Let's take a look at the public reaction to the plagiarism controversy between 'Song of the Stars' and TeStar's Kim Raebin.
No, to be precise, I organized the guys who were excited about this situation by type, where they could curse TeStar for a ridiculous cause.
Number one.
It was called, 'I didn't expect that.'
-Kim Raebin said that his friends were geniuses, but now that I look at it… Oh, my.
-It's so shocking. I didn't know idols who won the grand prize would do this.
-TeStar is really disappointing. Wouldn't Korea also be ridiculed?
They never thought badly of TeStar, but they were emphasizing that they were greatly disappointed by this incident.
Of course, if they looked at it the other way around, the taste of hitting was also amazing.
Number two, which was called, 'I knew it.'
-Contemplation is science
-If it was during the time of Idol Inc, the fans wouldn't have thought it was good.
-Kim Raebin can't speak? Gibberish?
It was fun to be able to talk about all kinds of speculative curses and rumors that would normally be thought of as crazy.
And the most important, number three.
Song of the Stars.
The more they worshiped the victim, the better it felt when they hit the wrong guy.
- The songs on the Song of the Stars channel are really twinklingly beautiful. I understand why he plagiarized them.
-ᄏᄏᄏ He's majoring in it, but this is the origin of Song of the Stars. Kim Raebin.
-He made a genius cosplay with a real genius ᄏᄏ
"So, if I were to predict the reaction of Kim Raebin, the central member of Song of the Stars, who is regarded as a modern Mozart and a genius…"
"… Thank you?"
"Oh, that's it."
At Keun Sejin's words, the members either sighed or burst into laughter.
Those who stopped Kim Raebin, who was about to post "Testar is Song of the Stars" on social media, had gathered in the dorm in the early morning as soon as we entered the country.
"What about Raebin?"
"S-sleep well."
"Okay."
"But why stop Kim Raebin? Let's say that it's us quickly! Show them the taste of justice."
"Hmm~ Eugene, it's better to prepare and talk about this."
Keun Sejin smiled bitterly.
"They misunderstood, but there are people who are angry that they were deceived."
"Ooo… It's pathetic."
"It's kind of like that."
The guy was right.
Of course, the moment it was revealed that Song of the Stars was TeStar's account centered on Kim Raebin, the mainstream public opinion would turn around.
However, the problem was that useless side effects could come out depending on the method.
I crossed my arms and opened my mouth.
"It could be said that we were deliberately aiming for publicity."
"Yeah, that's a possibility."
As soon as we signed the contract for the OST, we created a WeTube account and posted an arrangement related to <127 Section>… There may be people trying to create public opinion in this way.
- To be honest, they were too quick to respond, and it's too exquisite to be a coincidence.
-Hmm… They made an account to upload the game arrangement of Abandoned Factory after signing the OST for the concept of Abandoned Factory?
-Hey, this is too fake, T1 guys ᄏᄏᄏᄏ
There was no need to leave such base food behind.
Ryu Chungwoo supplemented with a serious face.
"But we can't wait long. Raebin is being attacked too much."
"Yes. It is a serious misunderstanding."
If left unattended for too long, the symptoms would only get stronger.
'I don't want to apologize.'
This was because quite a few of the people who swore in sympathy with the plagiarism controversy would not want to admit that they were wrong.
Then, wouldn't they try to somehow create a cause to blame the other person, not themselves?
Seon Ahyeon looked sad.
"E-even if it's a misunderstanding… It's too much, I think. They didn't even listen to Raebin's explanation and went this far first…"
"… Yes. It's too harsh."
I nodded.
"It's a side effect of the song doing too well."
I didn't know if it was just a song that caused controversy, but now this OST was on the national meta.
'The vicarious satisfaction is destroyed and becomes a vicarious shame.'
They were even more enraged because they feared that we would be humiliated abroad for this.
It was a side effect of the national Meta. Even if our title track was plagiarized, the Internet wouldn't have been so uproarious.
"Hoo."
In the overheated atmosphere, I laughed out loud as I watched the number of subscribers on the WeTube channel of 'Song of the Stars' go up. Keun Sejin, who pushed his head in to confirm, was shocked.
"Wow, over 100,000."
"I know."
In the meantime, it became noise marketing like this. Should we register as a profit-generating account and get paid even if the copyright was removed?
-Go for it!
-I subscribed. The song is really good.
-☆★☆★☆Limestone, look here, this is the original, do it with this genius☆★☆★☆
-It's really amazing. I heard that you're a college student. Age doesn't seem to matter when it comes to talent.
