IU has seen immense success with her new album 'CHAT-SHIRE' since its release a couple weeks back; however, one netizen decided to put a damper on that success.

One netizen declared that IU's song "23" sampled Britney Spear's voice in "Gimme More" without proper authorization.

The netizen, who goes kwa 'Hwanhee-eh,' previously shared the statement released kwa IU's agency, Loen Tree.

As a refresher, here's the full statement:

"Hello, this is IU's agency Loen Tree.

We deliver an official statement regarding the content that was uploaded online concerning the bonus track '23' on IU's mini-album 'CHAT-SHIRE' that was released on October 23.

Last weekend when we learned of the issue, we inquired about it with the composer and discovered that the sampling in swali is one that the composer had previously purchased and kept in possession.

However, the chanzo of the voice sampling was judged to be unclear, so we immediately contacted Britney Spear's agency and are in the process of confirming the details behind the sampling.

After we hakikisha the facts behind this issue, we will progress with the sample clearance as fast as we can and deliver the results as soon as they come out.

We are sorry towards all the muziki mashabiki who were inconvenienced kwa our failure to closely research during the album composition process. Furthermore, we want to say thank wewe and sorry to all the Britney Spears mashabiki who pointed out the issue first that we weren't able to detect."

After the official statement released kwa Loen Tree, 'Hwanhee-eh' uploaded another post that seemed to jeer IU fans. The netizen wrote, "It looks like the agency even apologized to Britney fans? Weren't wewe just telling me that I should be ready to be sued? That there will be legal action? Are wewe still going to tell me to get ready for a lawsuit when the agency uploaded a statement like that? I understand that wewe cherish your artist and all but don't blindly defend your artist and attack other mashabiki like that."

Britney Spear's label, Sony Music, also got involved in this issue, relaying that they will need to have Britney herself listen to "23." A rep from Sony told Daily Sports, "We got a request from Loen mti asking to hakikisha the voice sampling [in IU's song]. We have imewasilishwa a request to the Sony American HQ, and Britney Spears herself will need to check herself whether the voice is indeed hers."

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