"The bubbles under the sun are colorful. Just like me who was deceived, I am happy. Find out what is right or wrong, your lie."
In 2014, Hong Kong singer Tang Ziqi (real name) participated in the second season of "I Am a Singer" Deng Shiying, also known as g.e.m) became famous in the mainland with the song "Bubble".
Today (January 16), Deng Ziqi’s former management company Hummingbird Music issued a copyright statement through its official Weibo, which involved many of Deng Ziqi’s albums and many popular songs.
stated:
Our company (Hummingbird Music Co., Ltd.) is the exclusive owner of the recording, lyrics and music copyrights of the musical works listed below, and has the right to license the aforementioned musical works to relevant institutions or organizations for various commercial or non-commercial purposes worldwide. Exclusive rights for personal use. Without the permission of our company, any unit or individual is prohibited from using the musical works listed below for cover, reproduction, performance, network dissemination and other commercial purposes. Any use without our permission infringes upon our legal rights, and our company reserves the right to pursue legal liability. The list of music works in the appendix of
includes more than 100 songs such as "Bubble", "Sleeping Princess", "a.i.n.y. (Love You)", "My Secret", "Together No matter how far away". Deng Ziqi participated in the creation of more than half of the songs.
On March 7, 2019, Deng Ziqi unilaterally announced the termination of her contract with Hummingbird Music, but it was not recognized by Hummingbird Music. Hummingbird Music stated at the time that the company had signed two contracts with g.e.m. Deng Ziqi, valid until 2022. Hummingbird exclusively owns the copyright of any musical works and recordings produced by or in collaboration with g.e.m. during the term of the contract, as well as certain other trademarks and intellectual property rights. In the same year, Hummingbird Music and Deng Ziqi sued each other for breach of contract, and both parties went to court.
In Deng Ziqi’s lawsuit against Hummingbird Music, Deng Ziqi claimed that she signed the contract as a composer and singer because the company made false statements, and therefore claimed that the contract was invalid. At the same time, Deng Ziqi alleged that Hummingbird Music had registered the "g.e.m." and "Deng Ziqi" trademarks in Hong Kong and the Mainland without his consent. In 2020, Deng Ziqi publicly shouted to Hummingbird Music and his former manager on Weibo, "I am not a commodity in your hands."
Hummingbird CEO Zhang Dan once replied to the media: "The main reason why the company registered Deng Ziqi's name is to prevent piracy. I hope the outside world will not make too many speculations."
In March 2019, Deng Ziqi set up his own personal studio. Deng Ziqi composed a song called "Period", which is considered to be Deng Ziqi's journey away from Hummingbird Music. In 2023, Deng Ziqi published an article saying that the songs I wrote while crying can now be finished with a smile.
From the Weibo list of Hummingbird Music Company, we can see that the last time this account posted was on April 8, 2019. During that time, the account posted multiple times related to contract termination and related matters.
As of press time, Deng Ziqi has not responded to this matter. Deng Ziqi’s latest Weibo post was a promotional video for her concert released on December 31, 2023.
Source: Daily Economic News Comprehensive
