ATEEZ Fans Come Together To Boycott Eltee Skhillz, Who Allegedly Plagiarized “The Real” MV

Recently, the Nigerian singer Eltee Skhillz has come under fire by ATINYs for the similarities between one of his music videos and ATEEZ‘s “The Real”.

Some of the scenes and themes from the musician’s “Odg” music video, which was just released a couple of days ago, are being compared to the ATEEZ music video, which came out in December last year. And it’s clear to see why.

ATEEZ / eltee skhillz pic.twitter.com/KsF051vV7e

— ♡ˎˊ˗ ????????????????????????: ???????????????????? (@hngjngg) March 19, 2022

While claims of plagiarism are somewhat common in the K-Pop industry, it’s rarer to see such a blatant copy of a music video.

Please report this song to kq. The name of music video is “Odg” by Eltee Skhillz. Dont watch the mv. Ateez getting plagarised left and right damn. @kqent pls do something about this. It’s worse then what jyp did with nmixx. This is blatant… pic.twitter.com/kqKEGC7BZF

— Chiyo saw ATEEZ / 멋 (The Real) (@dimpledsatan) March 19, 2022

Other fans are bringing up the subject of cultural appropriation, namely in regards to Skhillz wearing a hanbok in the music video, as well as switching out Korean calligraphy with random shapes.

Im not even honna make this about the way he copied Ateez but he literally wearing a hanbok… a fuckin hanbok for a music video! Thats cultural appropriation right there!
https://t.co/uJB6mOAKCT

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ATEEZ / eltee skhillz pic.twitter.com/NFqtzomR7r

— ♡ˎˊ˗ ????????????????????????: ???????????????????? (@hngjngg) March 19, 2022

Rather than giving the music video more views, even to dislike it, ATINYs are encouraging people to email KQ Entertainment to make them aware of the situation so they can take action if they deem it necessary.

Already emailed kq ent regarding the latest plagiarized issue between ateez and Eltee Skhillz’s mv.
Thank you for the template from @H0NGJOONGlE pic.twitter.com/ENIU7LMnPr

— ???????????????? ︎ (@lvtiniz) March 19, 2022

In the meantime, if you want to show your support for ATEEZ, go watch the music video for “The Real”!