{"id":77759,"date":"2023-07-22T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T22:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=77759"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T22:59:24","slug":"the-new-album-of-mamamoo-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-newjeans-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-new-album-of-mamamoo-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-newjeans-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"The new album of MAMAMOO is accused of plagiarism by NewJeans fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Female K-pop subunit <strong>MAMAMOO<\/strong>\u00a0has become a trend on social media, but not for something good, now, NewJeans&#8217; fans are accusing those responsible for creating the new image of their new album &#8216;<strong>Two Rabbits<\/strong>&#8216; of committing plagiarism, as the image of the two rabbits is too similar to the cover of <strong>NewJeans<\/strong>&#8216; album &#8216;<strong>NWJNS<\/strong>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of this month, it was announced that MAMAMOO&#8217;s subunit &#8216;MAMAMOO+&#8217;, formed by <strong>Solar<\/strong> and <strong>Moonbyul<\/strong>, would make their grand comeback in August. The couple increased the hype of their fans with various images of their song &#8216;Save Me&#8217; and then with the release of this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-1-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several netizens claim that both designs look too similar, and that it can&#8217;t be due to a coincidence, <strong>accusing<\/strong> MAMAMOO+&#8217;s new album of plagiarism. On July 21, the album track listing was released with a cereal box design with the two rabbits sitting in the center. Although the design is adorable, some could not help but notice that the feel of the design was <strong>similar<\/strong> to NewJeans&#8217; NWJNS album.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the girls of NewJeans are depicted by a bunny in most of their concept images, and usually refer to their fans as &#8220;<strong>bunnies<\/strong>.&#8221; Fans were quick to come out and expose the similarities of the design after the release of the track list, via social media, where they claimed it was plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-new-album-of-MAMAMOO-is-accused-of-plagiarism-by-NewJeans-fans-2-750x750.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;NewJeans&#8217; fans saw that something was not right with the concept images of the album, titled &#8216;Two Rabbits&#8217;, where two small rabbits <strong>representing<\/strong> the members can be seen with a blue, yellow and white color scheme. So it didn&#8217;t take long for them to show their <strong>dissatisfaction<\/strong> with this artwork which, according to the fandom, was &#8220;obviously&#8221; an attempt at plagiarism.<\/p>\n<p>Was it a real intention of plagiarism? Or was it just a <strong>coincidence<\/strong>? Tell us what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female K-pop subunit MAMAMOO\u00a0has become a trend on social media, but not for something good, now, NewJeans&#8217; fans are accusing those responsible for creating the new image of their new album &#8216;Two Rabbits&#8216; of committing plagiarism, as the image of the two rabbits is too similar to the cover of NewJeans&#8216; album &#8216;NWJNS&#8216;. 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