If you keep up with news in the K-Pop world then you have probably seen the articles about MBLAQ's song "Oh Yeah" being plagiarized by an Ecuadorian artist. If you haven't here's the run-down:
"A performance video from Ecuadorian artist Andrea Bucaram has recently become a hot issue, due to the striking similarities between her song, “Oh Yeah“, and MBLAQ’s debut song (of the same name).
The repetition of the words 'Oh yeah' in the chorus, the tweaked melody, and the familiar beats all point to the conclusion that this artist plagiarized the song from MBLAQ. If those points weren’t enough for skeptics, she also titled the song, 'Oh Yeah'.
MBLAQ’s manager June tweeted a link to the video while stating '…this isn’t even plagiarism….they straight up copied the song. We will deal with this after we are sure about the situation. If anyone knows information about the singer in the video, give us a mention/message.'
Member G.O retweeted the link, and couldn’t conceal how flabbergasted the video made him. 'wow….she copied the song really well.'"
(All information above quoted from allkpop.com)
Furthermore, Andrea Bucaram tried to cover up the whole event by saying that the song was a cover and that she was a fan of MBLAQ. Too bad for her, she couldn't even get her information straight and, in an interview, she stated that "MBLAQ had existed for 6 years".
Here's the video of her song "Oh Yeah":
And for any of you who haven't heard MBLAQ's original song, here's that too:
Personally, I think this whole situation is rather iffy. If she did indeed intend the song to be a cover, then why was she promoting it as her own song? But, if it was actually a cover, can she still be charged with plagiarism because she was promoting it?
Whatever is going, I hope it's all sorted out, and, hopefully, it will be in MBLAQ's favor.
What do you all think of this?
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