There has been a lot of discourse from IVE fans calling out KPOP Demon Hunters for not crediting or acknowledging IVE for being used heavily as a reference. Not only are the songs Golden and I Am quite similar but the song’s visual sequences in the movie seem to take heavy references from the I Am and Love Dive music videos as well (lots of similiar shots and imagery relating to airplanes, dancing on airplanes, riding in a flying car, billboards, the catwalk, and more). Because there are so many similarities, people have been been making IVE x KDH edits and mashups from day one
points to note:
-some think it’s unnecessary to give credit because Huntrix is not a real group -some have accused IVE of being clout chasers for making a tiktok/short covering Golden with I Am’s choreo instead of with Golden’s choreo (since day one, a ton of people have been covering Golden with I Am’s choreo because of the similarities) -some people don’t see any similarities at all in the songs or music videos or think they are too common to be acknowledged -Director Maggie Kang has allegedly been very active on social media talking about inspirations and has been frequently interacting with and shouting out many groups that have talked about the movie or covered the songs. Meanwhile IVE members have also mentioned the movie multiple times and have also covered Golden and Soda Pop -Many popular groups like BP, Twice, Itzy, BTS, Stray Kids, Monsta X, Ateez, etc have been cited as influences -some IVE fans have started attacking/shading Maggie Kang and the movie on social media -some are calling it plagiarism (maybe as a joke but idk)
personally, i won’t go as far as to say it’s plagiarism. it’s supposedly a mishmash of a lot of different things. but as an IVE fan i kinda do think that A LOT of the references are from IVE? At least enough similarities for an acknowledgement or mention from the creators right? I AM was a pivotal era that brought a lot of success but also a lot of tears and struggles for IVE (Rei went on hiatus, wonyoung got multiple stitches from injuries while filming the music video, multiple members have talked about what a difficult time it was, etc). it would be nice for them and their team’s artistry and hardwork be acknowledged by the people who are currently seeing such incredible success from it. I think it also would calm down a lot of Dives who feel so strongly about it. HOWEVER i also think some fans are overstepping by cyberbullying the creators because of it.
thoughts? do you think IVE is being blatantly ignored? should they be acknowledged? or do you think fans are overreacting? and is it parasocial to care about how art is referenced?
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