director were responsible for this mess. submitted by /u/_berrystrawberry [link] [comments]
