ITZY’s ‘SHOOT!’ Accused of Plagiarizing Chinese Singer’s Song
One of the songs from ITZY's new album "Guess Who," "SHOOT!," is being accused of plagiarizing a Chinese singer's song. Keep on reading for all the details.
ITZY's "SHOOT!" Accused of Plagiarizing Snow Kong's "Call Me By My Name"
ITZY released their fourth mini-album, "Guess Who," on Apr. 30, 2021. While the song "Mafia in the Morning," the album's title track, is the song gaining attention globally, that is not the case in China.
Instead, fans are calling out the song "SHOOT!" for allegedly plagiarizing the song "Call Me By My Name," a song by Chinese song Snow Kong.
On Weibo, China's biggest social media portal, numerous netizens are noting how similar ITZY's "SHOOT!" sounds to Snow Kong's song, "Call Me By My Name," with even claiming the former sounds like a cover of the latter. Many went further to compare the scores of the two songs.
Netizens uncovered that Snow's Kong's song is at 130bpm (beats per minute) and is a song in C minor. Meanwhile, ITZY's "SHOOT!" is at 132bpm in D minor. The difference between the two tracks is only a small difference of half a key. Additionally, netizens revealed that the melody at the beginning of the two songs is 2-2-2-1-3.
Additionally, the chorus of the two songs is highly similar. Both songs had double bass sounds and melody raps. Overall, the rhythm of the tracks is very similar.
As the rhythm of the whole song of "SHOOT!" bears too many uncanny resemblances to Snow Kong's "Call Me By My Name," many believe the producers of the former song plagiarized the latter. "SHOOT!" was produced by Andy Love (153/Joombas), earattack, Alexander Pavelich, Maria Hazell, Jerker Olov Harrison, Gigi Grombacher, Joakim Harestad, Haukass, and Evard Forre Erfjord. Earattack, Joki, and Erjford made the arrangement.
Snow Kong's song "Call Me By My Name" was released on Dec. 25, 2020, while "SHOOT!" was released on Apr. 30, 2021. Snow Kong was previously a trainee under JYP Entertainment and trained alongside the TWICE members. However, she ultimately left the label and moved back to China.
Listen to "Call Me By My Name" here:
Listen to "SHOOT!" here:
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ITZY's Recent Activities
On Apr. 30, 2021, ITZY made a comeback with their fourth mini-album, "Guess Who." The release is the best-selling album to date, surpass 260,000 pre-orders.
According to Hanteo, the mini-album garnered 200,130 sales on its first week.
On the Gaon Album Monthly Chart, "Guess Who" ranked at number five with only a day for tracking, selling 232,570 copies.
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"Guess Who" debuted at number one on the Gaon Retail Album Chart, selling 58,291 copies in one week. The mini-album also debuted and peaked at number two on the Gaon Album Weekly Chart. All songs from the album entered the Gaon Download Chart.
In the United States, "Guess Who" debuted and peaked at number 148 on the Billboard 200, making it ITZY's first entry on the chart. ITZY is the seventh South Korean girl group to enter the charts, joining the likes of BoA, Girls' Generation, 2NE1, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and LOONA.
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"Guess Who" also debuted at number two on the Billboard World Albums chart and at number one on the US Heatseekers Album, making it the highest-chart album on the charts and their best-selling release in the country. ITZY ranked at number 99 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart.
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Written by Alexa Lewis