Bae Sejin, who was reading the comments on the channel, muttered with a confused face.
"… Kim Raebin is really recognized as much as Kim Raebin is being criticized… ?"
"Th-that's right…"
It was a funny situation that was neither happy nor sad. Cha Eugene stretched.
"Whatever, if we do well on the next one, they won't be able to say anything! Let's quickly do it!"
He was the same.
And surprisingly, Ryu Chungwoo opened his mouth seriously.
"Actually, I feel the same way."
"What?"
"Maybe I'm being a bit optimistic, but… Just to be honest, I think it will be fine without much talk."
Hmm.
"Honestly?"
"Yes. I thought it would be good to explain why we created the account. It's actually a good story."
"Mmm."
It was a standard tactic.
In fact, it was the most correct way to make a statement. To honestly explain the situation.
"I was wondering about an official statement through the company."
"… …"
Then, I heard a low voice from behind my head.
"That… I am in favor."
"Ahh!"
"Sorry!"
When I turned my head, I saw Kim Raebin standing hesitantly behind Bae Sejin, who was frightened.
"Weren't you sleeping?"
"I woke up a few minutes ago. I came out to drink water, but it seemed like you were having a chat, so I unintentionally overheard you while moving quietly!"
"Uh…"
Why was he making excuses when we were in a situation where we had to be stabbed while talking about a guy who wasn't there?
Anyway, since the party involved came out, an atmosphere was created to listen to him.
"So… Does Raebin like this opinion? Being honest about everything?"
"Yes."
Kim Raebin, who was seated, nodded.
"In fact, the reason I managed this account was because of the good help of the hyungs who were considerate of me when I was in a slump, so I really want to tell them that."
"Hey, Raebin…"
"Even though it will be difficult for us to operate the account as a hobby anymore… Let's develop another healthy hobby in a different direction!"
Kim Raebin clasped his hand tightly.
'Oh.'
I smiled.
"Okay. Let's just be honest."
"… !!"
I heard a whisper next to me.
"Moondaemoondae?"
"Has he been drinking?"
I ignored them.
"Raebin is right. Truth always prevails. I think it's best to go straight."
"Thank you!"
"… Wow~"
Keun Sejin looked at me with a face telling me not to lie. Look at this bastard.
Of course, I still had more to say.
"By the way, why don't you go through the company and do it yourself?"
"Ah, then on TeStar's social media…"
"No, not there."
"… ?"
"Then where do you want to put it?"
I smiled and turned the smartphone around and showed it to him.
We had to maximize the impact. Let's go.
• * *
Half a day after the plagiarism controversy broke out.
The internet was still hot.
Beyond this incident, all sorts of past rumors about Kim Raebin were patched together and went to the verge of being dragged out.
In the meantime, when astronomical terrorism poured down on an OST whose music charts were skyrocketing, recreating the topic endlessly…
-Amazing, Song of the Stars just started a live
The person who was plagiarized had appeared!
[This is my position regarding the plagiarism controversy.]
People were excited about the new firewood and clicked on the video like crazy.
After the black thumbnail, in the revealed video…
[Hello, this is TeStar's Kim Raebin, who is using the Song of the Stars' channel.]
-???
Why was he here… ?
In an instant, the live chat was filled with question marks and exclamation points, and all sorts of onomatopoeia.
However, Kim Raebin, who was sitting in a room in a dorm wearing plain clothes, continued to announce his position with a serious face referring to the paper he was holding.
[First of all, thank you for supporting the channel. And I'm sorry for causing controversy.]
- What is this?
Why was the party involved in the plagiarism controversy suddenly saying something like thank you on the victim's channel?
'Is he trying to say that he had reached an amicable agreement with the person involved?'
'Wouldn't it be too clumsy if he forced himself to appear like this?'
However, Kim Raebin continued to speak.
[At the time of last fall, I had difficulties composing due to a sudden slump… As a result, the member hyungs split their free time to arrange hobby camp activities.]
[It's unfortunate that this happened in the process, but it's my mistake, and I want to tell you that the members are not responsible for this.]
People finally assumed that Kim Raebin came out to apologize for plagiarism from his low posture and tone.
Thanks to that, the swear words finally started pouring in.
- You mean he plagiarized at the hobby camp?
-No, I don't know what your hobby camp was like ᄏᄏᄏᄏ Please apologize properly
-Ah, what is he doing with a non-public account? He has an agency. Is he boiling soup?
-Ugh
[The samples were mixed by mistake…]
That was the moment.
Suddenly, a member came out of the corner of the dorm. It was Seon Ahyeon.
