Recently, fans were overjoyed to learn that SEVENTEEN‘s Jeonghan and Wonwoo would release an album together.
This Man is the first album from this unit and is scheduled to drop on June 17. In the meantime, official teaser images have been released showing a range of concepts with different “titles.”
However, with the release of the concept “A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT,” some netizens had adverse reactions. These images are softer than the previous ones, showing the two idols with blond hair in a green and floral landscape.
Some found these to resemble TXT‘s “Light” concept teasers from their minisode 3: TOMORROW album, released in April.
This led to allegations of plagiarism towards Pledis Entertainment as TXT was also found to have done concepts like this in 2021.
oh txt you will always be the standard for concept photos 😵💫☝️ https://t.co/uLIPFHoQIk
— wafri ✶ #MAGICJULIE (@waftty) June 4, 2024
they cant let txt have one thing😭 https://t.co/FxxioBjTZz pic.twitter.com/rNUCSNcqIs
— . (@wonyoglaze) June 3, 2024
txt 2021 https://t.co/wm9yHa641v pic.twitter.com/DcP4YI3faM
— ‹ও (@thvcyj9) June 3, 2024
However, fans of SEVENTEEN defended the subunit, pointing out that the group had done concepts like this in 2018 for the release of An Ode, before TXT’s debut.
svt before txt debuted.. it’s an CONCEPT let it go https://t.co/0kRO0KTniz pic.twitter.com/WI0M5JzeQn
— nana🧚🏽♀️ (@luvr8hao) June 3, 2024
At the same time, some netizens pointed out that the issue was more so related to an issue within in HYBE.
Many netizens blamed the company for producing similar concepts in a short frame of time, accusing the company of “recycling” concepts.
txt THREE years ago 😭 nobody is coming at svt abeg…hybe just needs to adjust their creativity team cs https://t.co/p7Pezq0yXA pic.twitter.com/ZyFNAVgRL9
— alora 誓い prod. HUENINGKAI (anemoia remix) 🎇 !! (@hyukaizzn) June 3, 2024
Right? Hybe really needs to adjust their creative team ‘cause how come they recycle svt’s 2018 concept for txt and gfriend’s concept photos back in 2018/19. Embarassing. https://t.co/oyVdVimgGu pic.twitter.com/X9bI7gIXKH
— J x W – June 17 (@miluzwon) June 4, 2024
why svtxt fans coming at each other about similar concepts? baby theyre in hybe thats recycling not plagiarism https://t.co/Xv9mTGPTf0
— mila (@lami89476) June 4, 2024
HYBE was recently criticized over BTS’s merch, which you can read about below.
HYBE Receives Major Backlash For The Recent BTS “2024 FESTA” Announcement
