Lee Soo Man’s New Groups Accused Of “Stealing” From HYBE Idol

A2O SOUL and A2O LITE, the boy and girl groups launched by former SM Entertainment head Lee Soo Man, have sparked a major controversy over plagiarism accusations.

The issue sprouted from a collaborative dance performance between the two groups on Music Bank, featuring their breakthrough debut songs “Neon” (A2O LITE) and “Superstar” (A2O SOUL).

A2O Lite and Soul members perform a dance break together today.pic.twitter.com/I0XlQqw0Q0

— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) October 30, 2026

As their performance video surfaced online, fans of HYBE boy group TXT voiced their frustration, claiming that the dance routine shared overwhelming similarities with the dance break section of Yeonjun’s solo song, “GGUM.” Posts comparing the two routines surfaced quickly, with fans attacking A2O Entertainment’s creative team for what many called “blatant stealing.”

bring back shame bc wtf do you mean yall stole a whole ass choreo from another artist

— ioana 𖣘 (@ggumjuniez) October 30, 2026

was that…the ggum dance break…?

— 밤 . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ (@ask4txt) October 30, 2026

Bruh.. SM choreographer can’t be serious with this ?? Do they not get paid enough to come up with something original 🫩🫩🫩 and why is it always yeonjun if not txt that got plagiarized 🚬🚬🚬 pic.twitter.com/qaiSkai3v6

— teaXtea (@txteaazzee) October 30, 2026

Though A2O fans argued that these moves were pretty common across K-Pop choreographies, many pushed back against this claim, explaining why they considered them more than simple overlaps.

Literally copied every move….. pic.twitter.com/azieR2bW2n

— ning🪽 (@ningiesangel) October 30, 2026

i got a better video actually slowed down. 7 out of 8 counts of this dance was copied. 4 dance moves done in the exact same order within 8 counts only difference is the tempo dpmo. but i like how you’re not denying they’re the same pic.twitter.com/2VJsjydME3

— 밤 . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ (@ask4txt) October 30, 2026

The issue still remains a source of heated debate between the two fanbases.