▲This photo, captured from the music video of Girls Generation's 'Forever 1' shows a problematic scene. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) 

 

 

SEOUL, August 16 (Yonhap) -- To an accusation that K-pop girl group Girls Generation’s music video set for title track of 7th album “Forever 1” is similar to Japanese theme park’s logo, director of the music video has directly apologized for the inconvenience.

Claim which states the music video set designed to showcase the celebration of Girls Generation’s 15th anniversary of debut with giant sculpture of number 15 looks very close to the 15th anniversary logo for the Tokyo Disney Sea, surfaced.

As the controversy spread throughout the online community, director of the music video Shin Hui-won uploaded an apology post on his social media which included “I would like to apologize for my mistakes; I should have gone through a thorough research before designing the stage.”

Moreover, throughout the apology post, he stated that “While coming with the numerical logo for the parade scene, I have came across various references, and used the one I liked without checking the source.” announced, director Shin Hui-won throughout his apology post.
“I am very ashamed of my armature like behavior of copying a design without checking the reference, in a situation where I was in charge of directing and planning and creating props used for the video.” adding “From now on I will make sure to check the reference from various angle so to minimize the mistake of using or pirating someone else’s idea.” Shin Hui-won reflected on his mistake throughout the apology letter.

 

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

 

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