Most recently, singer Hyori Lee's song plagiarism scandal has been blown out of proportions back in her native Korea.

According to reports, Hyori has already admitted that in her new album, some of the songs were a blatant plagiarism of other singers' works, but she puts all the blame for the plagiarism onto the original supplier of these songs: songwriter Lee Jae Young. Hyori says, "Songwriter Lee Jae Young's so-called education and experiences are all fake, I'm only the victim of his lies." Hyori copied other's songs, but why does she flip the blame back to the original writer? Bystanders find it all very hard to understand, as Hyori is a famous Korean singer, and her rank in the Korean music industry is hard to match. However, she was lied to by the songwriter, and as a result the majority of her new album is plagiarized material. A famous Korean singer embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, Hyori is undoubtedly shamed by this.

Perhaps Hyori wants everyone to think that she doesn't have the ability nor potential in the music industry, which was why she was tricked by the songwriter. However, if we look on the other hand, she has already debuted for over ten years, so how can she not tell the difference between new song material and pirated clips of other's songs? This makes us question Hyori's basic knowledge and common sense regarding music. If Hyori was smart, she would have stopped all promotional activities of her new album immediately after the incident came to light. But she continued to attend and organize various promotional activities regardless, whether because she really didn't understand what was going on, or if she was too focused on all the rewards before her. If that's the case, then it is equivalent to saying she purposely lied to the world. Although Hyori was able to escape a part of the consequences, in reality, she is just hitting herself, because she just lowered the world's view of her status and ability as a singer.

The world's pity or compassion for Hyori is not worth anything, because everyone's first thought of Hyori is now a mess. We would berate her, but now we don't know where to start. Anyway, the real victim of this plagiarism incident isn't Hyori Lee, it is us.

Source: Korea Star Daily
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