JAKARTA - Simon Cowell has once again sparked controversy on the world entertainment stage. Less than a week after introducing his new boy band called December 10, the British man is now threatened with a legal case.
The music group formed through the Netflix series, Simon Cowell: The Next Act, received a strong protest from the Scottish metal band with the same name, December Tenth.
The feud started when the metal group December Tenth claimed to have been flooded with inappropriate messages on their social media.
Feeling that their creative identity was threatened, this rock-oriented band immediately issued an open rebuke. Through the upload, which has now been deleted, they stated that Simon Cowell, Netflix, and Universal Music must immediately communicate with their legal teams.
"It has come to light over the past few days that Simon Cowell, Netflix, and Universal Music are involved in a new boy band, which to some extent shares our name, December Tenth," said metal band December Tenth, quoted by The Mirror, Thursday, December 18.
"If anyone on Simon's team, Universal, or Netflix, wants to contact us and our legal team, they can do so," he continued. "I want to point out that the hundreds of new followers we've gained over the past few days are very welcome, but I'm not entirely sure they're all genuine."
Cases like this are not new for Simon Cowell. The man behind the success of One Direction once experienced a name dispute in 2011, when the girl group Little Mix was forced to change their name from Rhythmix after receiving a lawsuit from a children's charity with the same name.
Despite being overshadowed by the threat of law, Cowell is still optimistic about his latest project. The group, which consists of Hendrik Christoffersen, Cruz Lee-Ojo, John Fadare, Nicolas Alves, Josh Olliver, Danny Bretherton, and Sean Hayden, is expected to be able to repeat the glory of the previous boy band.
Cowell emphasized that even though the music industry has changed radically, the basic principle for finding stars remains the same.
"The world has changed a lot. Music has changed. But at the core, strangely, nothing has really changed because it's all still based on the same thing, which is you have to find a star," Cowell said.
He also did not deny the great fear when starting this talent search, ranging from concerns that no one would come to the audition to doubts about the quality of the contestants' vocals when brought to the US.
The project is proving particularly emotional for Cowell, given he has recently lost one of his biggest stars, Liam Payne, who died following a tragic incident in Argentina.
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