HYBE Group Embroiled In Viral Plagiarism Allegations

Netizens had huge reactions to the claims.

CORTIS and HYBE are embroiled in viral plagiarism allegations following the group’s debut.

The members of CORTIS | @cortis_bighit/X

A post has garnered attention. It compares three of CORTIS’s released songs in melody and production to past songs.

The three comparisons are listed below:

1. CORTIS – “FaSHioN” to A$AP Rocky – “Praise the Lord”
2. CORTIS – “GO!” to Travis Scott “FE!N”
3. CORTIS “JoyRide” to Post Malone “Circles.”

After the post garnered attention on Instagram, it became a hot topic on theqoo.

Fans hit back at CORTIS and HYBE, saying that it was definitely a copy, hitting back at the company’s “history” of plagiarism. Yet, some defended the idols, saying that it is common for K-Pop to take influence, but acknowledged that it might be risky with the way the company is promoting CORTIS and the members’ involvement.

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• That company where everything’s a lie, and the CEO whose character is trash.
• Self-producing marketing seems risky because if a plagiarism issue comes up, the member has to take responsibility.
• They [CORTIS] promoted themselves as “self-produced,” but even if it’s not outright plagiarism, how long can they last when they’re getting suspicions of copying someone else without their own color?
• It’s just HYBE being HYBE again.

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• It’s just the nature of the genre lol. Songs like that are everywhere in underground hip-hop, and K-pop idols have already used them as reference LOL.
• HYBE again.
• I get that it sounds similar, but honestly, K-pop always borrows from trending pop songs overseas in a similar way. That’s why people call K-pop derivative. And looking at the trending posts lately, it’s obvious people are really trying to hold Cortis back LOL.
• It seems like just a reference, and trying out a new genre like this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
  I feel like the sudden surge of criticism in the past few days shows people are trying to block Cortis from doing well.But marketing them as a “17-year-old genius producer” feels a bit off.

The topic of CORTIS’s tracks and claims of plagiarism has become a hot topic among both Korean and international fans.