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This is an unfolding situation right now. So NewJeans is a girl group, and they have been very popular in the last couple of years, one of the most viewed on YouTube. But they've had a meltdown with their management and their company. K-pop is very different from Western music because K-pop idols audition for a management company, and the management company decides whether you debut or not. This means that NewJeans parent company owns their name and controls the group. This led some members to leave the group and then renegotiate back in. One other member is currently in negotiation, and one member has been sacked. She is now being sued by the parent company. So it's all very messy.
Personally, I think it's just incredibly stressful for the girls involved and incredibly traumatic for their fans. I saw one guy yesterday saying they've sacked his bias, so he's pretty devastated. He's not going to continue to follow the group because his bias isn't in the group anymore.
There is some extra tea. We've heard that the family members of the person who was sacked stirred the pot a little bit. She comes from Australia, so she may have also been culturally ostracized for being outside of the culture.
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Personally, I think it's just incredibly stressful for the girls involved and incredibly traumatic for their fans. I saw one guy yesterday saying they've sacked his bias, so he's pretty devastated. He's not going to continue to follow the group because his bias isn't in the group anymore.
There is some extra tea. We've heard that the family members of the person who was sacked stirred the pot a little bit. She comes from Australia, so she may have also been culturally ostracized for being outside of the culture.
There's a heated feud involving the K-pop group NewJeans and the label's ex-CEO Min Hee-jin that's still going on. We want to hear your opinions below, but let us help you get up to speed!
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- April 22, 2024: HYBE, the parent company of the ADOR label, audits the label and asks Min Hee-jin to step down as CEO.
- April 23, 2024: Min Hee-jin accuses HYBE of plagiarism because their new girl group ILLIT is similar to NewJeans.
- May 22, 2024: BELIFT LABS, a subsidary of HYBE, sues Hee-jin for defamation and denies any plagiarism.
- May 31, 2024: Minji and Danielle from NewJeans publicly thank Hee-jin for her support.
- July 30, 2024: NewJeans members continue to show support for Min Hee-jin with a handwritten letter.
- August 27, 2024: Min Hee-jin officially resigns as the CEO of ADOR.
- September 11, 2024: NewJeans demand that Min Hee-jin is reinstated as the CEO.
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