Did 4Minute plagiarize?
Or should I say, Cube Entertainment? It’s such an unoriginal heading around here but I couldn’t help it. And for that matter, I don’t mean it in its most explicit sense.
While “MUZIK” is climbing the charts, I think the rest of 4Minute’s mini album deserves some airtime. I’m not sure about the critiques being churned out as we speak but “For Muzik” hasn’t been the most original collection of songs in my opinion. Let’s get rolling, shall we?
I’ll be reviewing two (out of five new songs) of their more outstanding ones. First off we have what I think is going to be another heavily promoted song – “What A Girl Wants”. After a menacing start with “Hot Issue” and another electronica-inspired track in”MUZIK”, this one comes as a watered-down tune to represent a new chapter of 4Minute activities. Sound familiar?
I hate comparing them to 2NE1 but they rubbed shoulders at their debuts and are releasing their first albums after explosive entrances to K-pop (albeit to varying extents). So 2NE1 hits the scene with “Fire”, followed by a hotly lapped up “I Don’t Care” and now 4Minute is following suit. The latter group seems to be grappling at catching up with 2NE1’s “Lollipop” madness through their release of “MUZIK” but can they really make a mark with this mini album?
Nevertheless, I do have good things to say about “What A Girl Wants”. It’s not only toned down from the horrid whining in “Hot Issue” but is rather catchy, again with the English and being not-so-in-your-face-pop that was their debut song.
Second and finally, we have “웃겨 (Funny)”. Now this one had me doing a double-take at first. The song’s intro sounds sneakily like Britney Spears’ “If U Seek Amy” and we know the subtle connotations on that one. Anyhoo, it didn’t turn out as dreadfully, embarrassingly copied as Hyori’s “Get Ya’” (which had its own problems regarding copyright infringements on “Do Somethin’”) – although I have to say they started sounding like two different songs after a period of time.
Back to the song… catchy is catchy but will you be able to see “웃겨 (Funny)” for its own merits? If you’ve had a listen to the full album, shoot your comments below as well!
WHO THE FUCK EVEN READS SEOULBEATS! They’re just fat jealous losers who love those dykes 2ne1 too much. 4minute is not known for copying, they ARE original unlike those ugly bitches 2NE1 who steal their clothes from Gdragon’s reject closet. No matter what any of you stupid bitches say, 4minute’s popularity is big and their songs are scaling the charts right now just like Hot Issue did. Get the fuck over your bias views and stop being such CUNTS.
lol, you need to get your fucking brain check because from what i read, you’re the one who’s bias here xP
First off, go wash out your mouth with soap please. Let’s act mature now, we’re not two year olds…
Second off 4Minute used Hot Issue-which happened to be a song that GD wrote (hmm)
And I do believe that the girls are wearing similar clothes as 2NE1…who came out first
Now see, I didn’t even need to use any sort of profanity WOW! :)
wtf gd never wrote that song big bang just has a song called hot issue shut up
“who came out first”
4Minute was going to debut before 2NE1 did. I guess if that did happen everyone would have hated 2NE1 saying they copied from 4minute. …Or the fans would say that somehow 4minute got into a 2NE1 practice/recording time and took notes on how 2NE1 sang, acted, their style, etc. I however, don’t see how 4Minute and 2NE1 are alike. Their styles are completely different 4Minute has a ‘get up and dance.’ and sassy feel, while 2NE1 has a more vocal feel I guess. So no, I fail to see how everyone believes 4Minute copies off of 2NE1. :/
“4Minute used Hot Issue-which happened to be a song that GD wrote (hmm)”
Rrmm, have you heard GD’s ‘Hot Issue’? There is *NO* similarity between the two songs but the tittle. o_____o
u do dummy hehe
At Least They Have The Guts To Show
Their faces Unlike You!
Why bother asking who reads Seoulbeat if you’re here to read it yourself? If you hate SB so much why bother coming here?
Please, don’t make 4 minute fans look bad and immature.
Although I’m a 2ne1 fan, I’m sure there’s more mature 4 minutes fans out there who are embarrassed for you.
Bet 4 minute/4m fans are ashamed to have such a dirty mouthed fan like you. Please, act your age or just get out and find something better to do than to bash other people/other artists.
LOL, this one actually made me laugh. Wow, what a foulmouth you are for someone who types with no dignity whatsoever.
1.) 4minute isn’t original but they didn’t intend to copy. 2NE1 came out first with the gangster, funky look and then 4minute came out with the same.
2.) 2NE1 didn’t steal G-Dragon’s “reject closet”, he lent some of his clothing design to them.
3.) 2NE1’s popularity is big as well and are scaling the charts more than 4minute.
4.) And what is Hot Issue? Hot Issue was a Big Bang mini album from long ago, way before 2NE1 even debuted.
Yo, just saying. I’m both fans of 4minute and 2NE1, but just saying that 4minute took someone else’s idea and probably made their own version.
