After two years of hiatus K-pop sensation Blackpink finally returned with their new song ‘Pink Venom’. This highly anticipated song released on 19 August. Subsequently, after the release of the song netizens pointed out a lot of similarities of the song with the songs of Rihanna, 50 Cent and Notorious B.I.G.
‘Pink Venom’ similarities with Rihanna, 50 Cent and Notorious B.I.G.
On August 22, a Tik Tok user under the name of @jarredjermaine pointed out the similarities between the songs in the video titled “How come this new BLACKPINK song sounds so familiar?”. The copied portions can be seen in the video.
As per the video in the first verse of Jennie’s rap the first line ” Kick in the door waving the coco ” is the exact copy of Kick In The Door. The famous song of Notorious B.I.G. Furthermore in the second verse of the song wherein Lisa’s rap the line “one by one and two by two” is sounding a lot similar with the same line of R Rihanna’s song Pon De Replay. Later on in the same verse the line “Make no sense You couldn’t get a dollar out of me” the words ‘You couldn’t get a dollar out of me’ is the same as the song of P.I.M.P by 50 Cent and Kick.
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Blinks defend Blackpink by saying the similarities coincidence
Blinks, the fandom of Blackpink, defends the girl group as they say the similarities are nothing but a coincidence. Therefore, they pointed out the difference between “interpolation” and obvious “plagiarism”. The song is the case of “interpolation”, which means when something of a different character is inserted into something else. According to them, they didn’t directly copy the songs, rather they used them similarly. They only give tribute to the songs.
Blinks believed if the accusations are true then the group would face lawsuits by now.
