BRIIZEs and Bunnies debated regarding RIIZE's homepage, which bore visual similarities to NewJeans' cyber concept for Phoning.
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Did RIIZE Copy NewJeans? SM Entertainment Under Fire for 'Plagiarizing' Girl Group's Cyber Concept
On December 28, netizens gathered in an online forum and discussed the new updates on RIIZE's official website.
According to the post, the author uploaded a glimpse of the homepage, which features retro phone features from the 90's. Many were delighted with RIIZE's new upgrade, bringing in positive comments from BRIIZEs.
In a separate platform, some international fans elaborated on K-pop's concept saturation. They also imparted how much NewJeans influenced the K-pop industry this 2023.
- "That's the boring thing about K-pop. A group picks up a trend and then becomes saturated after a year. Korean companies are all copycats."
- "It's obvious that NewJeans did not invent the concept at all, but you can't deny that they popularized it again."
- "NewJeans influenced K-pop so hard this decade, they became the new blueprint for the whole industry and future generations."
On social media platform X (Twitter), netizens drew their frustration against SM Entertainment for "copying" NewJeans' concept.
this is blantant copying and anyone who says otherwise is delusional, no one is saying newjeans created y2k but they definitely popularised it within the kpop space and a lot of these new 5th gen groups are biting off them sawry https://t.co/VhabiNdxXq
— jen🧚🏽♀️ (@blondedjeans) December 29, 2023
Others defended the boy group and countered that no one owns a concept, including NewJeans. Here's how they reacted:
Not yall saying they copy NJ didn't invent shit https://t.co/Xgu53CpMi1
— rośe əª🦋 (@soyaajia) December 29, 2023
the kids think they invented web 1.0 https://t.co/PngUoznqDx
— never agrees to wear the rabbit hat (@pls_snow) December 29, 2023
how long are you people going to delude yourselves into thinking newjeans owns y2k? everyone and their mothers have been doing it since the first pandemic https://t.co/J5g5ntsLno
— riri ✵ ARMAGEDDON (@myeonning) December 29, 2023
newjeans didn’t create y2k graphic design get it together like damn 😭 https://t.co/r0FLPUQoMc
— mikey (@fiipthats) December 29, 2023
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