People are hearing similarities between Mariah Carey’s song “Touch My Body” and Thai wannabe R&B singer Waii’s song “Love you no more” from her solo album “Play Girl”. Now the question is this, did Waii plagiarized Mariah Carey? Did she? Probably. NO, I’m just joking, I don’t know. But then you have to think, she is from the girl group “Seven Days”, Thailand’s answer to Korea’s SNSD and Wonder Girls combined. If her record company, RS records, is willing to copy Korean acts, they are capable of more. She might not know she is copying another artist but her producers might be doing it intentionally thinking that Thais won’t know the difference.
Of course, Waii doesn’t think her song is similar to Mariah Carey’s. “The truth is I’m an R&B singer myself and Mariah Carery is a R&B singer I most admire. She is a talented R&B singer. It could be because our songs have a melisma (a passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text), thus it makes other people think our songs sound very similar. But I don’t think they are the same. Another thing, there is only 12 notes. When you make up a song, you have to mix and match the notes, it might sound similar. I can assure you, we did not copy.”
Waii is not hurt that she has been accuse of something like this. In this industry, it’s normal. “Something like this is normal. I don’t think it’s the truth and that is why I’m not serious about it. I want to share my views and say that we did not copy from anyone. I do want to have my own identity as an artist.”
Reporters noted that Waii has appeared more sexier in this album, her solo venture. Waii said she has grown up more. Girl, you’re only 16 years old. Have you really grown up? HA! Yah right!
Reporters then asked if the reason she is changing her innocent look to a more sexier one is because her innocent look didn’t sell. “I’m only 16 years old, I still have my innocence. For this album, I wanted to try something different,” argued Waii.
Yes, Panyarisa “Waii” Thienprasit is the Thai singer who had a rumor with Junsu of 2PM.
Mariah Carey’s song “Touch My Body”
Waii’s song “Love you no More”—what a fobbish song title.
I swear I heard 50 Cent “something special” around the 1:00 time mark, then you see Waii shaking her ass. Did anyone else hear that? What an odd placement of 50 Cent! All of sudden, you hear 50 Cent’s voice say “Something SPECIAL.” I thought it was a remix, but it’s not. Really, that’s part of the original track.
yah. the way she sings it & the beat it the same. but I don’t think she completely copied mariah carey. BUT I never ever heard 50 cent say something special in mariah’s version -_- outta all the times i’ve listened to this song.
It sounds kinda alike, but it’s different. I didn’t like Waii’s song. It sounds tacky.
the melody and the way she sang the verses are a lot like Touch My Body
lmao. i agree with xxx
She only think she have “grown” up in her world, but in the adult world she’s not.
That’s how for 16-17 year olds, but I agree with the “Something Special”.
You can clearly hear 50 cents voice and that verse is from his Candy Shop song, but who knows it is the producers only.
Thank you.
Yeah it does sound the same from the start. But she remind me of miley cyrus! From innocent look to sexy look at the age of 16! Man, these day little girls want to be more grown up! Take your time to enjoy the sweet 16 life!
i thought she was 17 years old
maybe i’m wrong lol
Seriously I don’t like Waii’s song as much but I ain’t being bias either. I hear the similarity but at the same time Lome is also right.
OMG!! Wow, the beat is quite similar to Mariah’s song and the the beat sounds (well, the beginning) like the song called All of the Above by Maino. I understand every artist sounds quite the same and I’d understand a lot more if it was from the same producer, but it just sounds way too similar if you ask me. The song does sound quite catchy though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYxOPtQqWw
So that’s who she is. I kept seeing her MV playing on TV, but I couldn’t catch the title and who sang the song, lol.
Nah i dont really think it’s like touch my body. But i did hear 50 cent. But i thought it was just me, now turns out i was right! lol
55555, the somethin’ special in the background is hilarious!!!! I find the song completely like ‘touch my body’, not just the melody but the way she sings it. this song is like a collage of many songs in one. too funny!
i dont think that she plagiarized the song.
but since I’m from the states it has the same
beat as Maraih Carey’s song “touch my body”
just some beat added. so this one sounds like
the remix version you could say. but i do like it,
OMG!I totally agree w/ you Ladyofdarkness.
Now these days,all their music sound alike.
I don’t think she plagiarized the song. It seems like songs these days are starting to sound alike. For instance, the song “give it up to me” from Shakira sounds so much like Nelly Furtado’s “promiscuous.” So I think it just coincides since they’re all R&B which I’m not a fan of any way.