You’re just as bad as the 4minute fans on Last.fm,
it’s such a turn off .
hello? reality check. YOU are reading soulbeats, and, you’re even replying to one of its article. plus those “losers” looks at their idol’s real talents and not just their looks. (apparently that’s what you are doing) they do not steal clothes from gdragon’s reject closet (he does not wear leggings heels or dresses,right?) and no matter what any of us bitches may say, 4minute’s popularity is big. BUT 2NE1′S POPULARITY IS ULTIMATELY WAY BIGGER. and their songs top the charts, so no chart scaling is needed for them. and maybe you should get the fuck over your bias views before asking others to, and stop being a hater. because no one said they hate 4minute.
hello:
lol you read seoulbeats.
4 minute is NOT original.
until now you still think they are original? you dont have eyes do you?
4 minute was all along trying to tag along with 2ne1. following their style, following their image, following their songs. after coming up with hot issue, they came up with something that sounded like IDC.
can they please have some sense of originality? it is getting really annoying.
if they are not ready, please go into some training first before trying to debut. they should learn how to sing and dance properly, and have their own image, and stop rippng off from other people’s.
and you superficial idiot, is looks everything? 4 minute may look good to you but do they have talent? 2ne1 has better music and talent, better stage presence. 4 minute can’t sing, you should just watch their milkshake cover which you obviously haven’t. you are just blinded by their looks. they don’t even look pretty to me.
and if their songs are winning charts now, it is not because of their talent, because their talent is just 0, and it is because of the song producers that make the song sound good, and because the songs were plagiarised, and because they sound like songs like people like, and they are the genre that people like, get it? it has got nothing to do with 4 minute.
and if you say 2ne1 steals from gdragon’s reject closet, you should maybe try knowing them better before making such a statement. 2ne1’s stylist handmakes every piece of cloth 2ne1 wears for their performances, it is more of them showing their yg family image, not what you call “stealing” from their brother’s closet.
as for 4 minute, they just seem to have run out of ideas for their clothes and decide to steal from 2ne1’s closet because they think 2ne1 is cool. and please, 4 minute likes 2ne1, so you fans should like 2ne1 too. 4 minute got all their ideas from 2ne1, so without 2ne1, there would be no 4 minute, so you better like 2ne1.
@eleven : you’re like the caricatural version of the 2ne1 fans or the little trolls who made all the fuss about the comparisons just before 4minute’s debut and no, I was talking about the writer. ‘Won’t Give’ has nothing to deal with ‘I don’t care’ Wth was that? As if they were promoting it, but that’s not the problem, saying that they copied 2ne1 because the two songs talk about a girl who’s tired of her boyfriend? As if they wrote it or composed it.
4minute never copied 2ne1. Be aware that the group was set to debut in February but the debut date was postponed to challenge the Cube trainees.
4minute’s style is definitely unique and their style HAS a effin name : Candy Funky, may you remember this please. The clothes are from different several brands and are not shopped on the same damn online website. Regarding their stylist’s hobbie : such an art to use decapitated dolls for a bracelet.
4minute is definitely talented. Their milkshake cover was a funny failure, I admit. But don’t judge them on their first appearance, Cube Ent doesn’t mess with its trainees.
Your cherished group is hyped thanks to good marketing tactics, claims they’re doing Hip Hop (PLEASE?.) and doesn’t go the idol way (nono, definitely no way huhu that’s not good for them, they’re hype.)
Seriously.
lol@ minchi….anyway I don’t think that sounds like britney’s song that much just a small part and what a girl wants, it definitly does Not sound like IDC … I’m a 2NE1 fan but STOP COMPARIRNG 2NE1 TO OTHER GROUPS all it does is cause a riot. Plagiarism is when someone takes a large portion from someone elses work/song and calling it your own. NOT a small portion.
“STOP COMPARIRNG 2NE1 TO OTHER GROUPS”
Marry me. O___O
But yes, some of the fans who compare 2NE1 to every single girl group is the reason why I don’t like 2NE1 anymore. It’s so bad you can’t even go on youtube without seeing, “OMG OMG diz song waz copyed form 2NE! DDDD= I iz lyke sooo cereal!!111!!” I remember listening to ‘Genie’ by SNSD, looking at a comment that read, “They copied this song from 2NE1.” :/
hilary and minchi, quit hatin’
:D
This seriously needs to stop. Like, it’s getting to the point where these claims are not even legitimate.
“2ne1 did a fast song then a slow song then released their mini-album. 4minute did a fast song then….oh….they’re releasing another fast song but AFTER THAT they’re going to release a slow song. Then they plan on releasing their mini-album. They MUST be copying 2ne1.”
Are you ***king kidding me? I hate seoulbeats and the only reason I’m even here is because the overall disgust of this website was being discussed on a 4minute forum.
I love 2ne1. In fact, I’m pretty obsessed with them. But I also love 4minute. OHMANA they wear street fashion and since 2ne1 debuted a little before 4minute, those 4minute ***kers must be copying them!!!!!!! PLEASE, stop making these idiotic comparisons which have ABSOLUTELY no basis of legitimacy. You’re making yourself look ridiculous. Do you think 2ne1 even cares about 4minute? Vice versa? Probably not. Because they’re nice people. Not vicious netizens who are ripping their own genre a new one by making these malicious posts.
