Nine Muses's teaser images, which sparked much interest for the upcoming mini album 'Drama', have become embroiled in controversy for alleged plagiarism of 'W' magazine's pastel-doll concept. However, the agency has denied the accusation and revealed that their teaser images are an homage to the magazine's previous pictorial.

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Star Empire told Ten Asia on the 15th, "The teaser images are an homage and we already confirmed that there were no issues with copyright before we released it," clarifying that there are no legal issues at hand.

Nine Muses will release their mini album 'Drama' on the 23rd.