In all fans' knowledge, our C.N. Blue has gained a great amount of popularity in the past week of debut! Their song "I'm a Loner" topped #1 on all the music charts, but now the hit track is under suspicion for plagiarism.
Despite making a surprisingly strong debut which brought their fame up by heights and beating out other fellow rookie competitors, it has been been said that “I'm a Loner” sounds alot like another song "Blue Bird" by Ynot.
In my opinion it definitely does sound similar in some parts.and the way both bands interpret the songs. But is it really enough to consider our boys of plagiarism?
On 22nd Jan 2010 (Fri), Newsen called C.N.BLUE’s agency and the company expressed their disappointment:
“It’s unfair. Currently we are clearing things up on our end. We will release a statement sometime today.”
Ynot’s camp also released a statement regarding this situation:
“After listening to the song (C.N.BLUE’s I’m a loner), it definitely sounds
similar. This chord and melody, in my opinion, is hard to declare that it
was just a mere coincidence.”
Then, FNC Music provided an official response:
“Unbelievable. They are barely similar. The only similarities are the chords in the introduction and the style of music. If ‘I’m a loner’ has a similarity controversy for these reasons, then all the music on this planet will never be free from such controversy.”
“Due to this incident, this is the first time we have ever heard about the group Ynot, in addition to their song ‘Blue bird’.
“Plagiarism can only be determined by the courts ruling. There hasn’t even been a court ruling but the media is already throwing around such
hot words. We plan to take appropriate measures against these outlets.
“Ynot claimed in an interview that they didn’t want ‘noise marketing’,
however, if that was really the case, they would’ve approached the composer or producer first. If their true motives were to raise their awareness by riding on the coattails of C.N.BLUE’s rising popularity and fame, they will have to take responsibility for their actions.”
FNC Music is extremely concerned about C.N.Blue’s reputation and image due to these plagiarism allegations as they have only just started out.
As fans, lets hope for the best for C.N.Blue and we should continue to believe that their talent and hardwork will prove this allegation wrong.
-author: Bella.ann[^-*]
-Credits: allkpop