4minute fighting! 2ne1 fighting!
the songs sound nothing like those that are supposed to be the source of inspiration. Article fail.
Not so bad…Bubblegum pop…
4minutes’ music seems to be highly influenced by American high school musicals…not(at all) my taste but certainly teenyboppers will dig them. I’ll be really surprised if Ajusshis will fan follow them…
WHO CARES??
they’re different groups. better things to worry about, sheesh!
NOT A BIG FAN OF 4 MINUTE BUT THEY HAVE A FEW CATCHY SONGS
who the fuck cares if they plagiarized or not.
it’s all about the skills bitches.
Wow guys, can we please STOP the hating?
4minute can release a slow song, or a fast song, or whatever! DOES IT SERIOUSLY MATTER? IT’S JUST A SONG, people these days make such a big deal out of EVERYTHING.
And have you guys ever STOPPED to LISTEN to Pretty Boy by 2NE1? At one part it sounds like Beyonce’s
IRREPLACABLE.
TO THE LEFT TO THE LEFT. Huh?
And 2NE1 and 4Minute have COMPLETELY different styles, they are SO different, you must be blind NOT to see that difference.
I love both groups but 2NE1 fans like you guys just, UGH, drive me crazy!
i love their song…really…especially what a girl wants
stop hating please…..love,dont hate..
sometimes i dont understand people.
How can 4minute copy 2ne1 when they debuted not much later then them and we all know how long it takes to prepare for your debute so stop freaking comparing both groups to each other omg wowzors so what they both have the same image what? did 2ne1 come up with or what evr man people need 2 get real and get over it
yawn nothing new with kpop lately. all it seems is a bunch of plagiarizers and people making excuses for them. tsk tsk
I’m sorry, I tried giving this girl group a chance but they just keep disappointing me. The music is not horrible, it’s better than ‘Hot Issue’, but it’s too techno-ey for my taste. I totally agree with some people saying that they don’t know their concept sometimes. They’re all over the place with their style.
Also, If you look at their album packaging, it is VERY similar to 2NE1’s mini album.
http://i26.tinypic.com/2s94zf5.jpg
Like, what the fuck? Come on, now!
love the fact that SB still put the all the meeeeaaan post about that! hey you… <3
Muzik does sound a little like Whine Up from Kat DeLuna. Yigytugd made a mashup of it too on youtube called “Muzik Up (4Minute vs. Kat DeLuna)” which is amazing but does make the two songs sound the alike.
I like 2ne1 better BUT i’m not here to bash or add more hatred into this page, as there is already enough. However, I do think that 4Minute does have a lot of their songs “inspired” by other songs; Funny sounds way too similar to Britney Spear’s song and Mel’s link: http://i26.tinypic.com/2s94zf5.jpg does show a LOT of similarity between the two album covers and whats the chance of two groups having their album covers this similar? I understand that 2ne1 might have similar covers with Big Bang’s because they’re under the same company and are really close but 4Minute isn’t. BUT don’t start hating me for saying that because I will admit that 4minute does have some really catchy songs. Hot Issue is a great example but the only thing is, their song name might make Big Bang fans think that they’re copying and I guess this is where all this hating started. Since Big Bang and 2ne1 are under the same company, when 4minute came out, the song name HOT ISSUE was already something old and their style (ex. Hyunah’s ripped pants and candy-colorful clothing) wasn’t a total POW because 2ne1 brought this kind of unique style into the industry just a bit earlier.
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OMG?!
before i start, I’m a fan of both 2NE1 & 4Minute.
Copy? Did I heard correctly. Maybe to u they copied but to me seriously, most probably They’re looking up to 2NE1 as their sunbae(senior)? although they’re not in same company. Why need to make a fuss in the clothing, since they like it, let it be. Will you die seeing two girls group wearing same style? hmm. about 2NE1 stealing GD reject closet? mind what you said, they’re in the same company and they have the right to borrow and lend a help with each other. this shows that you’re just jealous. Some song do sound like hollywood singers song, till they’re not being sued, strictly means they asked for permission or its just coincidence. Get that in the head. How will Kpop success in future if they have fans like some of you? I admit I’m biased when it come to JPOP and KPOP, but not KPOP to KPOP, it doesnt make a single sense! stop being childish and act like your age. Don’t ruin ASIAN POP. if you wanna hate KPOP, hate SNSD & F(X)..(i’m just kidding ^^, ~ T^T)
I do some research and find out why fans made a fuss everytime new girls band debut but not the boys. hmmm. Can i have the answer to it??
I”M A GIRL but yet i don’t made so much fuss when there’s new girls group,in fact i’m hoping that YG, JYP & cube to get more girls group to show girls power.
stop hating and being bias. toodles.
don’t make so much fuss. be proud of the girls if you’re girls.
aite! aigoo. bbuubye
omo..i like both group..but i’m a blackjack for sho..
i dont think 4 minute’s plagiarize 2ne1..they just come out with almost the same style..
but the album cover..really almost the same, make me O.o??
niwei..love both group..