

This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It remains to be seen whether TWICE can demonstrate the power of K-pop’s representative girl group. The new songs released this time can certainly show a significant rise in streaming rankings through future comeback activities. Their influence is still strong enough to win the ‘Breakthrough Artist’ award at the recent 2023 Billboard Women In Music Awards as the first K-pop female artist. Since their debut in 2015, TWICE has had many songs, including ‘TT’, ‘SIGNAL’, ‘KNOCK KNOCK’, ‘Heart Shaker’, and ‘YES or YES’, reach number one. The ‘SET ME FREE’ music video also maintained its spot at the top of the YouTube music video trending worldwide for three consecutive days from the day of its release until the 12th. However, as of the 10th, ‘READY TO BE’ topped the daily chart of the Hanteo album and Circle Chart Retail Album. Some are even speculating that it might be past its prime due to the years that have passed since their debut. It was quite surprising that the TWICE title track fell out of the top 100 in just one day, and some netizens expressed disappointment in the song.

On the daily chart of Korea’s largest music streaming site, Melon, the title track ‘SET ME FREE’ ranked 83rd on the release day and dropped to 101st the next day.Ĭurrently, ‘SET ME FREE’ is not even in the top 100, and the same goes for the other tracks. However, somewhat surprising results have been achieved. Through the title track ‘SET ME FREE’, they conveyed a progressive message of promising to put everything on the line to protect the love they felt after realizing their true selves beneath the groovy bass line and simple yet powerful sound.Īs they are undoubtedly one of the representatives of the third generation of K-pop girl groups, many people expected TWICE to achieve good streaming results. ‘READY TO BE’ contains TWICE‘s strong determination to break society’s gaze and prejudices and embrace their true selves. Prior to the album release, TWICE pre-released the English single ‘MOONLIGHT SUNRISE’ and on this day, they released all the tracks including the title track ‘SET ME FREE’, ‘GOT THE THRILLS’, ‘BLAME IT ON ME’, ‘WALLFLOWER’, ‘CRAZY STUPID LOVE’, and an English version of the title track. On March 10th, TWICE released their mini 12th album ‘READY TO BE’ and made a comeback. At this point, we should wait for the follow up announcement on this matter from JYP Entertainment.“The new song is showing poor streaming results.” What are your thought on this issue? Did plagiarism take place or it’s just a coincidence? Of course, Twice has no fault in this situation, since they didn’t compose the song and possibly haven’t even heard Hailee’s work. A lot of people also mentioned how the choreography of Twice’s “Signal” has hand moves copied from Lovelyz’s “Wow”. This time netizens really had no chill with accusing Twice of plagiarism. Let’s compare the two songs here: “Someone Like Me” by Twice “Starving” By Hailee Steinfeld We will make an announcement after confirmation.”

“We’re currently checking with the producer of ‘Starving’. JYP Entertainment has found this issue worth addressing and decided to reach out to the composer of “Starving”. Since they are a famous composer they should know better about plagiarism. The composer is famous for producing such tracks as Girl’s Generation’s “Genie”, “I Got A Boy” and EXO’s “Wolf”. Twice’s song “Someone like me” was produced by “Design Music” from Norway. It is difficult to tell if it’s really plagiarism. Twice released their EP “Signal” on and Hailee’s starving was released on January of last year. There is a one year and four months difference between the releases of both songs. This type of melody development is used widely and there can surely be similarities to many other songs. Two songs have a very common acoustic guitar arrangement, that’s basically a couple of chords going on repeat.
