IU accused of sampling Britney Spear's song without permission

[donutism.livejournal.com]

IU’s bonus track “Twenty-Three” from her latest album “Chat-shire” has been accused of illegally sampling from Britney Spears’ song.

The song in question is Britney Spears’ song “Gimme More” which was released in 2007. Britney Spears’ fans noticed a voice and various sounds that sound like Britney Spears in IU’s bonus track version of “Twenty-Three.”

For example, Britney’s voice saying “keep on rocking” can be heard in IU’s song. This is an issue because the song does not credit Britney Spears and it is unclear whether there was any permission given concerning sampling the track.



The singer’s agency, Loen Entertainment, responded to the accusations on November 3 and stated, ” We became aware of [this issue] over the weekend. We have confirmed that the composer who arranged the song used a sample from voice samples he purchased in the past. They were unsure of the origins of the voice sample, so we have contacted Britney Spears’ agency to confirm whether or not it is her voice.”

Her agency continued, “We plan on discussing the matter and resolving it after we find out the truth. We will notify you after we find out the results.”

They then apologized saying, “We want to apologize for not being meticulous during the album creation process and for worrying fans. We want to thank and apologize to the fans of Britney Spears who brought this to our attention.

Regarding IU's Sampling, Britney will likely check for it herself.


1. [+1,800, -249] She actually has a lot more scandals than you think... really quite sly of her with the amount of times she's just brushed it under the rug...

2. [+1,666, -217] As always, sly little IU... she was going to brush it under the rug if people never found it but if people did, "I was just looking for the right timing to tell you ㅠㅠ"

3. [+1,515, -164] I knew they'd go with the "we had no idea" excuse

4. [+179, -9] 'Pureudun' plagiarism suspicion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osZrkgbVeSs
'Red Queen' plagiarism suspicion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRvrSGTDgO4
'23' plagiarism suspicion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFS6lcO-iAc
This is really disappointing as an IU fan

5. [+156, -16] No wonder she lied about wanting take care of her health and not promote on broadcast ㅋㅋ She was probably testing the waters.. if people never found out, she was going to crawl back out. What a little b*tch ㅋㅋㅋ Just retire from the industry

6. [+142, -8] Sounds scary to hear that Britney's going to check it out for herself... well, IU messed with a worldwide star.. hope it's all resolved in the end.

7. [+133, -6] If Sony files a lawsuit, Loen's screwed ㅋㅋㅋ probably Melon too...?

8. [+131, -15] I wish Britney will tear IU to the ground ㅋㅋㅋ Ugh, so sick of her acting like an artist all the time, serves her good

9. [+128, -2] So how did IU use that sample when a sample CD of it was never released?

10. [+106, -6] She's embarrassing our country

Source: Soompi, naver (1, 2), kimjieun@youtube

Nate, Netizenbuzz

Yikes, I doubt queen britney will do anything, but this is nagl

Comments

[jeliza]

The single 23 (which is on the album as a regular track) doesn't.

The OST for the Producer's which is ALSO named 23 -- and who thought that was a good idea? -- is what they are talking about: