Girls’ Generation’s new song “The Boys” proved quick to evoke a response from anime fans. Within an hour of its release, it had already kicked off a controversy with members of influential Japanese online forum 2CH accusing the Korean pop group of plagiarizing “Pink Monsoon,” sung by May’n (May Nakabayashi ) as the sci-fi idol character Sheryl Nome in Macross Frontier.
Korean pop music site Scoopi reports that after the controversy spread through other online outlets, the more general consensus was that while “The Boys” and “Pink Monsoon” were similar, plagiarism was unlikely.
According to the Girls’ Generation’s fans, “It is not possible to talk about plagiarism. This song is by Teddy Riley, a famous American producer, how can you say that Riley stole from ‘Pink Monsoon?’”The Korean netizens commented, “It is clear that the Japanese seem tired of the Hallyu stars, but they exagerated with the plagiarism story.”
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