NewJeans Sued For Alleged Plagiarism + ADOR Responds

ADOR has officially commented on NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. being hit with a lawsuit for alleged plagiarism.

On May 8 local time, Billboard reported that four songwriters—Audrey Armacost, Aidan Rodriguez, Adam Gokcebay, and Michael Campanelli—had sued the NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. members, their agency ADOR, and its parent company HYBE over purported similarities between NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. ’ 2024 hit “How Sweet” and a demo submitted during the songwriting process.

According to Billboard, Audrey Armacost “was sent an instrumental track by her publisher in January 2024 and was invited to submit topline lyrics and melody for consideration by NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. .” The four songwriters claim that they sent a demo written and recorded over that instrumental, titled “One of a Kind,” to NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. , but were told that it had not been selected. However, when “How Sweet” was released four months later, they allegedly noticed similarities between the song and their demo.

The songwriters claim in their lawsuit that the first verse of “How Sweet” is “quantitatively and qualitatively similar” to the first verse of their demo, adding, “Both works are in 4/4 meter and the key of B flat minor. And both works contain a topline that includes an approximately eight-bar, 31-note melodic sequence consisting of four series.”

On May 9 KST, ADOR officially responded by stating, “Upon checking with BANA (Beasts And Natives Alike), who were responsible for composing and producing this song, their position is that there was no plagiarism involved. ADOR and the [NewJeans NewJeans K-POP GROUP NewJeans is a five-member girl group known for their fresh Y2K-inspired style, smooth vocals, and viral hits. ] members plan to respond to the lawsuit in accordance with BANA’s stance [on the allegations].”

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