When French singer Yseult, who performed at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, strongly criticized allegations of plagiarism in the K-pop music video, director Hong Min-ho officially apologized, saying, `It is true that I was inspired.'
Recently, suspicions have been raised in the community that DJ and producer R.Tee's music video of 'Damdadi' has many similarities to that of French singer Isoldt.
In particular, controversy spread as Isold, the party involved, strongly criticized it through his SNS. He strongly criticized "This copying and pasting is disgusting" He copied his music video and did not reveal the source" He then argued that the K-pop industry has sucked in black culture like a vampire.
The music video is similar in that it features similar scenes such as dancing or walking in the background of the office and knocking over the bookshelf, raising controversy.
In particular, Jeon So-yeon, a member and producer of the girl group (G)I-DLE, appears to have a firestorm on Jeon So-yeon.
Director Hong Min-ho, who directed the music video 'Damdadi', sincerely apologized for the fact that some scenes were expressed similar to the original Yseult through the Achilles Film official SNS (social network service) on the 14th. I am deeply sorry if Isoldt and his team were offended.'
Then "I've been deeply respectful of Isold and the directors I've worked with him on, and that respect has inspired many visual ideas in this project. The concept and direction of this music video are entirely my responsibility. Artists Jeon So-yeon and RT had no involvement in the creative direction or reference selection process" he explained.
But the original author Isold "This is not a story of inspiration. It's about plagiarism. I hope you don't change the subject. Please give credit to the person you deserve."
