Idol: The Coup (Aidol: The Coup / 아이돌: 더 쿠데타)

(Names, businesses, products, events and places are used fictitiously.)

It's my song.

Kim Jenna...

- This song... - Do you...

...know what you're saying?

I'm sorry.

But...

It has a similar vibe to my song.

How similar?

I can't be sure...

You just said it was your song.

Then that means it's identical.

No. It's not identical.

I'm also flustered about why I said that.

Give me your song. Let me listen to it.

Your music video is awesome, right?

We spent a lot of money.

Jenna!

Why are you here? You have a doppelganger?

You're everywhere.

What's going on?

What?

Did something happen?

Why do you both look upset?

What is it this time?

Where are you?

- (CEO Park Seong-jin) - Should I go pick you up?

The gentlemen don't like to be kept waiting.

You wore the dress I bought you, right?

Don't go any further!

You...

Why are you here?

I followed you from the study room.

Are you crazy?

Don't go.

Stop.

What do you care?

Leave.

We finished recording.

So what?

I left your part blank, so...

You fill it. You fill it!

Don't go inside!

I'll do it!

I'll make it happen!

There are similar parts in the melody.

But it won't be a problem.

It will be a problem.

The unit's song will be released first.

Then Cotton Candy will suffer great damage.

What do you mean, "damage?"

What?

Sir...

You must know this,

but our first teaser was already released.

The music video mastering is almost done.

It's too late to go back on it.

What do you think?

I think Ray...

is right.

What do you mean, the song is the same?

It's not exactly the same.

The melody line is similar.

What? How can that be similar?

Hey.

Did you copy ours?

I told you to keep confidentiality.

Who was it?

Who leaked our song to them?

Was it you, Ji-han?

Or you, Ray?

Hey.

Stop that nonsense.

That song...

Jenna wrote that a long time ago.

Then?

Huh?

Are you saying I plagiarized her song?

Did she say that?

Hey!

Kim Jenna!

Get a grip.

Before you brought that song to me,

I gave my song to them first.

Aren't I right?

You're right.

Heard that?

How dare you accuse me of plagiarism.

Huh?

Executive Bong!

Kim Jenna never said you plagiarized.

Why are you overreacting?

I got angry.

Did you hear that?

If you think Executive Bong plagiarized,

the timeline doesn't add up.

Jenna had

sent that song to CEO Ma.

Hey.

What do you want to say?

She sent the song. So what?

Stop that, huh?

Let him go.

Kim Jenna.

It's too late to change the unit's schedule.

But if we proceed like this,

Cotton Candy will be accused of plagiarism.

That's why

Cotton Candy changing their song

is the most reasonable solution.

Sir...

Is there another way?

Stay behind, Kim Jenna.

The rest of you, leave.

Let's go.

Hey.

What did you mean back there?

So she sent the song to CEO Ma? So what?

Stop it, seriously!

That's enough.

Bbiyong. Stop it.

Those bastards.

Hey.

Hey!

Stop it.

Ji-han!

Seo Ji-han!

Who are you mad at?

This is a totally different matter from before.

It's not a matter of helping someone.

It's not something we can just give up.

I know.

I will not take a step back on this matter.

Drink this, Troy.

Troy.

This won't be solved by acting stubbornly.

This is different from letting you collab.

We can't give up on it.

There will be so much speculation.

We're going to go public soon.

The board will go berserk if they found out.

Yoon!

Bbiyong that bastard stole Jenna's song!

Troy.

Watch what you say. Huh?

You might get sued for slander.

Let's not do this.

We...

We...

Can't change our song.

We...

Won't.

If you can't?

You must've heard what would happen.

How meaningful is that song to Cotton Candy?

There is nothing more meaningful

than stopping a catastrophe.

You're right.

You said nothing wrong.

But still...

Still...

Can't you say you'll try to find a way?

If you can't, why did you pretend you could?

No.

We were idiots.

I now realize

your shade offers nobody respite.

No.

I doubt you had one in the first place.

- (No. 69 "White Day") - We might actually make history

in climbing back up the charts!

Looks like we'll make it into the top 50 soon.

There's "Honest," too.

- Where? - (No. 75 "Honest")

- No. 75? - (No. 75 "Honest")

Oh, my.

What's up with you?

Welcome home.

What's up?

Have you gone mad?

No, it's just...

If our new song becomes No. 1 and old song No. 2,

it'll be so exhausting.

News articles will say Cotton's enemy is Cotton.

Oh, what will we do?

Seriously, that'll be so annoying.

Yeah.

Did you see it, Jenna? It's amazing!

It's awesome. Come look.

Sir.

TV networks are asking to cast Cotton Candy.

There are three of them.

Who should I toss this to?

Jenna. Jenna. Tell Jenna.

Wait! No, give it to me.

Okay, good. Now go.

Right.

The song isn't important.

Hopes and dreams are important.

Stella!