On Instagram, Paris Starn published a screenshot of Red Velvet's official IG account showcasing their outfits for the title song. Paris then wrote quite a lengthy caption and addressed SM Entertainment for allegedly plagiarizing her designs.
"Greatly appreciate so many of you bringing to my attention K-pop group [Red Velvet] wearing garments that take heavy "inspiration" from my work. No one on the team [SM Town] ever reached out to collaborate on designs, which I would have loved to participate in.
The company also took from our imagery which we created with artist [at]ondine.vinao. It deeply hurts to see large groups that could have helped out a small designer, instead take from our hard work and brand it as their own. Check out our story for my examples," the statement reads.
Comments have been disabled under the post. As of writing, Paris 99's post regarding the issue has already amassed over 4,000 likes from social media users.
Scrolling through the designer's page, one can see the similarities of the girl group's clothing concept to Paris 99's dress, which was posted around September of 2018. The get-up is checkered and features wavy stripes on the edges.
Meanwhile, The ReVe Festival: Day 2 continues to catapult enormous success. Upon release, the album grabbed the No. 1 spot on iTunes album rankings in 36 regions, which include Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Germany, France, Netherlands, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Slovenia, Portugal, Turkey, Romania, Australia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cambodia, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Brunei, and Philippines.
The album also dominated in Kyobo Bookstore, Aladin, and Synnara Records' physical sales charts, while Umpah Umpah continues to top in various music streaming sites Bugs, Genie, Mnet, Olleh Music, and Soribada.
Red Velvet's comeback also made it to the top trending list on the Twitterverse. Using the hashtag "Say Umpah Umpah," Reveluvs expressed their excitement and appreciation to the group's latest music video.
A fan was quoted saying, "FUNNY HOW SUMMER DIDNT EXIST UNTIL RED VELVET RELEASED UMPAH UMPAH [hashtag 'Say Umpah Umpah']."
Another one tweeted, "Who needs the sun... when she's shining tHIS BRIGHT?!! Summer of Joy indeed. [Red Velvet] [hashtag 'Say Umpah Umpah']."
As of press time, the video is about to hit ten million views on Youtube.
