Jeon Somi - BLACKPINK’s Rosé Besides ganing more attention
for the super successful comeback with Dumb Dumb recently, Somi has also stirred up the Internet
for alledgedly copying Rosé too much, from the stage outfit, hairstyle to the...body shape
In fact, Somi was just caught up in this copy-cat accusation recently because for
all the previous promotions, no one ever said a thing about how she looked super alike to Rosé.
So, do you wonder how the whole thing started? Well, it all began with the hair color Somi
chose for this comeback and the preppy, tartan suit she wore in Dumb Dumb. While the two fits
didn’t look exactly the same and so did their hair color, the final knot that tied the whole picture
together was how Somi managed to lose a bunch of weight and look extremely slim just like Rosé.
And as you can tell, from that point on, people started to see Rosé in everything Somi did,
including the way she presented herself in the photo teasers to
the stages she had at music shows.
You remember the legendary dreamy teaser photo of Rosé? Some pointed out that Somi literally took
the same angle, same posing, same hairstyle and an extremely similar dress to Rosé for her teaser.
Then for her first stage at the premier of Dumb Dumb, the attention was also drawn to how she
opted for a white-on-white fit that right off the bat reminds people of this feathery costumes of
Rosé. Soon after that, the debate got even more heated after Somi put on an extremely similar
black outfit where the highlight lied at the long asymmetrical dress mixed with combat boots
and as you can see, everything peaked when she wore the exact same argyle fit,
same hair color and same makeup style to perform on Inkigayo on August 29.
Besides the alleged copying in outfits, Somi was even more hated when people discovered how
she’s lately been growing into platform shoes like Rosé’s despite having quite an admirable height.
Still, the reactions to these coincidences are polarized.
On one hand, people believed that Somi was trying hard to look like Rosé, which was most clearly
seen through the way she shred tons of weight to be as thin as Rosé and dyed her hair blonde.
On the other hand, some believed that accusation is extremely ridiculous because in KPOP, it’s
normal for idols to wear the same types of trendy clothes and it was also very likely that the brand
themselves sent Somi the outfit rather than she chose it herself. Plus, as Somi and Rosé are
technically under the same agency, the stylists might have just randomly picked the same fit.
aespa’s Karina - BLACKPINK’s Jisoo Debuting as the most invested SM Entertainment’s
act of all time and also having a similar line-up to BLACKPINK, it’s nearly impossible for aespa not
to be put on the scale with the international phenomenon girl group of YG Entertainment.
While people share heavily polarized opinions on the topic,
many have pointed out that not only the group format in general but the members,
especially Karina, also gave them a feeling that she was trying hard to be Jisoo ver. 2
So how does this whole thing start? Well, it actually came down to a pretty weird and to
some extent, overdramatic, reason. Instead of getting nitpicked through little details like
stage costumes and makeup style, which is also a common case for many idols, the comparison
broke out after a netizen posted on Pann forum that she spotted many similarities to Jisoo in
the photos Karina posted on SNS, from the angles, hairstyles to the posings and the photo lay-out.
While the OP tried to appear neutral by emphasizing that there was no bad intentions
in her comparon since both girls are hella pretty, she admitted that she couldn’t help
believing how Karina has been trying hard to appear more like Jisoo with her presence online.
Backing up for her thoughts, the OP showed various “evidence” of how Karina often
went with the slight wavy hairstyle, dark hair color, had similar poses,
picked the exact same angle to Jisoo when taking a snap of her side-profile,
always opted for the layout and even liked to play with little things on her head.
While it’s true that there are similarities between Karina and Jisoo when the OP nitpicked
at little details like that, when you take a look at the big pictures, they actually don’t
appear to be so alike. That’s why in just a few hours after the post gained attention online,
the comment section is already filled with polarized opinions.
