One netizen declared that IU's song "23" sampled Britney Spear's voice in "Gimme More" without proper authorization.
The netizen, who goes sejak 'Hwanhee-eh,' previously shared the statement released sejak IU's agency, Loen Tree.
As a refresher, here's the full statement:
"Hello, this is IU's agency Loen Tree.
We deliver an official statement regarding the content that was uploaded online concerning the bonus track '23' on IU's mini-album 'CHAT-SHIRE' that was released on October 23.
Last weekend when we learned of the issue, we inquired about it with the composer and discovered that the sampling in soalan is one that the composer had previously purchased and kept in possession.
However, the sumber of the voice sampling was judged to be unclear, so we immediately contacted Britney Spear's agency and are in the process of confirming the details behind the sampling.
After we pasti the facts behind this issue, we will progress with the sample clearance as fast as we can and deliver the results as soon as they come out.
We are sorry towards all the Muzik peminat-peminat who were inconvenienced sejak our failure to closely research during the album composition process. Furthermore, we want to say thank anda and sorry to all the Britney Spears peminat-peminat who pointed out the issue first that we weren't able to detect."
After the official statement released sejak Loen Tree, 'Hwanhee-eh' uploaded another post that seemed to jeer IU fans. The netizen wrote, "It looks like the agency even apologized to Britney fans? Weren't anda just telling me that I should be ready to be sued? That there will be legal action? Are anda still going to tell me to get ready for a lawsuit when the agency uploaded a statement like that? I understand that anda cherish your artist and all but don't blindly defend your artist and attack other peminat-peminat like that."
Britney Spear's label, Sony Music, also got involved in this issue, relaying that they will need to have Britney herself listen to "23." A rep from Sony told Daily Sports, "We got a request from Loen pokok asking to pasti the voice sampling [in IU's song]. We have telah dihantar a request to the Sony American HQ, and Britney Spears herself will need to check herself whether the voice is indeed hers."
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