Jay Chou has responded to allegations that his upcoming tune plagiarises Ok-pop boyband INFINITE’s 2011 monitor ‘Julia’.

Over the weekend, the Taiwanese pop star had posted a snippet of an upcoming tune on his Instagram account. Nevertheless, followers of INFINITE seen alleged similarities between the melody of Chou’s forthcoming monitor and the boyband’s 2011 tune ‘Julia’, accusing the Mandopop star of plagiarism.

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Chou has since spoken up in regards to the plagiarism accusations in a press release to Taiwanese on-line newspaper Apple Daily. The singer stated that chord progressions in pop songs can usually sound related, whereas declaring similarities between the allegedly plagiarised snippets and three of his 2000s songs: 2003’s ‘Sunny Day’ and ‘Her Eyelashes’, in addition to 2004’s ‘Widespread Jasmin Orange’.

“The best way the chords progress are the identical. If the association and devices are the identical, then it could sound related,” Chou stated, as translated by Koreaboo. “Usually, the chord progressions are related relating to pop music.”

“The primary level is the right way to use related chords to create a brand new melody! The chord rotation has been used since a very long time in the past! I’m forward of the occasions. Do I must listing all of them out?” the Taiwanese singer jokingly added.

Earlier this 12 months, Chou’s Kuala Lumpur concert on his Carnival World Tour was postponed to 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the third time the Taiwanese star’s KL live performance has been pushed again.

“In mild of continued well being and security issues, the Jay Chou Carnival World Tour – Kuala Lumpur that had been scheduled for 16 January 2021 might be rescheduled to 19 February, 2022 at Bukit Jalil Nationwide Stadium,” the organiser stated in a Fb publish. “We’re trying ahead to stage the present the place followers can come collectively and benefit from the stay expertise safely once more.”

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