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After 1 year 7 month, finally going to release their album on 20 October, SS501 recently revealed that during production of the album they were swindled by a Korean composer.
Their company DSP expressed: "During the production of this album, they were caught in a swindle case. During the recording process, the song was always being requested to alter, and has huge difference from the original song, they started to suspect, and after investigation found out that it was stolen from one renown composer. In order not to be exposed, he made the modification. Of which, there's even copyright work from America singer Timbaland." "Coincidentally, the members heard one of the song on flight and it sounded like the song which they recorded. If they really included the song into the album, it will be consider 100% plagiarism."
There company also revealed: "As his company had insufficient fund, and Kim HyunJoong thought that the song was not bad, so as a leader, he paid on his own accord 8 million won (~USD6750) production fee.
Member Kim HyungJoon mentioned: "He is a brother whom we had known and work through thick and thin since 'UR Man', it never came to us that he will swindle us. In future, don't know whether what type of new singers would fall into his trap. He had once told us that our senior Rain's Rainism activities making film was his work, only after that then we realized it were all fabricated."
Kim HyunJoong mentioned: "Because of this, the album production time was longer than schedule, although we wish to meet with the fans earlier, however we had never predict such things will happen, the original official album had to be shrunk down into a mini album. In order to not incurred even more lost, we requested other composer and obtain very nice songs, it is considered a blessing in disguise."
It is really not easy to be a leader. He even had to fork out his own $$ to buy the song. How could a company have not have enough funds for US6750??!!
Their company DSP expressed: "During the production of this album, they were caught in a swindle case. During the recording process, the song was always being requested to alter, and has huge difference from the original song, they started to suspect, and after investigation found out that it was stolen from one renown composer. In order not to be exposed, he made the modification. Of which, there's even copyright work from America singer Timbaland." "Coincidentally, the members heard one of the song on flight and it sounded like the song which they recorded. If they really included the song into the album, it will be consider 100% plagiarism."
There company also revealed: "As his company had insufficient fund, and Kim HyunJoong thought that the song was not bad, so as a leader, he paid on his own accord 8 million won (~USD6750) production fee.
Member Kim HyungJoon mentioned: "He is a brother whom we had known and work through thick and thin since 'UR Man', it never came to us that he will swindle us. In future, don't know whether what type of new singers would fall into his trap. He had once told us that our senior Rain's Rainism activities making film was his work, only after that then we realized it were all fabricated."
Kim HyunJoong mentioned: "Because of this, the album production time was longer than schedule, although we wish to meet with the fans earlier, however we had never predict such things will happen, the original official album had to be shrunk down into a mini album. In order to not incurred even more lost, we requested other composer and obtain very nice songs, it is considered a blessing in disguise."
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It is really not easy to be a leader. He even had to fork out his own $$ to buy the song. How could a company have not have enough funds for US6750??!!
2 comments:
i'm sick n tired of this company..they have a bright artist under them & still don't show their appreciation very much. this is the first time i come across a record company so broke like this....huhuhu..c'mon DSP..grown up! learn from mistake! huhuhuh
Gah, it doesn't matter how many times I read about this swindling event, it still makes me want to punch someone. Particularly the guy who tried to cheat them out of their song.
SS501 working so damn hard to release their newest album like they promised and they're forced to both delay AND turn it into a mini album because of some idiot's greed. Yeah people are getting conned and swindled all the time but someone doing this to the boys... they really just don't deserve crap like this.
And Leader! Paying because DSP cannot. We always hear about the big three (JYP/YG/SM) and how idols pretty much can't make it in the KPop industry unless they're in one of those three companies and yet here's SS501 in DSP still managing to keep themselves afloat all these years. Rocking the charts all over Asia and constantly gaining new fans... DSP doesn't even have the funds to support them like the other, bigger companies in the industry do, but SS501 sticks with them. Even with all the crap everyone gives DSP for their misinformation, delays, overworking SS501, etc. I still can't help but admire the bond between SS501 and DSP.
That totally turning into ranting/venting XD;;;
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