[theqoo] DIRECTOR RAKTA RELEASES IG POST FOLLOWING CRAVITY'S CONCEPT PHOTO PLAGIARISM CONTROVERSY

CRAVITY's concept photo director released a statement regarding the plagiarism

Hello,

I'm writing in response to comments regarding certain cuts from CRAVITY's The 2nd Album? ver. concept photos released on June 17, which some have pointed out appear similar to BEOMGYU's Panic concept photos.

I also did not want to leave any room for misunderstanding, so I went through an official verification process with BEOMGYU’s agency, BIGHIT MUSIC, to address the plagiarism concerns.

As a result,
we confirmed that the concepts of the two shoots were significantly different, and based on the planning and production timelines, it was impossible for CRAVITY's work to have copied BEOMGYU’s.
Therefore, BIGHIT MUSIC and I have mutually agreed that this is not a case of plagiarism.

I sincerely regret that some of the final images caused confusion or concern.
I kindly ask for your continued interest and support for TXT, including BEOMGYU, and CRAVITY, who collaborated with me on this new project.

Thank you for reading.
Please stay healthy.

original post: here

1. I just feel like the references they used overlapped

2. BIGHIT probably settled with this director because they need to keep working with him ㅋ

3. I think they just used the same reference

4. They cleared this issue cleanly

5. This is interesting..

6. It's literally the same

7. I can understand that they resolved it nicely, but I hope they can compensate it well...

8. ㅋㅋ It's because Rakta is still working for HYEB too

9. I feel like they used the same references

10. As long as BIGHIT is okay with it who cares