Chinese Girl Group AOS Copies GFRIEND?

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Recently, a Chinese girl group known as AOS has been accused of copying GFRIEND’s overall concept and signature choreography.

On May 9, a music video for AOS’s “With You” was uploaded onto YouTube. Following its release, many have pointed out that the outfits as well as the dance itself are problematic, because they are uncannily similar to GFRIEND’s.

The outfits seem to be shorter versions of what the GFRIEND members wear in their “Rough” music video, while even the song itself seems to have elements from not only “Rough,” but also Lovelyz’s “Ah-Choo,” as well as three other songs.

Meanwhile, the dance appears to have similar movements to several of GFRIEND’s dances, especially many of the “rewinding time” movements from “Rough.” At one point, it also seems to include Girls’ Generation’s kicking choreography from “Into the New World.”

While similarities do not always point to plagiarism, people both domestically and internationally say that there are too many similarities for this to just merely be a coincidence. Many express their frustration, commenting things like, “It’s the same as GFRIEND,” or “They flat-out copied [GFRIEND].”

What are your thoughts on this matter?

GFriend's Rough

Source: Soompi, entertain.naver, Mainland China CPOP MV 2, 1theK

They didn't even try.

Comments

[bloodtaki2.livejournal.com]

Honestly the thing that bothered me the most is how not in sync they were lol

[thisoneputa.livejournal.com]

came here just to post this lmao

[phililen3.livejournal.com]

Same. Their dancing is so amateur.

[marizl.livejournal.com]

Lol, they definitely copied stuff from Gfriend.

[thisoneputa.livejournal.com]

even some moves are exactly the same lol

[chastainy.livejournal.com]

the vocals... gfriend would never!

[kersekie.livejournal.com]

they could use a heck of a lot more practice yikes

[kersekie.livejournal.com]

they could use a heck of a lot more practice yikes

[kersekie.livejournal.com]

they could use a heck of a lot more practice yikes

[kersekie.livejournal.com]

omy why did it post 3 times ???? lol

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

Sometimes livejournal does that, happens all the time XD

[haxoru.livejournal.com]

because they REALLY could use more practice

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

i guess thats how bad they need more practice

[fabulousdoll.livejournal.com]

and those are not dresses, those are "long" shirts, I practically can even see their souls.

[odd-fish-stick.livejournal.com]

The song is not as bad as I thought it would be but their vocals... Yikes

[myrrhcat.livejournal.com]

those skirts are waaay too short holy crap. when ur skirt length is shocking even from a kpop industry standard...
their hair also needs some better styling, it was almost distracting from the plagiarized... everything.

[nana-the-dwarf.livejournal.com]

Was about to comment the same. It't like they're wearing more if an oversized black shirt.

[bishieaddict.livejournal.com]

wow...the skirts. what's the point of even wearing that. Just wear the shorts that's underneath.

[warwarwar.livejournal.com]

man I'm usually not that picky, but that's like a high school talent show performance...

[cuizy.livejournal.com]

Never heard of them probably no one in China has either. They're probably doing it intentionally to get some fame thru gfriend

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Hahaha
Should I have to feel bad that I actually kinda like the song? Also, GFriend are popular enough to be copied now :')
People elsewhere were speculating on AOS being still trainees/having not officially debut yet. If so, they could benefit from more training; the vocals aren't polished and the danse is lacking.
Those aren't dresses... poor girls.

[redgreendress.livejournal.com]

omg it's like they learned the choreography separately and this is the first time they're performing it together. and those awful vocals...those non-dresses...oh yeah, and the plagiarism. what greedy and incompetent entertainment producers tricked them into this?

[forsureyoudo.livejournal.com]

Cheap ass country.

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

this is very public school talent show cover with a dash of 'jenny called in sick at the last minute what are we gonna do the show must go on' flop realness

the song is a lil good tho

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

if you're going to copy, at least copy in a way that looks good. they are so out of sync it bothers me

[cosmopudin.livejournal.com]

these cheap ripoffs
tbh they are not even insync how dare

[calzonazos.livejournal.com]

It says they're a trainee team right there on the video, and even so, I thought they danced well and the members looked cute, I don't know why everyone here is hating on them. The outfits/song are clearly inspired by G-Friend but I don't think it classifies as plagiarism tbh it's not like G-Friend or Lovelyz invented school uniforms or "innocent" concepts or powerful dancing moves, so...