According to certain netizens, the answer is yes.
The dust has yet to settle after CNBLUE fell under fire with plagiarism accusations regarding their debut album I’m a Loner, and the media has announced that the unsolved matter will officially be taken to the court. However, it looks like FNC Music, CNBLUE’s label, might soon have a second controversy to clear up against Ynot, the indie band that claims to be the victim in this issue. A number of netizens now believe that FNC Music has not only plagiarized the track itself, but also their album title; some people have noticed an uncanny similarity between the two names.
As many already know, CNBLUE’s album is entitled Bluetory, and the track of the alleged original album by Ynot is titled Bluebird. Obviously the word ‘blue’ is used in both titles. Now, some may argue that this alone isn’t enough to make a plagiarism case, since ‘blue’ is such a common word. However, it turns out ‘tory (とり)’ actually means bird in Japanese, making both titles essentially identical.
FNC Music has made a statement regarding this allegation:
“The album was personally titled by the president of our agency. It’s a combination of the word ‘blue’, a reference to CNBLUE, and ‘tory (토리),’ a pure Korean word [terminology commonly used in literature, not everyday language] that refers to the musical individualism that each region of a country has. Together, ‘Bluetory’ refers to the idea that CNBLUE will show their own color of music to the audience.”
“Show their own color”? How ironic…
Perhaps an album title isn’t enough to generate an independent lawsuit of its own, but it certainly isn’t helping CNBLUE’s absolute denial of having any relation or knowledge of Ynot.
It’s time for you guys to be the judges again – Bluetory vs Blue Bird. Do you think FNC Music’s title was inspired by Ynot, or is this an unfortunate coincidence?
Thanks to leachang for the tip.
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Netizens accuse CNBLUE & FNC Music for plagiarism yet again
Only hours have past since the album-title controversy has surfaced over the web, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any better. Well this time, it’s a song title.
After discovering the shocking similarities between the two titles between Bluetory and Blue Bird by CNBLUE and Ynot, various netizens have brought up another accusation against FNC Music, CNBLUE’s agency. The third song of CNBLUe’s Bluetory album is entitled Y, Why…. Coincidentally or not, ‘Ynot’ and ‘Y, Why…’ not only both include the letter Y in the title, but they are used identically to define the word ‘Why’. Neither side of the conflict has yet to bring up any statements toward this accusation.
In my opinion, the number of plagiarism accusations that have been made regarding these two fellow indie bands is becoming ridiculous. Although it’s pretty common for artists to condense a word into a single letter (for example, U Got It Bad by Usher) to bring out the crafty effect in their titles, after being pointed out for numerous other “coincidences” CNBLUE had in relations to Ynot, no excuses seem like they will get FNC Music out of trouble now.
It’s disappointing to see such a talented band getting swamped by issues with their company that have nothing to do with the members’ talents. Do you think this accusation was taking it a step too far or are the netizens on to something this time?
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CNBLUE’s composer also plagiarized Usher?
Well, as most of you guys know, CNBLUE, specifically their composer of I’m a Loner, Kim Do Hoon, was accused of plagiarizing Ynot’s Blue Bird. The issue has gotten to a point where some netizens have started accusing that even their album’s title BLUETORY is plagiarized.
Well, another plagiarism controversy has started and this time it’s not really related to CNBLUE, but their composer Kim Do Hoon and Kim Jong Kook’s Can’t Forget from his latest 6th album.
Can’t Forget was composed by Kim Do Hoon and Kim Ki Bum, and the arrangement of the song was done by Kim Do Hoon. The song in which he is being accused of plagiarizing is Usher’s Love in this Club. After listening to both songs, there are definitely similarities… what do you guys think?
can't forget
Love in club
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time he has been accused of plagiarizing. Lee Seung Gi’s Let’s Break Up, SG Wannabe’s Sin and Punishment and Davichi’s 8282 were all also accused of plagiarism.
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Teaser for CNBLUE’s new reality show, CNBLUETORY!
On February 4th, CNBLUE was spotted performing their entire debut album Bluetory on the streets of HongDae for about 30 minutes.
The four members of CNBLUE, Jung Yong Hwa, Lee Jong Hyun, Kang Min Hyuk and Lee Jung Shin are scheduled to be on a new Mnet reality show called CNBLUETORY!
The show will consist of performances and surprise events that the members have planned out and directed themselves. The guerilla concert in HongDae was the guitarist/vocal Lee Jong Hyun’s idea, and the other members will be coming out with their ideas for different street performances later. Now, we all know that CNBLUE did many street performances in Japan before their debut, so this will Korea’s chance to see them in action!
Meanwhile, street performances were not the only events that these boys planned. The team even had a small fan meeting, and also visited a small cafe to do some solo performances!
CNBLUETORY is scheduled to air on February 10th!
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