I have read many articles that singer Hee-yeol Yoo admitted to plagiarizing a song by the master of Japanese film music, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and apologized.
Yoo Hee-yeol yesterday (14th) through his agency SNS, "After reviewing reports that the second track 'Very Private Night' of the 'You Hee-yeol's Life Music' project and Sakamoto Ryuichi's 'Aqua' are similar, the main theme of the song was reviewed. We have come to agree that they are sufficiently similar.”
'Very Private Night' is a piano song released in September last year, and 'Aqua' was released earlier in 2013.
Yoo Hee-yeol explained, "As the musician I admire and influence the most for a long time, I unconsciously wrote the song in a similar way that remained in my memory." .
Hee-yeol Yoo was scheduled to release an LP with 8 songs, including 'A Very Private Night' this month.