Orange Caramel's "Magic Girl" Plagerized?

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

K-Pop group Orange Caramel has released their debut mini album. Their title track is "Magic Girl", a song which, to some ears, bears a striking resemblance to °C-ute's "Hare no Platinum Doori". That song, sung by members Nakajima Saki & Hagiwara Mai, was released two years ago on "3rd Love Escalation".

The producing credit for "Magic Girl" is credited to Cho Young Soo, a famous composer in Korea who has done songs for 4minute, SeeYa, SG Wannabe, MC Mong, HyunA, and others. "Hare no Platinum Doori" was of course produced by Tsunku.

Orange Caramel is a new group, created from three members of the popular Korean group After School. Ironically, it was After School who sang the "Love Machine" remake Dream Girl, the theme song for the 2009 Korean Up-Front Agency audition TV show.

Check out the tracks here and judge for yourselves. Pay close attention to the chorus of the Orange Caramel song; it's very similar to the chorus in the °C-ute song. Both songs repeat the chorus melody twice, and both songs raise an octave near the end of the song.


°C-ute - "Hare no Platinum Doori"

Orange Caramel - "Magic Girl"

Source: Hello Online
Credits: 23ifpsi83 + yunakimdaebak

It sounded very hello-projecty to me when I first heard it, and the chorus pretty similar, but plagiarized? IDK

Comments

[mizuneff.livejournal.com]

mte.

[emiliecious.livejournal.com]

it sounded like a para-para song the first time i heard it...... if anyone remembers para-para.

[koushiba.livejournal.com]

I remember para para! XD
It does sound like a para song though it's really catchy and cute.

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

Holy Crap that got approved fast!

[berrycherry.livejournal.com]

Glad it wasn't just my ears betraying me. It's a lame song for C-ute, but Orange Caramel made it fucking annoying.
Please let it be plagiarized so it can get banned and we don't haven to listen it anymore.

[msclairvoyant.livejournal.com]

lmao IA. Song is incredibly annoying and generic. Ugh.

[mizuneff.livejournal.com]

(http://s530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/HitsugayaMizuki/ROFL/?action=view&current=tumblr_l2mh1eYxMI1qaqps8o1_500.gif)

[jongina.livejournal.com]

Mr. Krabbs! ♥

[notochrasy.livejournal.com]

SO THE JPOP-NESS IS EXPLAINED!
/shockhorror

[jyusou.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I thought it was very JPop-y too!

[mizuneff.livejournal.com]

ikr, i haven't heard it until now. But its very jpop inspired D:
the clothes and all.

[ricardamanutd.livejournal.com]

Those dresses reminds me of the terrible purple dresses in A2 performances. :/

[awkwardnormalcy.livejournal.com]

A2?

and jeez Nacchi is gorgeous in your icon~

[cloud-honey.livejournal.com]

Ya, the song is very J-POP y but it has nothing to do with this gross song.

[cajaalonso.livejournal.com]

haha twin comment A+++++

[aloakley.livejournal.com]

nothing will come out of this.
thought the comments at Hello Online made me laugh a bit

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

are they mad or amused?

[jongina.livejournal.com]

OT, but OP, your icon is kind of awesome idek. 8D

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

Minnie loves some boobies

[rinareechan.livejournal.com]

After School copying the song is ironic because they've legally covered a Hello! Project song in the past, Love Machine for Hello! Project's Korean auditions, and are the supposed Korean version of Morning Musume. Up-Front Agency = Hello! Project's management company. I wouldn't use the word ironic myself though, personally.

Anyway, it's not like Tsunku hasn't copied anything at all in his songs. Not at all *eyeroll*.

[yuukihitohira.livejournal.com]

here because, omg, op, your icon. I'm dying. where is that pic of Changmin in the 'HOT YOUNG TEENS' t-shirt when you need it...

[jongina.livejournal.com]

lmao similar comments, bb. ♥ I love how Changmin is all "creepin' up on yer porn stash! 8D"

[midnightcolor.livejournal.com]

plagiarism in my kpop. what's new.

[silverxrainx.livejournal.com]

LOL THIS EXACTLY

[silverxrainx.livejournal.com]

both song have the same chords throughout the whole song. And the instrumental part in Orange Caramel's song sounds exactly like the chorus of the C-ute one XD

[lightspeedsquid.livejournal.com]

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

LOL is that Seohyun trying to get in on the cute?

[murasaki-yousei.livejournal.com]

LOL.
There is a little similarity, but not enough for it to be considered plagiarized.
I don't know why it even got posted on H!O's newsfeed in the first place -_-

[cookie-nut.livejournal.com]

IDK, the melody sounds like the C-ute song speeded up. If it is, I wouldn't be shocked because...Kpop. :| But I hope it isn't.

[inchywermy.livejournal.com]

I think the issue at hand is not that the songs sound alike, but the fact that both songs have what might be the worst choreography ever.

[yuki-yang.livejournal.com]

The song is still awful
if ur gonna plagiarized, pick a good song at least.

[ruggio.livejournal.com]

why would you plagiarize japanese idol music tho

[jyusou.livejournal.com]

Ikr. JPop idol music is dead, tacky fuck. Imo, anyone that decides to copy that shit is just...stupid.

[frequency.livejournal.com]

lol, i sorta hear it. explains why the song sucks.

[xaoiholic.livejournal.com]

I see the similarity: both are fucking horrible.

[julili.livejournal.com]

When I first heard the song and saw the MV I was: dayum that is some very Korean H!P
And then I was reminded that Pledis and H!P had some deal and I was all *shrug*
Don't get me wrong, I love me my C-ute bbs but Orange Caramel sings it better.
And, even though the clothes OC are wearing on the lives are retarded, it is still better then the horror that the H!P girls sometimes have to wear.
Plagiarise away Kpop! Show Jpop who is boss!

[ruggio.livejournal.com]

Plagiarise away Kpop! Show Jpop who is boss!

what?