Yang Joon Young: K-Pop drama unfolds: After accusing Jungkook, Yang Joon Young himself faces allegations of plagiarism

NEW DELHI: The K-pop community was shocked when Yang Joon Young accused BTS’ Jungkook of plagiarism. Yang, a prominent first-generation K-Pop producer, had claimed that Jungkook’s new track ‘Seven’ was a copied version of Fin. K.L’s ‘Time of Mask’, a song which Yang himself had produced.
These allegations were not only met with skepticism when the listeners failed to notice similarities between the two tracks but were also proven wrong after Dispatch published an article presenting evidence in favour of Jungkook.
In addition to the existing drama, listeners found uncanny resemblance between the song ‘Time of Mask’ and hit by pop group Spice Girls‘ ‘Say you’ll be there’. What heightened the intrigue was that the Spice Girls track had been released three years before ‘Time of Mask’, in 1996.
Netizens around the globe were left amused and puzzled as the news of the plot twist spread in the K-Pop community. Yang Joon Young’s accusations accidentally drew attention to his own history, making observers contemplate the audacity of the situation.