South Korean Pop Group Says Lady Gaga Stole From Them, Too
Mar 10, 2011 at 02:30 pm by Molls

We all thought she was just blatantly ripping off Madonna, but according to Korean pop group SNSD, she stole the sound for “Born This Way” from them.

The YouTube video below alternates between Gaga’s “Born This Way” and SNSD’s “Be Happy,” which as released a full year before Gaga’s song. SNSD says that, in addition to biting their beats, Gaga’s song has an almost identical message.

You’ll have to watch the video and decide for yourself if Gaga is ripping off SNSD, but I’m going to throw this out there: Since when does ANY pop music sound all that different than other pop music. Sure, there are similarities to be found, but I bet you could find similarities between two of even the most random pop songs on the radio. Most Top 40 hits are just canned beats shuffled around, it seems.

What do you think of the comparison? Are you convinced Lady Gaga is a plagiarist, or do you think that everyone’s kind of an accidental plagiarist these days?

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10 Responses to “South Korean Pop Group Says Lady Gaga Stole From Them, Too”

  1. priss says:
    March 10, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    some crappy korean pop group trying to get attention? I think so! I bet Lady Gaga has never even heard of their dumb butts.

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  2. essjae says:
    March 10, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    SNSD is actually really popular although mostly in Asia.

    Anyways. They do sound similar.
    Don’t be a hater just cuz Lady Gaga might have ripped from them.

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  3. WW says:
    March 10, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    Totally agree with “Since when does ANY pop music sound all that different than other pop music?”.

    BUT they sound TOO similar.

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  4. M.K. says:
    March 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    SNSD is probably the most famous girl band in Asia, has a modest following in Europe, and has been famous since before Lady Gaga. They wouldn’t sue for attention, they don’t need to.

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  5. J.Y. says:
    March 15, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    All music has the three same basic notes in them. If lady gaga is going to get crap for this, we’d be giving every music artist crap.

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  6. jonna says:
    March 30, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    they do sound a lot alike – but all pop music rips off from each other – k-pop is well known for ripping off western artists – than other asian artists rip off k-pop

    was bound to happen the other way around at some point

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  7. Prisszy says:
    June 29, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Hi

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  8. madi says:
    April 30, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    Shouldn’t people criticize the composer/producer of the sound rather than Gaga herself? She only writes lyrics for her songs, she doesn’t produce the melodies. I’m a Gaga fan but I do admit the sounds sound awfully similar, although not THAT similar. I think people may just over-analyze things like this.

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