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It’s immediate! When people wondered if (G)I-DLE’s latest performance was too similar to BLACKPINK, many suspected it was intentional. “copy”

A clip from the idol group (G)I-DLE’s performance at Jingle Ball LA. The show included many of the girl group’s hit songs. The members appeared in powerful black outfits. But it turned out that K-Pop fans couldn’t help but think that (G)I-DLE looked reminiscent of BLACKPINK. Even though the group has 5 members while BLACKPINK has 4 members, with their visual presentation They also cannot avoid comparisons with YG’s world-class girl groups.

pic.twitter.com/FdiYxky6xq— Chamsaebba (@chamsaebba) December 2, 2023

Even more notable, (G)I-DLE’s Jingle Ball LA stage was accused of intentionally copying the iconic intro to BLACKPINK’s “How You Like That” at Coachella.

Leader Soyeon of (G)I-DLE took on the task of rousing the audience’s excitement with the phrase “What’s up Jingle Ball, that it’s (G)I-DLE,” which in both tone and style seemed similar to Jen’s. Nee used to say “Let me hear you f***ing scream.” on stage at Coachella a lot.

It’s all the same, just the member introductions and the order of comments are changed, right? pic.twitter.com/DoFlc3M3UX— Chamsaebba (@chamsaebba) December 2, 2023

Korean netizens think that this resemblance of more than 80% is definitely not just a coincidence.

Many people commented on (G)I-DLE’s social media about the group possibly copying BLACKPINK’s performance at Coachella, and the hashtag #jenchella was also dropped in the trend. Also up

(G)I-DLE is a South Korean girl group under Cube Entertainment. which debuted in 2018, consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Woogie, and Shuhua. They are considered a 4th generation girl group that is very popular. And it is often praised that the group, especially leader Soyeon, has a high level of participation in the creativity of the group’s work.

Even though they didn’t come to attend the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, girl group BLACKPINK was still talked about on social media and at last year’s awards ceremony. As the winner of the Best Choreography award for their famous song Pink Venom, They also won another big award, the Group of the Year award, which is the first girl group in 24 years to successfully win such an award. After in 1999 it was owned by the legendary girl group TLC before being vacant for more than 2 decades until the present.

Although the news of the girl group BLACKPINK receiving the said award made many Blinks happy, on one side they felt quite dismayed. Because this year all 4 BLACKPINK girls were unable to attend the event. This is speculated to be due to contract renewal issues with YG Entertainment. This is still a matter of uncertainty and has not been clarified. Even many bloggers commented that now all 4 girls’ contracts have expired. And there may be some members who did not renew their contracts, causing BLACKPINK to not be able to attend this year.

Not long ago There was also news that came as a surprise to Blink when Universal Music Group posted a solo photo of BLACKPINK’s Lisa relaxing at the beach on their official Instagram account. along with a short caption saying “Lalisa” which of course was after the famous label decided to post the said picture. There was an immediate response on social media. One of the important issues that is widely discussed is “This could be a sign of not renewing the contract with YG Entertainment”, so we’ll have to keep watching…

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Information: Soompi