Recently, singer-songwriter Baek Yerin faced fierce backlash after posting an Instagram story calling out another artist for plagiarism.
In the post, she shared the video of the song, “What Are We,” an OST for the tvN Drama, Love Next Door, sung by Ha Sung Woon.
This song has been suspected of plagiarism for its similarity to her song, “0310.”
With this, the writer of the OST posted a response to the plagiarism allegations.
“I found out about this after many people sent me messages. I am here to inform you of my position about ‘What are We’ as many people are asking about it.
First, I’d like to apologize to the people who were uncomfortable after listening to the song, to the drama staff, and to Ha Sung Woon, who sang the song.
But, I want to clarify that I did not use Baek Yerin’s ’0310’ as a reference while making this song.
After receiving messages about it, I analyzed the two songs in detail to see if there were any similarities.
After thoroughly analyzing the melody line, I found nothing similar. I’ve attached photos of the chords and melody of the two songs for reference.
As a rookie songwriter who finally had an opportunity to release my music, it’s scary to have plagiarism issues imprinted in my career. But I want to make it again clear that I did not copy her song.”
Below are photos of the analysis regarding the chords and melody of both songs.
Below is a video comparing the two songs. What are your thoughts on this?
Meanwhile, Baek Yerin’s agency has not responded to the matter.
