A publishing company alleges the horns and drums on the hit 2023 song are "virtually identical" to parts of a nearly 20-year-old dance track.
Hyein, Hanni Pham, Minji, Danielle Marsh and Haerin of NewJeans at Billboard Women In Music 2024 held at YouTube Theater on March 6, 2024 in Inglewood, California.
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A new lawsuit alleges the hit 2023 NewJeans song “ETA” stole multiple elements from an instrumental dance track released nearly two decades earlier.
The Tuesday (July 7) legal complaint, first obtained and reported by Billboard, levels copyright infringement claims against NewJeans members Minji, Hanni, Haerin, Hyein and Danielle, as well as their label ADOR and parent company HYBE. The lawsuit also names various writers, producers and companies involved in the creation and distribution of “ETA,” which was part of NewJeans’ chart-topping EP Get Up and hit No. 4 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Songs chart in August 2023.
