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#STOPCOPYINGATEEZ: MBC ‘My Teenage Girl’ contestants accused of plagiarizing Ateez’s 'Wave'

(G)I-dle’s Soyeon, a mentor on the Mnet show, was responsible for production of the song titled, ‘Sun’ that Atinys claim was plagiarized from Ateez

The fandom is currently trying its best to protect the legacy of the boy group as first it was JYP Entertainment’s NMIXX that copied the boy group’s entire videography frame by frame for their debut music video, ‘O.O’ that led has to fans calling out the label, JYP Entertainment for their plagiarism. Fans initially thought it was just a coincidence but NMIXX has been under fire for ripping off groups like aespa, Ehypen, Loona, and Ateez in their debut single.

While Atiny’s were fighting one battle with JYP Entertainment as they demanded an apology from NMIXX’s label for duplicating Ateez’s and KQ Entertainment’s original content that the members worked hard on, (G)I-dle’s Soyeon is also being called out for blatantly plagiarizing Ateez’s song ‘Wave’ beat by beat and rebranding it as her own with the title, ‘Sun’ that was performed by MBC ‘My Teenage Girls’ Challenger team.

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With Ateez fans growing by the day, more and more Atinys are taking notice of the fact that the group is being ripped off their original music and videos as another female artist copies another Ateez song. On February 27, after the initial broadcast of MBC's My Teenage Girl’s finale episode, fans of Ateez started sharing around a clip from the show which showed members of the Challenger Team performing a song titled, ‘Sun’.

Atiny’s allege that the song had the exact same beats as Ateez’s ‘Wave’ that was released back in 2019. Fans also pointed out that multiple K-pop groups that are plagiarizing Ateez as (G)I-dle’s Soyeon who was the composer and writer of ‘Sun’ had copied Ateez. The song was originally updated on Twitter as, “Challenger team now! Performing “Sun” by Soyeon!” The user also said, “By Soyeon I mean, produced and written by Soyeon, this is an original song not a cover.”

Fans of Ateez who saw this started lashing out at the user as one fan said, “If it’s not a cover then why does it sound like a cover of wave.?” One more fan said, “The audacity she has to call it her original song.” Another fan said, “Disappointed on you Soyeon as some one who supported you over years I don’t even know what to say.” Another fan said, “Yeah but shit sound the same.” Another fan said, “Original song" i saw you run out of the ateez store with 10 items under your jacket?” One Atiny said, “*Original by ateez.” Another fan said, “IT WAS SOYEONS FAULT?!?!”

“Ateez is the Blueprint!”

Fans started claiming how multiple groups had been blatantly ripping off of Ateez as one fan said, “I don’t know what’s in the air in Korea these days, but everyone wants what my boys have. Ateez really are the Blueprint.” They also added, “Just to let everyone know I stan (G)-idle & I like Soyeon, but she need to take accountability. The least she could have done is credit The Edenary. I’m really disappointed, especially since Wave was the song that got Ateez’s 1st Win.” Another fan said, “At this point I wonder if Soyeon never heard #ATEEZ Wave before seems impossible. The reff really sounds the same.”

One more fan said, “Now soyeon?? kq really needs to start suing.” Another dan said, “NOT SOYEON TAKING CREDIT FOR PRODUCING A SONG BUT SHE ACTUALLY STOLE ATEEZ WAVE  SOYEON YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO ATEEZ.” One fan said, “They are saying, “Atinys hate women. First NMIXX, now Soyeon" As if 90% of us arent women. Toxic feminism at its finest. Using the "women card" to get going with what is wrong, is totally not okay.” Another fan said, “This is seriously getting out of hand, what the actual f*ck.”