-???
And after waving his hand to Kim Raebin, he soon realized that it didn't work, so he came over and whispered in his ear, and disappeared from the camera.
Only then did Kim Raebin open his eyes wide and nod his head.
[Ah! Did I forget to tell you guys? Sorry.]
-So what? ᄏ
[I am Song of the Stars!]
-?????
[Sorry. I should have said this first, but I wanted to give a detailed explanation before…]
The comment section was again filled with confusion and screaming. It was of no use to Kim Raebin, who did not know that he could view real-time chatting in the first place.
[To be precise, this was an account where all of TeStar posted their arrangements and compositions at the hobby camp.]
[Thank you for your support. I gained strength from seeing the comments you posted recently!]
-What?
[If I can match the songs that each member arranged… Oh, I almost missed today's video topic. Sorry again!]
-Right now !!!
-C-c-c-c-crazy
-Is it true?
Real-time reactions were overlaid with alien language. However, as Kim Raebin had prepared, he only diligently explained why the situation had turned this way.
Among them, this was the only remark.
[Inspired by the positive response from everyone, I sent the works of this account to the portfolio during the OST contact.]
It was a sentence that Park Moondae subtly pushed in, trying to make it so that there would be no doubt that he composed the song for this account after winning the OST contract.
Of course, Kim Raebin thought he was simply conveying his thanks, so he said it carefully.
-Wow
- I can't really imagine.
-Song of the Stars = Mozart in the era of Kim Raebin, a god and a genius
- ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ No, wow
And the real-time chat changed stance in an instant and started to come out pleasantly.
Because it was fun!
Kim Raebin didn't blame them for swearing. He said he caused a misunderstanding!
Laughing at the guys who cursed more severely than he did and caused controversy, the chat window began to save only his identity as an advocate of Song of the Stars.
The aggro who really came in with antipathy to TeStar disappeared or started to pay attention to the changed atmosphere.
-What should we do with the scolding bastards, all of them ran away
-Oh, it's so fun
-Is this a powerful meta?
What followed was a detailed explanation of how Kim Raebin composed the OST and why the samples overlapped.
[Due to a problem with the production period, the demo version had to be produced in four days, so there was a mistake in overlapping samples in the process…]
And even that was a situation that aroused enough empathy and sympathy in modern people.
-A deadline…
- He's been working hard.
-ᄉᄉᄏᄏ What does he mean he enjoys composing as a hobby?
-It's really not easy to be an idol
Now, it had become a pleasant atmosphere to listen to stories about the OST production process of a blockbuster movie.
The presentation prepared by Kim Raebin was about 5 minutes long, and even if it was too long, it would backfire, so it was the timing for the broadcast to end soon.
[Knock, knock.]
[Ah!]
Kim Raebin on the screen turned his head toward the door of the dorm half opened in the corner.
Then, behind the door, the rest of the TeStar members began to creep in.
- No way, TeStar
- Wow, wow
-Why are they like that ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ
'ᄏᄏᄏᄏ' was pouring into the chat window with surprised attitudes, as if they were really late in entering a meeting room.
Dressed in comfortable plain clothes, they hurriedly lowered their heads, with Kim Raebin in the middle, and matched the formation.
[Sorry for causing trouble!]
As soon as the image that appeared on the apology thumbnail appeared, the comments were again filled with laughter.
[Sorry! I suggested it! Trying it as a hobby!]
[We didn't know it would turn out like this either! Raebin is innocent!]
It was so funny that anyone could see they were sincere.
-ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ We're sorry too
- They must have been so surprised that they couldn't sleep.
-They had a hard time, really ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ It's so funny
In that light-hearted atmosphere, people were now even starting to apologize.
It was a section where the controversy completely turned into a pleasant happening.
[Then next time, we'll see you without mistakes!]
Finally, the camera shook awkwardly a few times and the live ended.
However, the comments were still full of the aftereffects of the unimaginable delightful scandal.
-No, are they crazy? ᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏᄏ
-I'm having so much fun, guys.
At the same time, the Internet began to be flooded with similar notices.
Because it was funny.
[The identity of Song of the Stars]
[Kim Raebin and Kim Raebin agree amicably on the plagiarism controversy….jpg]
And only after they spread appropriately, TeStar uploaded the evidence on their official social media as a reflection of the situation.
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Now I can say… The ginseng liquor Park Moondae drank at the mountain lodge at the songwriting camp…
(picture)
It was all a matter of timing.
However, what Park Moondae did not expect was that the timing was more striking than expected.