LE SSERAFIM‘s recently shared teaser images and trailer for their upcoming Japanese comeback have been met with backlash from both international and Korean fans. The group was hit with fresh accusations of stealing the photoshoot concept from Red Velvet — the allegations started on X (formerly known as Twitter) and then went viral, reaching even Korean forums.

LE SSERAFIM are set to release the Japanese version of their hit song “Crazy” on December 11. As with most Japanese comebacks, the girl group has already started teasing their return with a set of beautiful images and clips. However, the reception was not what the group and their agency had expected.

The minute the teaser mages — showing the members dressed in black and white gear with vintage-like filters and an eerie atmosphere — many K-Pop fans drew comparisons between LE SSERAFIM’s idea photos to Red Velvet’s iconic “Chill Kill” idea and its viral teaser photos.

Back in 2023, the SM Entertainment woman group as soon as once more made waves because of their distinctive and authentic idea when “Chill Kill” photos hit the web. Red Velvet are standard for his or her capacity to tug off most ideas, with hauntingly stunning atmospheres being amongst their most appreciated. As such, it was not a shock when “Chill Kill” went viral and earned large reward.

Now, in 2024, LE SSERAFIM are going through accusations of stealing the idea for his or her teaser photos. Many followers and netizens on-line appear past dissatisfied. On TheQoo, a put up calling out the similarities has reached over 50,000 views and a whole bunch of feedback, turning into one of many hottest matters of the day.

According to Korean netizens, not solely is the idea a replica of Red Velvet’s, however it’s additionally a lot decrease in high quality.

• “Now they’re trying to brush it off by saying it’s because the photographer is the same.  Why do these issues keep coming up? If it were just a couple of times, we could ignore it, but by now, it’s clear this is intentional.”
• “Here they go again, LOL. No originality. That’s why they’re constantly doing this.”
• “Even when they copy, the quality is always low… Ugh.”
• “I have no idea why they randomly slapped that concept onto ‘Crazy’ in the first place. It looks like they were set on copying this concept, and so, what we got was the result. It doesn’t even fit the song, so why the sudden horror concept?”
• “You can clearly tell it’s low quality.”
• “Wow, I seriously thought the first picture was someone from Red Velvet for a second.”
• “The quality is just… meh.”

Similarly, Ok-Pop followers on X (previously often called Twitter) have additionally known as out the similarities between the 2 photoshoots and ideas.

actually i do not perceive hybe. I’m not saying they copied purple velvet however i believe it is actually bizarre how there is not any effort of their idea: simply taking no matter’s trending or from sm’s pocket. https://t.co/fBHZIb9JOH

— 十 (@preciouwss) October 31, 2024

shut sufficient welcome again purple velvet chill kill period https://t.co/DEV8sDpYOj pic.twitter.com/AhNoC9Rklp

— su (@sasuvno) October 31, 2024

They won’t ever be like these iconic queens https://t.co/1czA8Frfyt pic.twitter.com/Qh0jFJHRj7

— tami (@luvietullie) October 31, 2024

As a outcome, a heated debate began between followers of each teams. LE SSERAFIM followers argue that the rationale behind the similarities is using the identical photographer, Cho Gi Seok. The famend artist has labored with LE SSERAFIM earlier than for his or her UNFORGIVEN comeback teasers.

While a lot of the accusations encompass “Chill Kill,” sure components of their idea clip have additionally been known as out for similarities with one other Red Velvet comeback, “Birthday.”

It stays to be seen how this newest plagiarism scandal will have an effect on LE SSERAFIM and if Source Music will deal with the accusations. You can watch each “Chill Kill” and “Crazy” trailers under:

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