"Starlight Party" and "Bewitched" were copied from "Romantic Love" written by Jay Chou.
The catchy melody of the song "Bewitched" is paired with Deng Dian's deep voice, and it is sung very affectionately and manly. However, some netizens compared "Bewitched" with another online song "Starlight Party" and felt that the melody of the two songs was similar. However, it was later discovered that "Bewitched" was created in September 2021, and "Starlight Party" was released in November 2021, so the label of plagiarism was removed. Later, some netizens discovered that the melodies of "Starlight Party" and "Bewitched" were exactly the same as "Romantic Love".
The song "Romantic Love" is a song sung by Jiang Yuchen and was released in 2008. This song was written by Wilber Pan and composed and arranged by Jay Chou. Regarding this matter, netizens also joked that the end of the Internet song universe is Jay Chou.
Determination of music plagiarism
1. Lyrics and music structure
When people create songs, they write the melody according to a certain structure. The structure of a song with a complete structure is generally Prelude-Verse-Pre-Chorus-Chorus-Interlude-Verse-Chorus-Bridge-Chorus-Outro. You can compare the arrangement of the lyrics and music structure of the two songs to judge. Plagiarism or not.
2. Melody trend
Before comparing and plagiarizing, the music should be notated and unified to the same key, that is, all embellishments such as BPM, effects, and riffs should be filtered out. Music design, leaving only the main melody, harmony and bass parts in the end. Melody organically combines all the basic elements of music (mode, pitch, rhythm, intensity, etc.). You can compare the melodies of two songs to determine whether they are plagiarized.
3. Rhythm arrangement
That is, the beat of the song is divided into 1/4 beat, 2/4 beat, 3/4 beat, 4/4 beat, 3/8 beat, 6/8, 8/8, 8/16. When making judgments, the specific criteria are more complex and are not as simple as "four sections" or "eight sections", but must take into account various factors.