Band Resurrection leader and guitarist Kim Tae-won criticized composer Yoo Hee-yeol’s plagiarism controversy.
In the MBC ‘100 Minute Debate’ broadcast on the 5th, Kim Tae-won and music critic Im Jin-mo appeared and had a time to share the essence and solution of the controversy under the topic of suspicion that Hee-yeol Yoo plagiarized the song ‘Aqua’ by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
On this day, Kim Tae-won said, “As a composer, Yoo Hee-yeol is ironic. Usually, if he plagiarizes, he changes one or two melodies. He has a dark heart to plagiarize.
Kim Tae-won opened his mouth not only to the song in question, but also to the controversy surrounding plagiarism in other songs. He said, “(Yoo Hee-yeol) hasn’t been in stardom for so long. Because of this, he gets a lot of inquiries from composers for songs. Because he went through such things non-stop, there is a high probability that he would fall into temptation (plagiarism). It’s heartbreaking.” did.
I didn’t even forget the bitterness. Kim Tae-won emphasized, “The story of (plagiarism) has been going up and down since the old songs, and if it is a disease (plagiarism), it means that the disease has been neglected without treatment.”
He added, “Rather, this person may be in a lonely situation, but in Korea, this issue has never been talked about very much. It just passed on. Seo Taiji and Yoo Hee-yeol might be the same case,” he added. In the past, Seo Taiji and Boys’ debut song ‘I Know’ (1992) was also embroiled in a plagiarism controversy, pointing out that the problem of plagiarism in the music industry is chronic.
Previously, Yoo Hee-yeol posted on Instagram last month, “We received a report that the second track of the ‘You Hee-yeol’s Life Music’ project, ‘Very Private Night’ and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘Aqua’ are similar in progress.” We agreed that the main theme of the song was similar enough.”
He apologized, saying, “As the musician I admire and influence the most for a long time, I unconsciously wrote the song in a similar way that remained in my memory. .
Afterwards, Ryuichi Sakamoto, the original songwriter, said, “The melody and chord progression do not fit the category of plagiarism. Although there are similarities between the two songs, it cannot be seen that any legal action is required.” did.
Baek Seung-hoon / photo courtesy of MBC