Besides comments criticizing Karina for trying to be too hard to reach the level of Jisoo, most
people agreed that the post just made no sense at all. Firstly, Jisoo neither invented nor received
the patents for those poses; secondly, each idol has their own beauty and is equally pretty.
aespa’s Ningning - BLACKPINK’s Jennie Besides Karina, Ninning also received quite a lot
of hate when not only having a similar visual to Jennie but also sharing the same taste of fashion.
The poor thing for Ningning is that she seems to be criticized for things she had almost zero
control over. Firstly, you must already see how Ningning can do nothing about her face because at
the end of the day, that’s just how she was born, and secondly, as a rookie, apparently everything
about her look was decided by the stylists. But still, here she is and receives a bunch of hate.
Even since the debut of aespa, Ningning has already been often compared to Jennie
because both have a similar face shape, signature cat eyes and gummy smile; however,
the discussion only escalated after netizens found out that in one photoshoot, Ningning
not only wore a lavender cropped cardigan like Jennie
but so was her hairstyle, makeup and the overall highteen concept.
After that coincidence, people started to dig up more evidence proving Ningning was copying Jennie
and constantly throwing hands at her for that. First is how Ningning always goes for the soft
make-up look focusing on thin eyeliner and natural lipsticks like baby pink or coral.
Other things people said Ningning was copying rather than having mere coincidences is how
she often low tied her hair during the promotion of Black Mamba, mixed the same hairstyle with a
similar stage costume to Jennie, and also did the same poses when taking behind-the-scenes pictures.
Some even went further into the daily moments of Ningning to prove how she tried to copy
Jennie by adopting the hobby of wearing colored glasses, and dressing in the highteen styles.
There were just so many similarities that in a video talking about why
numerous netizens thought Ningning resembled Jennie,
lots of people had flocked into the comment section and criticized Ningning for that.
Because Ningning had a quite early exposure by SM Entertainment, many also took that chance
to prove how predebut Ningning rarely had the signature Jennie luxury vibe
and everything was just lately fabricated for the sake of aespa’s popularity.
Not only that, some even claimed Ningning for sure had plastic surgery to look like Jennie.
Among these criticizing comments, she was also labeled “copycat”,
“plastic surgery wick” or “synthetic”. Things were so tense that at one point,
Ningning’s nationality was also made fun of by a comment sarcastically
going as : “What is China famous for?” (China's famous for fake goods trading)
At this point, people believed the hate Ningning received came from toxic Blinks
and aepsa’s akgae fans that like to bring others down to feel a sense of superiority.
Red Velvet’s Joy - BLACPINK’s Jennie
Despite being one of the famous IT girls of KPOP, there were multiple times Joy was
thrown shade at just because of the accusation that she was copying Jennie’s fashion sense.
You remember the green retro top every girl loved after Jennie posted some photos of her
wearing it on Instagram? When people saw Joy wearing a similar one but in black,
evidence of her copying Jennie’s style started to blow up online.
Netizens found out that not only in Joy’s daily moments, she has actually had multiple fashion
clashes with Jennie from stage costumes, MV outfits to photoshoot looks and individual events.
Especially for the grey suit by Moon Choi Studio, since the original model mixed it with a shirt
inside, the fact that Joy wore the design later than Jennie and also got rid of the inner wear
also convinced more and more people to believe that she was trying to look like Jennie.
So with this number of fashion clashes, what do you think of the reactions of netizens?
Obviously, without a second thought, everyone can tell how Joy would suffer from all the
criticisms pointing at her for being the alleged copy-cat. They called her out for “having no
sense of fashion” and for being “obsessed with Jennie” despite also being an idol.
However, there were many people disagreeing with such criticism and said that Joy wasn’t
at fault. They pointed out that since most of the fashion clashes happened when Joy’s on schedule,
it was her stylists that should take the responsibility. Plus,
since highteen is now favored by all girls on Earth, they believed
aggressive fans should stop nitpicking other idols just to make Jennie appear superior.
So, do you think some netizens are overreacting or it made sense for them to
say some idols are copying others? Comment down below to share your thoughts with us.