Girl’s Generation made its comeback as a group after 5 whole years with their seventh studio album FOREVER 1 with a title track of the same name. While on one end the group has been reaching a high sales record, on the other side they have been surrounded by plagiarism accusations.
On August 5, 2022, the group released their long-awaited album along with the music video for their title track FOREVER 1, but following this, they were accused of plagiarism. The object- having copied the Tokyo Disney Sea’s 15th-anniversary logo in the music video.
While there had been no statements regarding this until recently, earlier today the director of the music video took to social media with an apology. Director Shin Hee-won apologised for the inconvenience that he has caused. He then apologises for having borrowed the design without running a background check on it.
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He lets everyone know that he will make sure to never repeat this again and also apologises to the girl group, SM Entertainment and the fans.
While the plagiarism accusations have been flying high, the fans have continued to show their support for the Girls’ Generation.
One of the fans even wrote, “im gonna get cancelled for this but forever 1 sounds like its copied from somewhere idk just the beat the concept everything it all sounds familiar i just cant pinpoint exactly where ive heard it WAIT i figured it out it sounds like the SONG OF THE YEAR #FOREVER1”
“NO WAY A VERY UPBEAT AND LIVELY SONG COULD HAVE THIS MUCH EMOTIONAL IMPACT TO ME #FOREVER1_OUTNOW #FOREVER1” wrote another fan.
And with this being a long-awaited comeback of the group, a fan points out, “‘#FOREVER1’ has surpassed 6 million views & 914K likes in 10 hours & 25 minutes of release on YouTube!????#FOREVER1_OUTNOW@GirlsGeneration”
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Watch Girls’ Generation in FOREVER 1 Music Video
Don’t miss their comeback album and listen to it on Spotify!
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