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Chinese Girl Group AOS did NOT copy G-friend


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I know what you're thinking.

"But they totally did copy! Everything is the same/very similar."

 

The reason why it's like that is because AOS and G-friend had the same Korean people making stuff for them. The Chinese company that AOS is under hired Korean choreographers and songwriters. Some of these people had made things for G-friend.

 

I have receipts too. 

http://www.m3guo.com/v2/news/Official/1461657885.html

https://hype.my/2016/108622/aos-mando-pop-idol-group-accused-of-copying-k-pops-gfriend-in-their-new-mv/

 

This isn't the first time a Chinese company has hired Korean people to make stuff for them. It also  isn't the first time a company has done this.

 

Many K-pop companies hire foreigners to make stuff for them OR they buy songs off of foreigners.

 

For example:

Kyle Hanagami is a choreographer from America that has made dances for Tiffany and f(x)

Parris Goebel is a choreographer from New Zealand that has made a dance for CL.

NappyTabs is a choreography group that has made a dance for TVXQ

Keone Madid is a choreograper that has made dance for BTS.

 

TeddyRiley is a music producer.

Dsign Music is a Norway based music production and composition company that has worked with SM.

 

However, it looks like the damage is done. :/ Unfortunately, I seem to be late and this was news that came out on May 2016. It's July 2016. Not many people seemed to have done research on this. I seem to be one of the few fans of G-friend that didn't just jump on the "copy and hate" bandwagon. It is unfortunate that not many articles from All-Kpop, Soompi and other sites did NOT do the same. They saw a scandal, an opportunity to make money off of and just went with it. 

 

I sincerely hope no one downvoted without reading the top bolded part. 

 

Please support G-friend's new song~ ^-^

 

And forgive AOS company for making the not so good choice of hiring the same people that worked with G-friend.

 

EDITED:

I decided to make my intentions clear.

After reading the articles, I had a bad feeling that somehow, someway an anti- was going to find the same thing I did and use it to trash the entire fandom or cause some problems. 

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so basically the choreographers and stylists were all lazy?

i know that whoever did dia's BFBF (shinsadong tiger) gave the same demo to a chinese group, yet the dance and styling of the mv was different. i think it's sad they allowed all of those people to be lackluster. i don't care whether they copied GF or not and im not going to hate them for it.

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so basically the choreographers and stylists were all lazy?

i know that whoever did dia's BFBF (shinsadong tiger) gave the same demo to a chinese group, yet the dance and styling of the mv was different. i think it's sad they allowed all of those people to be lackluster. i don't care whether they copied GF or not and im not going to hate them for it.

I don't think it's laziness.

I think it's the same thing that's going on with Brave Sound...

I've heard many people complain that Brave Sound's songs are all starting to sound very similar to each other.

 

So I think the same thing may be happening here.

 

I know choreographers and songwriters and everyone else doing art all has their own set style.

But when things start looking the same or similar, I think it's a sign that they should go out of the box a bit because they're starting to get all stale-like they're not actually moving anywhere.

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so basically the choreographers and stylists were all lazy?

 

^This is how I feel. There's nothing wrong with having a similar concept, or a similar sound, but when the choreo looks like 75% of the same thing and sadly more poorly executed, backlash is to be expected, not that I approve of hatespeech.

 

Plus the packaging, from outfits to covers - was it the same marketing team that did it for AOS as well? When you put out something similar, comparisons are expected in this industry. It was pretty clear what the company was aiming at (hype) with this. I can't help but feel that 'the song is composed and choreographed by the same team' was only excusable to some extent.

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^This is how I feel. There's nothing wrong with having a similar concept, or a similar sound, but when the choreo looks like 75% of the same thing and sadly more poorly executed, backlash is to be expected, not that I approve of hatespeech.

 

Plus the packaging, from outfits to covers - was it the same marketing team that did it for AOS as well? When you put out something similar, comparisons are expected in this industry. It was pretty clear what the company was aiming at (hype) with this. I can't help but feel that 'the song is composed and choreographed by the same team' was only excusable to some extent.

 

I think those people that hired the production team got ripped off hardcore lol

 

"So are you sure that this concept haven't been done before?  :unsure: "

 

"Oh yeah we are sure of it. :har: "

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^This is how I feel. There's nothing wrong with having a similar concept, or a similar sound, but when the choreo looks like 75% of the same thing and sadly more poorly executed, backlash is to be expected, not that I approve of hatespeech.

