Popular Korean Band Gets Accused Of Plagiarizing Multiple Well-Known Songs

A popular Korean band has gotten embroiled in a controversy over multiple alleged plagiarism cases.

Lucy, a popular band formed through JTBC‘s 2019 show Superband, has been accused of plagiarizing multiple Japanese songs.

A viral post on X compiled some of these suspected cases of plagiarism, drawing significant attention. The songs that netizens have claimed to be copied include:

Lucy’s “You’re Right” and Yorushika’s “Itte”

Lucy’s “Complex” and Eve’s “Insomnia”

Lucy’s “Hippo” and Eve’s “Last Dance”

Lucy’s “Villain” and Eve’s “Outsider”

Lucy’s “Opening” and “Chrono Crusade OP”

These accusations have gained significant ground as they spread more through online communities, and netizens agreed with most of them. It also became a hot topic on X, with multiple Korean tags trending against Lucy.

#Lucy_Stop_Plagiarism #Lucy_Hippo_Explain

— The tags above

On other community sites, the topic was debated more as opinions varied on whether the similarities were big enough to label them plagiarism.

• “Whoa…Isn’t it so weird that there are so many of these?”
• “Last Dance is almost the same as Hippo.”
• “I don’t think these can be considered plagiarism. There are just some things similar in terms of chord progression and feel.”
• “They’re so similar that it doesn’t even need any further explanation.”
• “There is indeed some overlapping.”