Sunmi's new song plagiarism allegations and her friend's story
ソンミ新曲の盗作疑惑と友人の話
As plagiarism allegations have surfaced in the new song "Heroine" by Korean girl group "Wonder Girls" Sunmi (25), composer Teddy's side has also responded that it is "confirming."
Prior to this, Sunmi's side's representatives also responded to media interviews that "We are currently confirming the facts in relation to the plagiarism allegations."
Soon after Sunmi's new song "Heroine" was released, there were many comments on the Internet that "it sounds just like Cheryl Cole's song 'Fight for This Love.'"
(From K-POP News)
The K-POP world has been in turmoil since the beginning of the New Year, including the commotion offstage.
Sunmi, who is on a roll as a solo singer after the success of "Gashina," is now in trouble due to allegations of plagiarism of her new song "Heroine."
It seems that there are many complaints that it sounds very similar to Cheryl Cole's (British singer) song "Fight for This Love."
I immediately listened to the two songs and compared them.
Hmm, it's difficult.
If you say they're similar, then I guess they do.
But if you think they're different, then you can say that.
Sunmi's unique musical world that she showed in "Gashina" seems to continue.
So when I listen to Cheryl Cole's "Fight for This Love," it doesn't seem that similar.
However, if someone with a good understanding of music listens to it, the chords may look exactly the same.
When I was younger, I wasn't a big music fan, but for some reason, there were a lot of people around me who liked music.
There was a guy who was into jazz on the piano, and a guitar player who could play chords just by hearing a melody.
I wrote lyrics and formed a band.
I wrote original songs and went to several hospitals to do volunteer work.
When I was writing songs, something like this happened.
I was singing whatever came out of my mouth, and the guitar player added chords.
I was getting into the groove and about halfway through the song, when the piano player interjected.
"That's what I'm talking about... doesn't it sound like a song sung by Sakurada Junko?"
"Really? Let's start again from the beginning."
Soon after I started singing, the people around me started laughing.
"It's almost the same, isn't it?"
I didn't intend to sing Sakurada Junko's songs.
But as I was singing and the guitar player added chords, I ended up going in that direction.
It seems that if someone plays the chords on the guitar, it's easier to come up with a melody that's already ingrained in your brain than one that you create yourself.
Or rather, it seems that you're just led to it.
A lot of time has passed since then.
The guy who played jazz piano as a hobby called me from Macau many years ago, which was the last time I spoke to him.
He told me about how he stopped off in Macau on a trip abroad, lost money at the casino, and enjoyed a 230m bungee jump.
He said he was going to go back to Hiroshima and then go back to Macau with some money.
When I asked him when he was coming to Tokyo, he replied, "I wonder when that will be, I'm hooked on India at the moment, and Tokyo will be after that," and hung up the phone.
I lost contact with him after that.
I met up with him when he came to Tokyo the previous year, and visited a friend at a facility.
My friend said he was going to stay the night before and then go back, so we had a drink in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.
When he went to pay at the register, he said he would pay and took out his wallet, but his hands were shaking slightly.
He dropped the coins he was about to put in his wallet.
Noticing my gaze, he began.
"My hands became like this... I can't play guitar or piano anymore."
"..."
"With music no longer in my hands, my days have become boring. Now the only thing I enjoy is traveling. Maybe it's my turn to end it all."
"..."
A mutual friend who visited him at the facility in Saitama got drunk and was hit by a train on the platform, resulting in serious injuries.
After that, his physical and mental condition deteriorated, and he began to spend his days recuperating at the facility.
After talking to him, it seemed like he had no desire to return to society, and he didn't seem to be able to take in what was going on in the world.
Every time he opened his mouth, he would brag about his family and children.
He didn't seem to be interested in anything else.
On the train back from Saitama, my friend said this.
"I visited him at the facility several times during Waseda alumni gatherings, but his life is over now."
There were many times when I wrote him letters but didn't get a reply.
A few years later, I was sorting through my New Year's cards and I wrote him a letter out of nostalgia.
Then, a few weeks later, I received a letter from someone claiming to be his sister.
My brother passed away xx years ago. Thank you for your concern.
I had intended to write more about the plagiarism allegations against Sunmi's new song "Heroine," but as an amateur, no matter how much I write, it won't get anywhere.
I remembered my friend who passed away, so I decided to go off on a tangent and write about our own songwriting.
No matter what world you're in, it's really easy to plagiarize.
At the same time, I was reminded that with so many entertainment songs, there's no end to the amount of similar music that can be created.
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