 

Plus the packaging, from outfits to covers - was it the same marketing team that did it for AOS as well? When you put out something similar, comparisons are expected in this industry. It was pretty clear what the company was aiming at (hype) with this. I can't help but feel that 'the song is composed and choreographed by the same team' was only excusable to some extent.

I'm not saying it's okay. 

Just that this should clear AOS from plagirazing, can you really call it such a thing when it's the same person? 

 

Though I do think the creators should've done things a bit more differently.

But if they tried to do things differently and it still came out like this maybe they should try to get out of their comfort zone? If you're in your comfort zone too long as an artist, things come out looking hecka similar or the same to each other. 

 

I have a feeling this happened.

Especially with G-friend's whole trilogy thing. I still have issues figuring out which song is which.  

I think people got a bit too greedy with this and instead of actually doing a whole new thing, they repeated it because it's shown sucessful results before.

 

 

I think those people that hired the production team got ripped off hardcore lol

 

"So are you sure that this concept haven't been done before?   :unsure: "

 

"Oh yeah we are sure of it.  :har: "

XD This post. 
 
"This is going to be very sucessful. AOS will be the biggest Chinese girl group ever.  Even greater than S.H.E. Trust us.  :har: "
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I'm not saying it's okay. 

Just that this should clear AOS from plagirazing, can you really call it such a thing when it's the same person? 

 

Though I do think the creators should've done things a bit more differently.

But if they tried to do things differently and it still came out like this maybe they should try to get out of their comfort zone? If you're in your comfort zone too long as an artist, things come out looking hecka similar or the same to each other. 

 

I have a feeling this happened.

Especially with G-friend's whole trilogy thing. I still have issues figuring out which song is which.  

I think people got a bit too greedy with this and instead of actually doing a whole new thing, they repeated it because it's shown sucessful results before.

 

The plagiarism issue extends to just beyond the song and choreo that was done by the same team - it's also wondering about the styling/concept and marketing, which is why I mentioned that 'I can't help but feel that 'the song is composed and choreographed by the same team' was only excusable to some extent.' 

 

Next, I just dug into gfriend's songs and realised that the ones that did AOS' track, 'Luke Kim, Jack Kim, and Ray J' were not even part of gfriend's trilogy titles, which were written by Iggy and Seo Yongbae (one . two . three). There is something different about a group having a signature tune, or a producer to have a signature feel, but the best producers do tend to differentiate the sort of tracks they give to the artistes - for eg, Brave Brothers' tracks for SISTAR versus that of Brave Girls, or E-Tribe's tracks for others versus that of Dal Shabet. 

 

It is true AOS' company probably got shortchanged by the team behind the choreo - who probably thought it would be easier to sample from their previous works since it's a song given to another country altogether - but at the same time, I find it hard to believe the company itself haven't done an ounce of research before debuting the girls in such a concept. If they enlist the help of such song writers and choreographers, they knew exactly what they were in for. I won't deny that they had an even shorter end of the stick when it's not the first time a mandopop artiste did something like this, so it's easy to point fingers and go 'not again!' when this popped up.

 

In short, I don't think the company is all naive about it, sadly.

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It's not like gfriend is original anyways.

Same old shit so it okay then if the group copy everything like literally everything from GFRIEND just because GFRIEND is not original.

 

Same old dumb comments

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Same old shit so it okay then if the group copy everything like literally everything from GFRIEND just because GFRIEND is not original.

 

Same old dumb comments

No, it's not okay.

 

And it's not the "group" that copied.

 

It's the Korean songwriters and choreographers that their(AOS) Chinese company hired.

[And the songwriters/choreographers that Source Music (G-friends company) hired]

Some who by the way pretty much "copied" from themselves.

 

I know there should be some sort of agreement that they (Korean songwriters and choreographers) signed when the Chinese company hired them that their work wasn't copied. But it looks like in this case maybe the Chinese company should've gotten a 3rd party to check the other works of the Korean songwriters and choreographers?

 

Either way, it's neither the girls of G-friend or AOS fault. Their both under contracts and doing what they're told. Whether it's to wear this outfit, sing this songwriter's song or do this choreographer's dance. Things like this will never be their fault until they get freedom-if it does happen and it'll probably take a long time. Just look how long it took for SNSD members to get a solo......

And no, they (AOS and G-friend) can't just "walk away" or "tell the truth" without severe consequences happening for them. Since stuff like that tends to be breaking contract. ESPECIALLY for the girls of AOS who have little to no power or fans or visiblity. :/

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