Various social media platforms are being filled with accusations that a Bangladeshi artist plagiarized BTS leader RM’s latest solo track, “Wild Flower.”
The accusation started when BTS’s fandom ARMY discovered that the newly released music video “Harai Bohudur” by Shusmita Anis X Tahsan X Minar X Sajid Sarker was starkly similar to RM’s music video “Wild Flower.”
After watching the new music video by the Bangladeshi artist Tahsan Khan, fans raised their voices in anger and accused the artist of copying 90% of the themes seen in RM’s music video. Fans pointed out that the scenes in nature and the fireworks seen in the Bangladeshi music video was the same as the one seen in “Wild Flower.”
The music video was met with immense criticism, leaving many BTS fans angry because they know the hard work RM had put into conceptualizing the music and music video.
After the horde of criticism from fans, the YouTube channel decided to shut off the comment section and added “**Concept inspiration from RM Wildflower BTS**” in the credit section. Unfortunately, this brought more anger from BTS fans because the initial credit had the wrong title name for RM’s song. Instead of “Wild Flower,” the Bangladeshi artist initially wrote “Wildfire.“
Fans are also pointing out that this is not a proper way to give credit to the original artist, especially adding RM’s name after being called out for plagiarism. Although the video was edited to include a link to RM’s solo track, fans remain angered and continue to take their anger to online communities and social media such as Twitter.