Being Accused Of Plagiarism, Young Lex's 'Raja Terakhir' Music Video Gets More Dislike

Screenshot of the music video for The Last King (YouTube Young Lex)

JAKARTA - The music video for Young Lex's 'Raja Terakhir' received a negative response from netizens, especially K-pop fans. The music video, which became the official song for the game Three Kingdoms: Legendary Hero, was flooded with 21 thousand dislikes on YouTube.

The music video posted by Young Lex on March 8, 2021, was accused of plagiarizing the music video entitled 'Lit' by Chinese rapper Zhang Yixing or known as Lay Zhang. The video, which has been watched 487.656 times, immediately went on YouTube's trending page.

The majority of netizens accuse Young Lex of plagiarizing the music video of the EXO member. Several clips that are considered the same, including the dragon animation, dance choreography, and the costumes worn, all resemble Lit's music video which was released in June 2020.

A truly creative masterpiece should speak of the author's originality. LayZhang has put his heart and soul into Lit MV, reflecting his unique pursuit of aesthetics, Chinese culture and fusion with pop music. Any form of plagiarism is not tolerable. RESPECT ZHANG YIXING @layzhang pic.twitter.com/DFG92SCHwk

- XingChannel 张 艺 兴 资讯 台 (@XingChannel) March 8, 2021

The name Young Lex, the dragon to the hashtag #Respect Zhang Yixing also occupy the trending topics page on Twitter. Many fans expressed their disappointment at Young Lex's attitude.

Moreover, Young Lex had time to write a comment "K-pop fans will say this is plagiarism", which suddenly made fans even angrier.

Because of this, K-pop fans have made a move to report videos to be removed from YouTube. They also asked Lay, Lay Studio, and SM Entertainment to thoroughly investigate this plagiarism case.