Jeon Somi's Agency THEBLACKLABEL Apologizes For Plagiarism Controversy + Deletes MV Scene

THEBLACKLABEL has issued a formal apology in response to allegations that part of Jeon Somi’s new music video was plagiarized.

Earlier this week, Jeon Somi made her long-awaited comeback with the new mini album “GAME PLAN” and its title track “Fast Forward” on August 7.

Soon afterwards, some noticed similarities between an animated character in the “Fast Forward” music video and the famous manga artist Rumiko Takahashi’s “Urusei Yatsura” series, leading to allegations that the artwork in the music video had been traced (copied directly from another work).

On August 9, THEBLACKLABEL responded with the following statement:

Hello.
This is THEBLACKLABEL.

After the release of the music video for “Fast Forward,” the title track of Jeon Somi’s EP, we came across the news that the animated character that appears in the video resembles a character in another work. We immediately discussed the situation, and we have decided to delete or edit the scene in question.

We plan to quickly switch the scene in question and take all measures possible.

We sincerely apologize for the fact that our agency did not more carefully look over the [production] and therefore gave you cause for concern.

In the future, we will be more careful in order to prevent the kind of incident described above from happening again.

Thank you.

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