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Dancer Kelly Sweeney credited for her choreo, months after calling out HYBE for using her choreography without permission

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Posted by ReneeT Sunday, June 23, 2024

Plagiarism has always been a hot potato in the music industry. Months ago, dancer Kelly Sweeney took to her social media to address an issue where her entire choreography has been used by HYBE without permission or credits.

The group embroiled in this plagiarism issue is none other than ILLIT, HYBE’s rookie girl group. It was only recently that HYBE has included the deserved credits in ILLIT’s video, prompting Kelly to edit her post to include that she has acknowledged the correction.

Due to how HYBE’s management team for ILLIT has handled matters, ILLIT’s name has been tainted by multiple plagiarism controversies. Despite achieving popularity and success in the charts, the young and hopeful girls who have debuted to realize their dreams have also become victims of much criticism. While you cannot separate the members from the group, it is worthy to note that most, if not all, artistic aspects of a Korean idol group are typically under complete control of their company and respective management teams.

Kelly also notes that hate should not be directed to the girls, and emphasizes how this is a situation that “happens way too often in the entertainment industry and needs to stop.”



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Shuturtrap
Shuturtrap8,408 pts Sunday, June 23, 2024 13
Sunday, June 23, 2024

this is kinda old but this also isn’t the first time Hybe has been found stealing choreos… do they not have a creative director and a choreographer? Why steal other peoples hard work when you’re a billion dollar company. I hope they gave her money too instead of just including her name

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BebeCarat-0
BebeCarat-01,330 pts Sunday, June 23, 2024 1
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Hybe is a big company (and well paid..) I don't understand why giving credit is such a hard thing to do? It would have been cool to have Kelly give her takes on the choreo or help the girls out with it in same way in terms of practice since she was the one made it.

Even the idea of having them learn it from her would have been really cool to! I love a lot of Hybe's artists but credit should be given where its due.

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