Media Play: VIXX pulls a Boyfriend

Saw this shoot to the top five tonight and I just heaved a sigh before going in.

It fell from #1 to #5 currently but it has no best replies because of what's obviously going on here. It seems VIXX's company is going down the route of Boyfriend by faking a controversy to draw attention to their comeback.

If the rank manipulation wasn't suspect enough, the article itself also states at the end that the comparison pictures were provided by JellyFish Entertainment although the article claims that the controversy was started by netizens on a community board (which no one could find a source to).

What makes it even more suspicious is that although the title makes it sound sensational, the actual content does a lot of backpedaling by saying netizens are divided and that the two works are not that similar in actuality. The second half of the article is basically a run of the mill PR.

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Article: VIXX's music video embroiled in a plagiarism controversy for similarities to the movie 'Wolf Boy'

Source: Korea Economy via Nate

"What the hell is VIXX?"

"Not this controversy crap again... Such obvious media play.. I really don't know why companies insist on faking controversies like this, especially some recent rookie groups. I get that media play is necessary for getting your name out there but what's not necessary is lying. This is the wrong way to go about your media play..."

"No one suspected their music video of anything ㅋㅋㅋ Look at that determination for getting their new song out there by faking plagiarism."

"Wasn't this article put out by VIXX's reps?"

"Do these kids have a huge sponsor or something? I see their articles pop up often."

"I wouldn't say they have a good sponsor. I think they're from a strong company. They're labelmates with Sung Shi Kyung, Seo In Guk, Park Hyo Shin and the like."

"Noise marketing."

"JellyFish's mistake."

"It seems now that media play isn't working, companies have turned to noise marketing."

"Are we seeing an evolution of media play at work here? ㅋㅋ"

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