BABYMONSTER’s New Music Video Gets Hit With “Plagiarism” Accusations

YG Entertainment girl group BABYMONSTER’s latest music video has gotten embroiled in a controversy over plagiarism accusations.

BABYMONSTER | YG Entertainment

On October 10, KST, BABYMONSTER released the music video of “We Go Up,” the title track of their new mini album with the same title. The video, released without any teaser preceding it, garnered high praise from fans, racking up over 15 million views within a day.

However, along with the praise has come controversy as fans pointed out that multiple parts of the music video looked similar to a previously-released music video of ATEEZ.

ATEEZ | KQ Entertainment

Fans of the boy group posted scene-by-scene comparisons between “We Go Up” and ATEEZ’s “Bouncy.” From the videos surfacing online, it appears that two specific sequences have sparked these allegations, the first one being a fighting scene. In BABYMONSTER’s music video, Chiquita is seen inside a fighting ring when she runs up to her opponent and throws an impactful kick to their face. A similar scene featuring San was included in the “Bouncy” music video. Apart from the conceptual similarity, fans highlighted that the setup and the angles also appeared too much alike.

some ppl are playing dumb. no one is mad abt having a fight scene in an mv or sh00ting a gvn, ppl are mad at the fact that their mv director clearly analyzed bouncy frame-by-frame to get that product. example A😭 pic.twitter.com/xDEQ6g4Zmn

— avi ･* 🎭 ･*｡･ #GOLDENHOUR (@in_finitelove) October 10, 2025

Another similarity between the two videos that was pointed out featured Pharita from BABYMONSTER and Hongjoong from ATEEZ, respectively, where both of them were seen shooting out a bullet from a sniper gun, the bullet piercing through the walls in slow-motion, and the scene panning to the entry of the full group into the frame.

These similarities have prompted ATEEZ fans to call out the makers of BABYMONSTER’s music video, demanding accountability.

not babymonster literally plagiarizing ateez omfg imagine how tired we are https://t.co/PJpWbrhjjD

— lau JJONG DAY🐻 (@YUNW00ISM) October 10, 2025

ATEEZ(BOUNCY) 🤝 BABYMONSTER(WE GO UP) pic.twitter.com/MYoIOaeIKa

— sumin (@_sumiin) October 10, 2025

It's not about the mv having a fighting scene in a ring. It's the fact that it's:
1. same moves
2. same angles of shooting
3. same editing of clips, the slow mo+coloring
4. same setting
all combined means the "creative" team behind the mv was NOT creativepic.twitter.com/dZkivVu9Ie https://t.co/OsncHnH25Z

— Rana .̮🎭🍋‍🟩 (@TOP_ATZ) October 10, 2025

Hey guys let’s all remember that this is a YG problem not a Baemon problem Kumbaya Friends https://t.co/n8IFFh3Bpl pic.twitter.com/2bXVBicnXF

— ִֶָ (@innyeongz) October 10, 2025

However, BABYMONSTER fans have refuted these claims, arguing that these are common sequences that have been used in movies and music videos many times before.

not to be messy but slow motion bullet scenes, in every movie ever, same w the fighting scene

y’all are wild for seeing smth similar and getting all upset bc they’re copying another group when it was never the og groups thing in the first place https://t.co/msEmDtL3Zt

— stace ୨♡୧ 🇵🇸 (@cypheryoongi) October 11, 2025

I hate it when art illiterates speak the most God. It's a spinning kick move in a fight discipline and literally a nod to Tony Jaa. These are all inspired by fuckin movies, movies that have been made before your idols were even conceived btw https://t.co/rOUlCuxYFO pic.twitter.com/Kisy2RHk44

— ꒰১🖤໒꒱ (@xixedhellonja) October 10, 2025

When will Kpop fans grow up and stop screaming ‘they copied my fave’? Your idol didn’t invent boxing scenes, snipers or anything else. Not everything is exclusive to your fave be serious https://t.co/tnR84OL845

— خـوُلُِة 🇵🇸🇹🇳 (@hi_nabi1) October 10, 2025

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