Overview
- Four songwriters filed a U.S. copyright case over NewJeans’ 2024 song How Sweet and seek songwriting credit and royalties.
- The writers say they created a demo titled One of a Kind over a supplied instrumental, submitted it for NewJeans, got a rejection, and then heard a first verse they call substantially similar four months later.
- The complaint cites shared traits in the first verse, including a 4/4 meter, the key of B-flat minor, and a 31-note topline spanning about eight bars.
- The defendants plan to fight the case after ADOR said producer team BANA found no plagiarism in How Sweet.
- This dispute follows a 2024 claim by British band Shakatak over Bubble Gum that drew a denial from ADOR and did not proceed to court.