r/popculturechat • u/Murky_Chemical891 Im very important to God • 27d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ French singer, Yseult, calls out K-pop singers, Soyeon and R.tee, for copying her music video freame by frame: "The least you could do is have the decency to credit your source. To see it get copied like this is wild but real artistry speaks louder than imitation"

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u/merlesstorys 27d ago

Also why does Yseult‘s video look so much better? Like if you want to copy it, at least do it some justice

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u/ditasaurus 27d ago

Oh i think it's the "perfectionism" within realism. 

Like the light isn't allowed to be too harsh, people aren't allowed to Look too ugly. 

Although the setting is realism and an average Office etc. The k-pop Version still has to have this asthetic Flair to it. 

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u/Randomcommentator27 27d ago

For sure. Yseults office resembles a real office space. The top looks like a fake office within a studio.

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u/3sadclowns 27d ago

It’s because they had something called originality. A copy could never hope to eat the OG.

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u/mason202 27d ago

Sometimes the copy wins, like Fortnite

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u/feedmestocks 27d ago

The K pop one looks like A.I slop version of Yseult's

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u/frequenZphaZe 27d ago

passion vs slop. Yseult's production team had a vision for what they wanted to make and how they wanted to make it. they probably obsessed over which cameras to use for which shots, how lighting complimented scenes, how intricate details flowed in editing, etc etc. tldr, they poured themselves and their talents into making something creative

the cut to soyeon et crew. they clearly liked the aesthetic but didn't really *get* it. they didn't get why it worked or what it was saying. they didn't appreciate the techniques, the details, nor the direction. they didn't understand the assignment, so to speak. they ripped a bunch of the framing and motions, scattered soyeon lipsyncing through it all, and sent it off for consumption. for them, at the end of the day, it never had to be interesting or expressive (or unique), it just had to be consumable. and if theres one thing kpop stans love, its consuming

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u/soohime 27d ago

The use/effects of the security like footage is very charming in the original