Recently, post-00s singer-songwriter Chen Xuening sang a new song "I Want to Be Sad While This Life Is Long" in a music variety show. Many netizens questioned whether the melody was consistent with Wang Sulong 's song "Sleep" published in 2015. "Previous Story" is very similar, triggering a "plagiarism" controversy.
Yesterday (November 5), Chen Xuening issued a long response. admitted that it "did not strictly self-censor and did not avoid melodic collisions" and apologized to Wang Sulong for this matter.
The controversial new song appeared on Zhejiang Satellite TV the music variety show "Youge 2024" broadcast on November 1. Chen Xuening sang on stage as a "music recommender". The subtitle information shows that the song's lyrics, composer, and producer are all Chen Xuening.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Sulong is one of the regular guests of the show. After Chen Xuening sang, Wang Sulong commented on the song on the spot, saying that although the title contained "wanton sadness", the arrangement and singing were very happy. After listening to it, "I didn't feel sad in the song." "If I were a sad person listening to this song, I might be a little more desperate, because I think you don't understand my sadness."
After the current program was broadcast, many netizens pointed out that the melody of Chen Xuening's new song was similar to that published by Wang Sulong The song "Bedtime Story" in 2015 is highly similar, and its plagiarism is questioned. Other netizens questioned the lax review by the program team of "Youge 2024".
Well-known music critic Aidiren analyzed that there is the possibility of "active plagiarism" in two sections of the song: "Except for the different modes (one is b flat and the other is f sharp) and the speed is different, the other first two sections can be said to be exactly the same. , it is basically a copy-and-paste creation. There is only one possibility of non-active plagiarism for this kind of melody overlap, and that is if you have heard this song and been deeply impressed by it, and then hummed it and mistakenly thought it was inspiration from heaven. As for whether it is wrong or not. It's a good judgment. Anyway, apart from this only reason, any other possibility of making the two sections so identical is active plagiarism. "
On November 5, Chen Xuening posted a long post on social platforms in response to "suspected plagiarism." , admitted that due to his own negligence, "I did not strictly self-censor and did not avoid melody collisions during the creation of this song", and apologized to Wang Sulong for this matter. In addition, she stated that the song "I Want to Be Sad While This Life Is Long" will not be released on various music platforms. "In future creations, I will also learn from this experience and lessons, be more strict with myself, respect originality, insist on originality, strive to bring better songs to everyone, and will not let down my friends who support me again. .”
It is understood that this is not the first time Chen Xuening has been involved in plagiarism. In 2017, blogger "Dekaka" discovered that the lyrics of Chen Xuening's first single "White Mountain Tea" plagiarized her own original phrases published in 2013. The blogger sued in 2018, went through the first and second trials, and finally won the case at the end of 2021. The court held that Chen Xuening had infringed the copyright of the blogger's text work involved in the case, and ordered him to apologize to the blogger and compensate him 30,000 yuan.
According to an exclusive interview with Chen Xuening by Red Star News in 2019, she responded to the alleged plagiarism of the lyrics of "White Camellia": "At that time, I didn't know that rhyme was needed when writing songs, and I didn't know about copyright, infringement, and . I just saw a piece of lyrics on the Internet and composed the music with my guitar. I just wanted to send it out to my fans. Unexpectedly, the song became popular and many people heard it, which caused this disaster." He also said, "Now ( 2019) are still looking for the original author to purchase the copyright."
Public information shows that Chen Xuening was born in 2001 and is a female singer from Mainland China. In recent years, he has become popular on short video and music platforms with his songs such as "Green", "Your Tavern Is Closed" and "Pretend".
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
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Recently, post-00s singer-songwriter Chen Xuening sang a new song "I Want to Be Sad While This Life Is Long" in a music variety show. Many netizens questioned whether the melody was consistent with Wang Sulong 's song "Sleep" published in 2015. "Previous Story" is very similar, triggering a "plagiarism" controversy.
Yesterday (November 5), Chen Xuening issued a long response. admitted that it "did not strictly self-censor and did not avoid melodic collisions" and apologized to Wang Sulong for this matter.
The controversial new song appeared on Zhejiang Satellite TV the music variety show "Youge 2024" broadcast on November 1. Chen Xuening sang on stage as a "music recommender". The subtitle information shows that the song's lyrics, composer, and producer are all Chen Xuening.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Sulong is one of the regular guests of the show. After Chen Xuening sang, Wang Sulong commented on the song on the spot, saying that although the title contained "wanton sadness", the arrangement and singing were very happy. After listening to it, "I didn't feel sad in the song." "If I were a sad person listening to this song, I might be a little more desperate, because I think you don't understand my sadness."
After the current program was broadcast, many netizens pointed out that the melody of Chen Xuening's new song was similar to that published by Wang Sulong The song "Bedtime Story" in 2015 is highly similar, and its plagiarism is questioned. Other netizens questioned the lax review by the program team of "Youge 2024".
Well-known music critic Aidiren analyzed that there is the possibility of "active plagiarism" in two sections of the song: "Except for the different modes (one is b flat and the other is f sharp) and the speed is different, the other first two sections can be said to be exactly the same. , it is basically a copy-paste creation. There is only one possibility for this kind of melody overlap to be non-active plagiarism, that is, you have heard this song and been deeply impressed by it, and then hummed it and mistakenly thought it was inspiration from heaven. As for It’s hard to judge. Anyway, except for this only reason, any other possibility of making the two sections so identical is active plagiarism. "
On November 5, Chen Xuening posted a long response on the social platform." Suspicion of plagiarism." He admitted that due to his own negligence, "he did not strictly self-censor and did not avoid melody collisions during the creation of this song," and apologized to Wang Sulong for this matter. In addition, she stated that the song "I Want to Be Sad While This Life Is Long" will not be released on various music platforms. "In future creations, I will also learn from this experience and lessons, be more strict with myself, respect originality, insist on originality, strive to bring better songs to everyone, and will not let down my friends who support me again. .”
It is understood that this is not the first time Chen Xuening has been involved in plagiarism. In 2017, blogger "Dekaka" discovered that the lyrics of Chen Xuening's first single "White Mountain Tea" plagiarized her own original phrases published in 2013. The blogger sued in 2018, went through the first and second trials, and finally won the case at the end of 2021. The court held that Chen Xuening had infringed the copyright of the blogger's text work involved in the case, and ordered him to apologize to the blogger and compensate him 30,000 yuan.
According to an exclusive interview with Chen Xuening by Red Star News in 2019, she responded to the alleged plagiarism of the lyrics of "White Camellia": "At that time, I didn't know that rhymes were needed when writing songs, and I didn't know about copyright, infringes the content of . I just saw a piece of lyrics on the Internet and composed it on the guitar. I just wanted to post it to my fans. Unexpectedly, the song became popular and many people heard it, which led to this incident. "Disaster" and said that "now (2019) we are still looking for the original author to purchase the copyright."
Public information shows that Chen Xuening was born in 2001 and is a female singer from Mainland China. In recent years, he has become popular on short video and music platforms with his songs such as "Green", "Your Tavern Is Closed" and "Pretend".
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
Reporting and Rights Protection Channel: Download the "Morning Video" client from the application market and search "Help" for one-click access; or add reporting customer service on WeChat: xxcbcsp; or call the hotline 0731-85571188. If you need content cooperation, please call the government and enterprise service desk at 19176699651.
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