We rarely see “originality” from the entertainment industry nowadays. But there is a certain line that needs to be drawn when it’s too obvious.
The music video of Lyta’s latest hit “Hold me Down” just dropped on YouTube recently and has since been under major heat after having many similarities to GOT7’s “Just Right” video that was released four years earlier.
The latest music video of the Nigerian artist has over a million views on YouTube and is believed to have copied quite a lot of scenes from the k-pop boy band’s most viewed music video.
Both MVs start off with female leads sitting in front of their vanity mirrors.
The scene then begins to unfold with the exact same series of events after both females open their drawers only to find miniature versions of the singers sitting on a foundation cushion.
The similarities became even more obvious after both females turned their attention to the table behind them, and in it were the singers standing next to a cereal box.
The next scene includes the singers dancing in a group.
It was followed by identical shots of singing in a bowl of food and riding a zebra.
Both videos also feature similar backgrounds colors.
The similarities between the two MVs created a lot of controversy over the past few weeks, especially from fans of GOT7 who are saying that Lyta’s video should be considered plagiarism.
But in all fairness to Lyta and his team, they did give due credit to GOT7 in their video’s caption.
Regardless of this effort, the artist hailing from Nigeria still got a lot of negative feedback, and probably not just from GOT7 fans alone, but also from those who think creative plagiarism is a crime.
POP! Creator Community / Jose Rafael Santamaria
