Netizens Accuse MOMOLAND Of Plagiarizing Miss A In Upcoming Comeback

MOMOLAND is under fire for allegedly plagiarizing Miss A in their upcoming comeback.

Member JooE appeared on the December 25th episode of Radio Star where she shared a sneak peek of their title track “Thumbs Up”.

It was an upbeat song that got her fellow cast members dancing along, building excitement for the song’s release on December 30.

Thumbs Up Preview🔥#모모랜드 #주이 #MOMOLAND #JOOE #MOMOLAND_IS_COMING #Thumbs_Up pic.twitter.com/SMcbWzDRDu

— MOMOLAND HOUSE (@momoland_house) December 25, 2019

As soon as the preview aired, however, netizens were quick to point out that “Thumbs Up” (2019) sounded very similar to Miss A’s “Time’s Up” (2012) from the album Hush.

As soon as I listened to Momoland’s new song, I thought of Time’s Upㅋㅋ

What? Isn’t the melody the same?

I love this song so much, I remember it the moment I listened to Momoland’s new song.

– Korean Netizens

Momoland plagiarised Miss A?? Yikes

— Innercunt (@innercxnt) December 27, 2019

The chorus of the two songs shared a similar beat and lyrics.

Others were quick to defend them, however, pointing out that netizens simply wanted to see MOMOLAND fail.

Danm @MMLD_Official about to have another successful comeback haters already pointing out how they plagiarized Miss A

— Momoland Nayun best girl (@YGStansandMerry) December 27, 2019

another scandal of momoland plagiarizing songs ?
more streams from ppl who want to see the similarities ! momoland wins either way #MOMOLAND_IS_COMING #Thumbs_Up 😗✌🏻

— sam | #THUMBSUP ❤️ (@samxmmld) December 27, 2019

This is not the first time MOMOLAND has been accused of plagiarism. They were previously under fire for “Bboom Bboom” sounding similar to Serebro‘s “Mi Mi Mi”.