The incident of the MV "Chang the mat" by "say hi brother" Hung Huynh being accused of plagiarizing the MV "Standing Next to You" by famous Kpop idol Jungkook BTS has caused a stir in recent days.
Things exploded even more when Jungkook's international fans simultaneously posted on X (Twitter) accusing Hung Huynh of plagiarism. They said that the Vietnamese singer's product was similar to Jungkook's MV in many aspects, from the idea, style, choreography, and melody.
According to Koreaboo, what made Jungkook fans even more angry was that the music producer for the song "Can't Close My Eyes" - Kewtiie - joined the controversy, implying that Jungkook also copied the "king of pop" Michael Jackson.
Specifically, Kewtiie posted a photo of Michael Jackson on Threads, with the caption "It all comes from here, what's so tense about it?" His move is said to imply that the white T-shirt and black pants images of Hung Huynh and Jungkook are both inspired by the legendary Michael Jackson, and there is no way Hung Huynh copied a BTS member.
Kewtiie's statement was immediately criticized by the BTS fan community - ARMY. The producer later deleted the post, but continued to post a giveaway of Jungkook's Golden album to ARMYs who had not been blocked by him.
Kewtiie's series of actions were commented as having an "arrogant" attitude, "challenging public opinion" and "adding fuel to the fire".
Hung Huynh's plagiarism controversy mainly revolves around the images and ideas in the MV, not so much the music. While MV director Kien Ung remains silent, Kewtiie, who is just a music producer, has overreacted.
Kewtiie's real name is Dinh Minh Hieu, born in 1999. He is known to the audience as a music producer for a series of products by many famous singers such as HIEUTHUHAI, tlinh, Gill, Linh Ka, Erik, Marzuz...
In particular, Kewtiie's name is often associated with HIEUTHUHAI and the Gerdnang group, creating hot songs such as "Sleeping alone", "Listening like love", "Satellite", "Dynamic Dio", "Mamma Mia", "Trinh"... Last year, the album "Ai cung phai bat bo tu dau do" with 13 songs by HIEUTHUHAI produced by Kewtiie took the No. 1 position on many charts on iTunes and Apple Music platforms.
Kewtiie is also the producer for the hits with HIEUTHUHAI's participation in the show "Anh trai say hi" such as "Ngao ngo", "Walk", "Sao hang A", "Love Sand", attracting tens of millions of views on YouTube.
The young male producer's products are said to have catchy melodies, suitable for young people's tastes and easily become trends.
However, before the Hung Huynh incident, Kewtiie had made many controversial statements. In August, Kewtiie had to apologize for using Jack's personal information to match him with Negav, and using inappropriate language when referring to Jack's FC, making the male singer's fans angry.
On the night of December 18, Hung Huynh proactively removed the MV "Chang the gong mat" and posted an apology on his personal page. But Kewtiie still did not admit his mistake after being criticized by Jungkook fans.
