Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
In a rather predictable but boring end to all the BTS/Big Bang drama involving alleged plagiarism at the recent Gaon Chart Music Awards, it turns out the statement by Big Hit Entertainment was indeed correct and it was Gaon who were responsible for the stages. As such, Gaon issued an apology for all the mess they created.
“This is the official statement with regards to the performance plagiarism of BTS that took place at the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards.
After checking with the production (which we outsourced) for the award, the production did not monitor the video used for BTS’s performance carefully enough and they did not explain or show said video to BTS enough beforehand.
We bow our heads in apology to those affected and discomforted by this incident.
We are sorry.
We would also like to thank everyone for their love and support for the Gaon Chart Music Awards. Thank you.”
So that’s resolved quietly.
And I seriously still don’t see where the plagiarism was anyway.
Thankfully the fandom mess is far from over. After Korean VIPs trended a demand that BTS apologize for plagiarism, now Korean BTS fans are trending the demand that VIPs apologize to BTS.
BTS fans are also now apparently calling Gaon to confirm all this, among other things, I’m sure.
#VIPsApologizeToBTS
원본 녹음 영상입니다. 길이가 굉장히 길어 업로드가 힘들었고 제 목소리 안 좋은거 저도 아니까 뭐라 하지 말아주세요. pic.twitter.com/c4XW4XiKvs— 뽀 스밍 조준 발사 🔫 (@sugaya0714) February 24, 2017
Gaon also had to explain to people that they were not copping to plagiarism.
일단 첫번째로 표절이 아니라고 가온 상담원 분께서 말해주신 통화내역입니다 법적으로 표절이 아니라 라고 말씀하신분도 편집허여 올리겠습니다 pic.twitter.com/WJNoGDs71s
— 🐜알개미 🐜 (@eggant_0613) February 24, 2017
두번째 가온 담당자와의 전화 중 vcr 영상 표절에 대한 부분입니다. 담당자분께서는 법적으로 엄밀히 표절이 아니라고 하였습니다. 들어주세요. pic.twitter.com/CEs6d1ODeM
— 🐜알개미 🐜 (@eggant_0613) February 24, 2017
#JusticeForGaonCallCenterPeople
