SNSD producer E-Tribe contacts Lady GaGa’s label over “Born this Way” plagiarism claims.

The internet has been abuzz for the past day over even more plagiarism claims surrounding Lady GaGa’s chart topper “Born this Way”. The single has already been accused of ripping off both Carl Bean’s “I Was Born this Way” and Madonna’s “Express Yourself”, but now there’s yet another song to add to the list with SNSD’s “Be Happy”. I ignored these reports when they first surfaced because the whole GaGa plagiarism thing has been done to death (for the time being, at least), but now the actual producer of “Be Happy”, E-Tribe, has come forward to acknowledge the striking similarities between the two tracks, even going as far to admit that he’s planning to contact GaGa’s label about the issue.

“Someone this morning told me that there were reports of Lady Gaga plagiarizing SNSD’s ‘Be Happy.’ I listened, and I do feel that there are similarities. The way the song flows and the arrangements are, honestly, the same. I am currently working to get in contact with Lady Gaga’s publishing label to find further information.” [Source]

E-Tribe is one of the best known hitmakers in K-Pop, having crafted catchy chart toppers from some of the country’s biggest artists like SNSD (“Gee”), Lee Hyori, T-ara, Super Junior, and Se7en.

Whether or not anything comes of these latest plagiarism claims remains to be seen, but if the case goes any further, then it’s guaranteed to attract a whirlwind of publicity. SNSD (also known as Girls’ Generation) are Korea’s most successful girl group at the moment, and leaders in the K-Pop wave: They were recently ranked by Forbes as Korea’s most powerful celebrity, their musical success extends beyond their own country into Japan and other parts of Asia, they have major endorsement deals with the likes of Domino’s Pizza, Intel, Nintendo, and Dior Cosmetics, and their huge popularity has even spawned international coverage from Billboard.com and other media outlets.

GaGa can’t catch a break with this “Born this Way” drama! Well, except for the song’s record breaking success…

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  • Becca

    tbh i would be disappointed if gaga didn’t plagiarize someone. it’s become her MO these days.

    i really hope someone actually does sue her, that would be pretty funny.

    gimmick gaga used to really get on my nerves but nowadays i just laugh off all her antics. at least she won’t always be here.

  • den

    Very similar indeed.
    Can we say BTW is the most generic, overrated and bland song to come out this year?
    Delusional monsters are out in force, denying any similarities and well just saying Gaga doesn’t copy anyone. LOL

  • casan

    but they did say, that for this video, BE HAPPY was toned down 2 notches… i dunno. anyhu, they both plagiarized express yourself. >.< haha

  • DanielJay92

    Gotta love karma

  • Sherwin

    Funny how she’s busy ripping off others’ work while Britney is all set to push musical boundaries with Femme Fatale. Just saying.

  • http://Thephrophetblog Sleazy

    ONCE YOU REACH A CERTAIN SUCCESS AND LOW CLASS SINGERS WHO EVERYONE FORGOT WANTS TO SUE. IF I WAS KE$HA LABEL I WOULD SUE BRITNEY

  • http://Thephrophetblog Blow

    PEOPLE SEEM TO FORGETTING BLOW PART 2 = BRIT TIL THE WORLD ENDS

  • hahaha

    this is already getting old! get over it!
    @sleazy why kesha label will sue britney? kesha is even on britneys album!

  • http://Thephrophetblog i i i wana go

    People claiming gaga copied them are ppl who wants money who wouldnt wana sue her? if i could i would alot of money baby. but i got to say femme fatale sounds like kesha cannibal electro sista lol and till the world ends is blow part 2! i love i i i wana go

  • http://Thephrophetblog Mwa

    Realy? after the song broke records its what now 5 wks and only come foward now? someone wants money

  • http://Thephrophetblog Sleaz

    @Hahaha because britney til the world ends sounds like kesha song blow

  • TheMisterNiceDude

    duhhhh how could Britney rip off Ke$ha since Ke$ha wrote Till the World ends?? jeezz could you be even more stupid? I don’t even know if you are being sarcastic bcoz what u guys say is too much

  • Bj

    Kesha wrote Til the World Ends. ^^^

  • http://PrettyLittleLiars Pretty Little Liars

    Ok y’all stupid because KE$HA WRITES TILL THE WORLD ENDS FOR BRITNEY.
    I see the resemblence of the two songs. But I think it’s impossible GaGa copies SNSD. Well, who knows?

    Btw, eventhough I’m a VERY BIG fan of GaGa, I WANT MY FEMME FATALE NOOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!

  • tmm90

    It’s all getting kinda funny. :) Whether it’s true or not.. Well there are obviously some strong similarities.. but does that also kinda mean the korean band also kinda ripped off some of ‘Express yourself’ ? It’s time everybody got there ass whipped for any kind of stealing.

    On the other hand, the singing melody is very simple and even a baby could come up with it.

  • hahaha

    @sleazy thats because kesha co-wrote till the world ends! and about this ripping off! GOD we are already in 2011 its really hard to be original now a days.

  • http://www.theprophetblog.net The Prophet

    TTWE is wack, regardless of who wrote it LOL.

