Popular producer EL CAPITXN‘s upcoming virtual group is being accused of plagiarizing Stray Kids, specifically a song by I.N that featured member Hyunjin.
At the end of December 2023, I.N released a track called “untitled” that featured Hyunjin, and it quickly became a fan-favorite and a track special to the fandom.
At the end of 2024, it was announced that popular producer EL CAPITXN would be debuting a virtual idol group in 2025.
SKINZ, new virtual idol group produced by EL CAPITXN, announces their debut for 2025.https://t.co/JdsoMuJRHk pic.twitter.com/jmxLjlhCm4
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) December 23, 2024
It was made along with a debut teaser video.
Recently, SKINZ released a mixtape on YouTube.
In the video comments, netizens shared their anger. Not only did they hit back at the song’s plagiarism, especially as it was promoted as being written and produced by SKINZ with the caption #SELFMADE, but netizens also pointed out the similarities to the name, as they thought SKINZ seemed a lot like the hangul used for Stray Kids.
On social media, netizens tried to get the attention of JYP Entertainment, asking them to take action and protect their artists.
K-pop group SKINZ (스킨즈) uses the name Stray Kids (스키즈) and their track Mixtape, labeled Written & Produced by SKINZ, is a plagiarism of I.N. (ft Hyunjin) Untitled, written by I.N & Hyunjin. JYPE, please take action to protect Stray Kids@Stray_Kids @stay_support @jypnation pic.twitter.com/1Vy2E2Jntt
— rachel ☆ (@jeonglixi) February 4, 2025
did they really thought no one would noticed?
K-pop group SKINZ (스킨즈) uses the name Stray Kids (스키즈), and their track Mixtape, labeled Written & Produced by SKINZ, is a plagiarism of I.N. (feat. Hyunjin) Untitled, written by Hyunjin. JYPE., please take action to protect… pic.twitter.com/enrK2VX0zE
— ceé • 合 (@minholy_y) February 4, 2025
plagiarizing stray kids work and putting it out there labeling it as “self made” is beyond me whoever is responsible needs to be fired immediately and jype better take legal action against them now this is going too far
— isi ༄ (@onlybngchan) February 4, 2025
Neither EL CAPITXN nor JYP Entertainment has made a statement.
