Taiwanese girl group gets plagiarize Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1 and T-ara?

Taiwanese pop stars are suspected in plagiarizing Korean artists.

A Taiwanese female group called XOXO released their song and music video recently for 'Mocha Java.' This sparked interest because the video if similar to Brown Eyed Girls' 'Abracadabra' and 2NE1's 'Can't Nobody' and has given off the impression of plagiarism.

Part of the song also was considered to be plagiarized because of it's reminiscence to Brown Eyed Girls' 'Abracadabra' and 'Sign' and 2NE1's 'Can't Nobody.' The plagiarism and choreography and overall concept was also very similar to Brown Eyed Girls.

Previously, Lotus Wang, also a Taiwanese Singer made a remake of T-ara's 'Bo Peep Bo Peep.' XOXO's song is also very, very similar to T-ara's hit track and has raised many mixed opinions from fans on the situation.

Park Gyuri-Eunjung, lonely girl group leaders being bullied?

With the recent news of the 5-member girl group KARA possibly dismantling, rumors of bullying in girl groups has became a hot topic.

On January 19th, four members of KARA had decided to terminate their contracts with their company DSP. Excluded from the lawsuit was the leader Park Gyuri. Netizens have assumed that Gyuri was an "outcast leader" being bullied by "natural leader" Seungyeon, but these claims have only resulted in being denied.

In addition, it was also talked about how T-ara's former leader possibly could be bullied. T-ara who released a new album late last year gained a new member, Ryu Hwayoung, and also changed leaders from Eunjung -> Boram.

Eunjung said in an interview with Newsen, ""We thought there really wasn't a group that are as close as we are, when these member controversies, bullying rumors started spreading around, we all just said 'Huh' and laughed about it."

Eunjung continued by saying, "It was the first time we heard of leaders being changed in an idol group from Korea. The leaders rotating through different members, including me, is just intended to get each other members' good points shown to fans and develop us. That's the only reason we will switch from leader to leader, so don't be concerned. It's even possible maknae Jiyeon could be leader," she said while dismissing the rumors.

Note: Excerpted/summed up most of the parts talking about KARA.

Interview in Landmark's press conference

Q: Right now, is it possible for the members to return back to the company?

It is possible. Like what I have said before, if the company can resolved all the issues that the members’ parents have mentioned, then having the three members returned back is totally possible.


Q: What is the reason for Hara to return back to the company?

According to what I know, it was because she wanted to emphasize that KARA must be a group of five and also because of teamwork.


Q: In profit distribution, is it true that there is only 1% of the total profit received? (did not specified the subject of the question – the whole group or each member)

This is something I cannot verify because I do not have the exact document.


Q: What is your thought about Nicole’s mom has emerged as the core of this issue?

Because an agreement could not be reached during the negotiation between the daughters and the management company, not only Nicole’s mother but also other members’ mothers are receiving legal supports from our company.


Q: What are examples for DSP’s lack of professionalism?

We will bring those up later. I personally can only say that letting things to reach this state is already a problem on their end.


Q: Did the 3 members agree to all of these ideas/statements?

Of course, they all confirmed those statements yesterday.


Q: For future activities in Japan such as filming for their drama, will they continue?

We are in the process of discussion.
If the issues that we have brought up and legal problems regarded the contract are resolved, everything may well continue as before.

4Minute released audio teaser for Why!

Check out 4Minute's audio preview for their latest japanese song Why here,love the song?

Victoria&Minho: what is the surprising ‘lunchbox express delivery strategy’ for 2pm

Victoria and Minho worked together to support 2pm’s comeback stage. As a fangirl of 2pm including her hubby Nichkhun, Victoria prepared lunchbox and brought it to the TV station to support her hubby Nichkhun’s I’ll be back comeback stage.

She said she wanted to make a special surprise event for her hubby, and as the commander, she invited Shinee members to cooperate with her. Shinee members gave her a lot of suggestions, and as khuntoria’s closest member in shinee, Minho brought up the idea of lunchbox of love delivery strategy, and became the leader of the event. And he showed his active work between Khun and Victoria.

Victoria and Minho’s lunchbox of love strategy will be aired on this week’s WGM 22/01/2011 5.10pm KST.

Preview of 4minute’s ‘Why’ revealed

Earlier in the week we reported the announcement of Korean girl group 4minute’s first release for 2011. The song is titled ‘WHY’ and is scheduled to be released on March 2nd. The song will also be the theme song to TV Asahi drama, “Akutou~Juuhanzai Sousahan.“

Recently, a preview of this track was uploaded to 4minute’s official Japanese website, check it out below.

Core Contents CEO wants the Kara members gone?

The recent Kara controversy has many people upset, not only the fans but also many people who work in the industry. Mr. Kim Kwang Soo, the CEO of Core Contents Media who produced many famous groups such as T-ara, Seeya, Jo Sungmo, and SG Wannabe, raised his voice of concern much higher than others; he wants Seungyeon, Nicole and Jiyoung out of the industry… permanently.

In a phone interview with Daily Sports, he stated, “I asked the Korean Entertainment Producers Association (KEPA) to take heavy measures against Kara. I believe that if the three members left the group to join another management company, then they should not be allowed to come back to music industry in the future. All 300 members of the association must stop the three members from breaking Kara up.”

He continued, “It must have taken a great deal of the company’s passion and love to get the group up to their current level, and it breaks my heart to see it all crumbled overnight. If the quality of management was the problem, then they should get back with the company and solve it through discussions. They could also ask KEPA to intervene. Simply leaving the group like they did doesn’t solve any problems, it just creates more.”

He finished by saying, “Many artists and producers that were seniors to them spent a lot of time and effort to create a market for Korean music in Japan. Kara made all those efforts by them turn into nothing by carelessly stopping their Japanese promotions. The members must have gone through a tough time, there is no doubt; but I still hope that they would first go back to the company and then solve the problem.”

Mr. Kim is a big name in Korean music industry, and seeing him speak out at this level shows that the management companies are quite upset, and at the same time, nervous about this fiasco. This must especially be the case as this is the second time that a major idol group has gone through something like this recently. Perhaps the CEOs want to set an example to other idol members who dream of such rebellion… but at the cost of DSP’s most valuable group.

Stay tuned to allkpop as the story develops.