    There, settled.

    “oh oh oh oh, dj play my song”. Can’t believe Luke & Max got Britney to stoop so low! At least the rest of the album will make up for that mess.

  • copycat

    Who’s SNSD?

  • Lady Caca

    sleaze is clearly a little cretin http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cretin

    Well, what’s new right? I would be shocked if Caca didn’t steal anything. That’s how she’s born: born to copy and be a derivative (which her little cretins will lap up as original – clearly, they are either deaf or ignorant or just plain imbeciles for not hearing various music that Caca steals).

  • BeHappyAndCopy

    do you consider it a crime, stealing something already stolen before, from someone?
    music industry teaches us that it’s not. yet they want to get paid for it.
    that to me seems very illogical.

  • http://www.theprophetblog.net The Prophet

    @Copycat

    Read the post and you’ll find out… I explained it very clearly.

  • The Truth

    BTW- Born this way
    stands for

    Boring,Tacky,Wack

    Thats all!

  • http://Thephrophetblog Sleaz

    ITS NOT BOUT WHO WROTE THE SONG YOU DUMB BITCH. BOTH SONGS SOUND THE SAME BUT BLOW WAS OUT FIRST! TIL THE WORLD ENDS WILL ALWAYS BE BLOW PART 2. CRITICS AGREE CHECK WIKEPEDIA ETC

  • SunDee

    @Sleaz
    you are some ignorant childish Blow stans..
    pleaz stop embarassing yourself.

    & Oh snap! on Lady Gaga.
    BTW = mashup juice of many songs.
    it taste bland but monsters loved it.

    …

  • Tyler

    Wow the similarities are striking… I’m a Gaga stan but I stan harder for K-pop.

  • Tyler

    But honestly, I doubt Gaga or her producer have ever heard this song. It’s just a coincidence.

  • muffinhead

    Who knows, she toured Asia heavily over the years.

    I still think Carl Bean has the strongest case.

  • Lady Caca

    rolls out at a sleazy pathetic thing. Seems logic is not something it possesses. Kesha co-wrote the britney song, hence there will be similarity of sound because the personality of the writer goes into the song.

    Also, did it ever occur to you to check that the producers of Blow & Brit’s song are Dr Luke & Max Martin?

    Now, what is Caca’s excuse? Did Madonna & TLC co-wrote Manufactured This Way? Because it does sound similar to Express Yourself & Waterfalls :P Since they didn’t, she might as well have ripped them off.

    Sleaze, I suggest you pick up a brain and not only read things, but learn to understand. Or maybe that is too taxing for the little thing that sits in your head which tries to be a brain but it’s not.

  • Christian

    @ Sleazy – Dr. Luke produced BOTH “Blow” and “Til The World Ends”. So Kesha CAN’T sue Britney because Dr. Luke produced BOTH tracks. Plus Kesha wouldn’t sure Britney anyway because Kesha is making money off of “Til The World Ends”. :)

  • iamAWESOME

    @Sleazy shut the fuck and swallow the fact that Ke$ha was honored to write the song for Britney. And unlike SNSD, she can’t sue Britney for it sounding “alike” since she wrote it. At the end of the day Ke$ha might be getting her biggest paycheck from Britney singing her song. (always in every Britney post posting the same shit, get a job.)

    Anyway, both these songs (BTW & Be happy) are a basic copy of “Express Yourself.”

  • Yurie

    K-pop producers complaining about plagiarism, is this a joke?

  • http://www.youtube.com/TheDimplePuppet TheDimplePuppet
  • Chris

    Omg it actually does sound very similar, the melodies and everything! um BTW isnt even that good!

    It’s just the perfect marketing strategy!

  • TRUTH-TELLER

    LMAO Lady Gaga copy SNSD? My ass. Madonna needs to sue them BOTH.

  • lkasjdf

    lolololol
    this is such a fucking joke

  • suhdfhdfhdfhdfh

    LOLOL who cares?
    this is KPOP and american pop.
    every artist in pop copies another artist one way or another.

    especially because SNSD copied ke$ha’s run devil run and two of rihann’s songs.
    hald of the idiots in this blog think SNSD must be geniuses who don’t copy anything and are completely original. :|

    /troll faec

  • suhdfhdfhdfhdfh

    half**

    OPPS.

  • LaLa

    ^SNSD & most of pop Korean is a copycat machine. but the Mother CopycatGaga still copying (the beat) from them. so WTF is Original Mother Monster anyway. lol. Both song is CRAP TBH.

    *spit on my crotch*
    & continue my job.

  • http://www.theprophetblog.net The Prophet

    Lol SNSD didn’t copy Run Devil Run it was a demo that they bought legally.

  • DissGrace

    amen proph. amen.
    stupid suhsdsfdsfdsfdsdfwhatever get ur facts straight

    i haven’t listened to BTW yet. it somehow makes me feel like a loser..or maybe not.. aha

  • UNRwolf787

    Lady Gaga is laughing all the way to the bank with this”plagiarized” song! She is the most creative artist out there today, so why can’t people just be happy for another’s success? Just saying…