On Dec 13, a post titled ŌĆ£Arashi lyric video looks quite similarŌĆØ started to go viral on online communities. The two videos mentioned in the post are ArashiŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Face Down: RebornŌĆØ lyric video and Day6ŌĆÖs ŌĆ£ZombieŌĆØ lyric video. Both videos show a man drawn in black silhouette against the backdrop of the white background. How the lyrics are placed around the character and how the scenes are switched from one to another are, no doubt, quite similar. INSPI, the producer of DAY6ŌĆÖs ŌĆ£ZombieŌĆØ lyric video, expressed frustration on his Instagram by capturing both videos and wrote ŌĆ£Should I call this an honor? I really made this with loveŌĆØ on top of that. According to an exclusive interview with Sports Kyunghyang, INSPI said, ŌĆ£I already learned about the similarities in the two videos in June through overseas fans. I was shocked to see how similar the two were, and IŌĆÖm just trying to find solace in the fact that the J-pop group followed ours because we did such an excellent job.ŌĆØ He then added, ŌĆ£I have no intention of protesting the plagiarism and will follow JYP EntertainmentŌĆÖs official position.ŌĆØ About the alleged plagiarism controversy, JYP said, ŌĆ£We donŌĆÖt have an official position regarding that.ŌĆØ
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