Butter, the new hit song of BTS, is currently in dispute over copyright with Luca Debonaire, a Dutch artist.
Nakamura Kojo, the composer of Towering Catastrophe, has finally talked about the recent plagiarism controversy. On July 20, the artist addressed the plagiarism controversy via his blog. He stated that he doesn’t mind the similarities between the songs.
However, despite the resolved misunderstanding, the Korean septet is yet again facing a new controversy.
BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ enters Spotify’s Billions Club
BTS has just set yet another record. Spotify announced that BTS had joined the Billions Club on July 21 local time. This was after their first English song, Dynamite, had exceeded one billion Spotify streams. It made BTS the first Korean artist to achieve this feat and join the Billions Club.
It was released on August 21, 2020. BTS took less than one year to reach 1 billion streams.
Spotify’s Billions Club features all songs that have been streamed more than one billion times. The Billions Club currently has 159 songs.
BTS, congratulations!
BTS’s ‘Butter’ is in Copyright Trouble
BTS’ record-breaking song, Butter, was recently involved in a plagiarism controversy. Netizens raised concerns that Butter sounded similar to the background music from the 1992 Japanese video game, Monster in My Pocket, which was produced back in July by Konami.
However, Nakamura Kojo, the composer of Towering Catastrophe, responded to the controversy via his blog on July 20 and somehow resolved the conflict.
And after the controversy, BTS has again been embroiled in copyright disputes. BTS was involved with Adri Blok’s You Got Me Down, a song by the Dutch artist. He uses the stage name Luca Debonaire.
Netizens found strong similarities between Butter and You Got Me Down, so they raised the issue, which was also brought to the attention of Luca Debonaire.
You Got Me Down, which was originally released in 2020, sounds very similar to Butter, from the 20-second mark to the one-minute and fifty seconds mark. Luca Debonaire claims that the songs share the same melody line.
Luca Debonaire said that he is trying to get in touch with BTS’ management, Big Hit Entertainment, and the group. “Do you know the person in charge of Bighit Music Korea?” Or who manages the Kpop group BTS?” Said Luca Debonaire via his social media.
Fans also claimed that You Got Me Down, a song by EDM artist Beatport, was on their radar.
Luca Debonaire revealed that he purchased the topline for his song from Sebastian Garcia. Sebastian Garcia is also listed as one of the composers of BTS’ Butter in 2019. He also said that Butter is a 1:1 copy of You Got Me Down.
Luca Debonaire shared a screenshot of an article titled They stole the Song and said he was currently negotiating with Big Hit Music.
Sebastian Garcia is directly affected by the issue. And as BTS is also a victim, the composer will be explaining the recent controversy.
At the moment, Big Hit Music has yet released a statement on plagiarism or copyright issues.
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