It is reported that in the conflict between HYBE and Min Hee-jin ADOR, the parents of Newjeans members first raised concerns about "ILLIT's alleged plagiarism of Newjeans".
According to an exclusive report by Dong-A Daily on the 24th, HYBE's sub-brand Belift Lab's new girl group ILLIT has been criticized for "plagiarizing Newjeans" since its debut last month. According to the report, the parents of the Newjeans members were the first to notice the problem, and they reported the problem that it attracted the attention of ADOR.
Newjeans' parents asked ADOR to resolve the issue by negotiating with HYBE, the report said. In response, on April 3, the ADOR sent official corrective actions and other documents to HYBE, and HYBE requested a meeting with the parents of the Newjeans members.
However, Newjeans' parents refused to meet because they thought HYBE's response was insincere.
In response to ADOR's accusations that "ILLIT plagiarized Newjeans", HYBE launched an audit review of ADOR on April 22 and issued a statement shortly after that it "has evidence of Min Hee-jin's attempt to acquire ADOR."
Later, Min Hee-jin denied HYBE's claim in a media interview, and said that she only held 18% of the shares, how could she "seize power", which was a groundless false claim.
It is worth mentioning that HYBE officially announced on the 25th that it would sue ADOR representative Min Hee-jin and related persons on the grounds that "they attempted to embezzle HYBE's assets".
Netizen Comments:
- The millennial style was not created by Min Hee-jin;
- Looks like Fifty Fifty 2.0;
- I knew there was going to be trouble, but could I not pull Newjeans into the water;
- Maybe this time she (Min Hee-jin) will leave the industry forever;
- It was a war between HYBE and ADOR at the beginning, but now it has been made into a PK between ILLIT and Newjeans, but when ILLIT debuted, I did see Newjeans 2.0;
- The members of Newjeans are all young, and the one they trust the most should be Min Hee-jin, who debuted with them, and I hope they won't be disappointed;
- Aside from the company's business wars, Newjeans' prospects are much better than ILLIT's, right?HYBE: Don't think about giving up Newjeans;
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What do you think?
On the other hand, the entertainment industry did not learn that Newjeans is a 5-member girl group created by Min Hee-jin herself, consisting of members Kim Min-chi (MINJI), Hanni (Fan Yuxin), DANIELLE (Mou Zhizhi), Kang Harmoni (HAERIN), and Lee Hye-in (HYEIN), which officially debuted on July 22, 2022.