{"id":162437,"date":"2026-03-23T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162437"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:26:47","slug":"bts-new-song-swim-is-accused-of-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-new-song-swim-is-accused-of-plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 new song, \u201cSWIM,\u201d is accused of plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> recently presented the title track,<strong><em> \u201cSWIM,<\/em><\/strong>\u201d off their album, <em>\u201cARIRANG,\u201d<\/em> which already broke several records within hours on different streaming platforms. The huge attention \u201cSWIM\u201d has received has also drawn comparisons with other artists\u2019 songs that sound almost the same.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a popular TikToker who shares similarities between songs shared his thoughts on<strong> BTS\u2019s new song,<em> \u201cSWIM,\u201d<\/em> and compared it with Jason Derulo\u2019s <em>\u201cRidin\u2019 Solo.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Although he was only sharing similarities, it sparked a heated debate online among K-Netizens.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jarredjermaine\/video\/7619839682515356941\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jarredjermaine\/video\/7619839682515356941\" data-video-id=\"7619839682515356941\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@jarredjermaine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jarredjermaine?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@jarredjermaine<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Does this BTS vocal melody on \u201cSWIM\u201d sound similar to this? <a title=\"bts\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bts?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#bts<\/a> <a title=\"arirang\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/arirang?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#arirang<\/a> <a title=\"swim\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/swim?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#swim<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - jarred jermaine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7619839742758161165?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; jarred jermaine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some of the comments highlighted that the group should do something original that people would be interested in. They stated f it were any other group, there would be allegations accusing them of <strong><em>\u201ccopying.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, many fans defended BTS, explaining that using samples is pretty common and similar beats in songs are something often heard, which means people shouldn\u2019t be<strong> harsh<\/strong> on BTS\u2019s comeback.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY&amp;list=RDb4iVv91Z6lY&amp;start_radio=1\" title=\"BTS (\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8) \u2018SWIM\u2019 Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b4iVv91Z6lY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS recently presented the title track, \u201cSWIM,\u201d off their album, \u201cARIRANG,\u201d which already broke several records within hours on different streaming platforms. The huge attention \u201cSWIM\u201d has received has also drawn comparisons with other artists\u2019 songs that sound almost the same. Recently, a popular TikToker who shares similarities between songs shared his thoughts on BTS\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":162438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-162437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bts"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162442,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162437\/revisions\/162442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}