Stray Kids Accused Of Copying NCT Dream's Vending Machine Timetable For 'ISTJ': 'Where's The Shame...'
Stray Kids is currently making headlines across the K-pop community for their highly anticipated comeback "ATE," which will be released on July 19, at 1 p.m. KST.
Adding to the anticipation, the group followed up an announcement on June 20, when they posted a timetable for their comeback. Many fans were excited to receive an insight into Stray Kids' activities this 2024. However, some weren't fond of the vending machine timetable.
Stray Kids(스트레이 키즈) "ATE" TIMETABLEhttps://t.co/CTEBUgGzPF
— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) June 19, 2024
2024.07.19 FRI 1PM (KST) | 0AM (ET)
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The timetable eventually generated a community post, where netizens compared the concept to NCT Dream's itinerary for "ISTJ."
"This was the timetable Stray Kids released today"
"This was NCT Dream's timetable released in 2023."
Internet users began to express their shock over the concept similarities. They pointed out how the scheduler contained the same gimmick, with the "drink prices" representing the dates. Meanwhile, some shook their heads at the group's planning team. Read their reactions below:
- "It's literally similar."
- "Totally the same."
- "Wow, I remember thinking how novel it was when NCT Dream released theirs."
- "It's the same. Only the design of the vending machine is different, but even down to the fact that the prices are shown as dates."
- "Is that a free source?"
- "This is so obvious. Why would they do that?"
- "Where's the shame from Stray Kids' planning team?"
- "It just looks like a black and white version of NCT DREAM's one
- "Why?"
- "That's just copy pasted, even the fonts are the same, and the fact that it looks like a custom vending machine and the locations are all the same too."
On the other hand, international netizens threaded on the concept's originality and conveyed that having a vending machine as a timetable concept was already random in the first place. On platform X (Twitter), some simply emphasized the similarities.
- "Lmao did they choose to make it black and white so that it doesn't look similar anymore?"
- "I mean, yeah. It's too similar for how random an idea it is in the first place. If it was something common like a literal road map then it'd pass, but this is too similar."
- "The concept isn't even pretty, cool, or creative looking. they could have done a million other things why ugly a** vending machine?"
- "They both have July 7 as date for the drink price lol."
thank you 7dream, you will always be the standard pic.twitter.com/Bvyt8yp0QR https://t.co/471xxqUnIA
— daf (@marksungren) June 19, 2024give the credit where it’s due. everyone wants to be her so bad omg. https://t.co/d0fhChz1K9 pic.twitter.com/jZgq1TWxGX
— hc fan (@lhcsfull) June 19, 2024
Oh https://t.co/Syg7DpFP1c pic.twitter.com/Az4qkMbrcZ
— . (@lapillust) June 19, 2024?????????????????????????????????? https://t.co/SRd4VH6ak5 pic.twitter.com/GN70lCAG2T
— ale 🍉 (@kittensjeno) June 19, 2024ohhh dreamies will always be famous https://t.co/3GhNAHshZi pic.twitter.com/PqKXNhr41o
— su (@pousexito) June 19, 2024gagged jyp so hard they had to make a copy of it pic.twitter.com/QECTPRz4zA https://t.co/U0gwNS1COg
— (^.ө^)𖹭 (@pxrkjisungs) June 19, 2024welcome back nct dream itsj…. NO SHAME?? https://t.co/QE7IcGXAIx pic.twitter.com/Loz5LOAEue
— aini 𐙚 (@fsunIuvs) June 19, 2024fast shipping amazing service thank you https://t.co/3Vb4LfwqGO pic.twitter.com/jORwjKO59H
— bru ♥️ JAEMIN 1ST EXHIBITION (@samokitties) June 19, 2024
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Written by Israel Monte