“Trailblazer” Jay Chou Shrugs Off Accusations That He Plagiarised A 2011 Infinite Song With A Lesson On Chord Progressions
Hear, hear!
Hear, hear!
After Taiwanese singer Crowd Lu’s plagiarism controversy, is it now Jay Chou’s turn to be accused of being a copycat? Not if Jay has anything to do with it.
On August 27, Jay posted a short video on his Instagram, revealing a 25-second instrumental teaser of his upcoming song.
'Julia' was released in 2011 and was included in INFINITE’s Over The Top album.
However, Jay has spoken out against the accusations.
Releasing a statement through his agency, Jay took on the role of “Teacher Chou” to school everyone on music chords.
“The chord progression in this song has long been used in [my songs like] ‘Sunny Day’, ‘Qi Li Xiang’, and ‘Her Eyelashes’ and more. If the chord progression and the arrangement of the instruments are the same, then you’d find that the music is similar. Basically, the chord progressions in pop music are all roughly the same.” he said. FYI: 'Sunny Day' and 'Her Eyelashes' were both released in 2003 and 'Qi Li Xiang' in 2004.
Jay added: “Creating a new melody using the same chord progression that everyone uses today is the key! Ge should be considered a trailblazer already, [I’ve] used the 6m-4-1-5 four-loop chord method since very early on, do you want me to list out a bunch of examples for you?”
Ooh, burn.
Photos: Jay Chou/Instagram, Woollim Entertainment, myxxgvly/Twitter
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