On the afternoon of April 25, CEO Min Hee-jin of NewJeans’ agency ADOR held a press conference publicly stating her position against the accusations from HYBE.
Earlier, HYBE released a series of unfavorable evidence against Min Hee-jin, including plans to separate ADOR from HYBE, conversations regarding BTS’s military service obligations, seeking legal advice to manage ADOR, and conspiring to seize management rights.
Thus, HYBE declared that they would proceed with legal procedures against Min Hee-jin, asserting that they had sufficient legal evidence.
Meanwhile, during her press conference, Min Hee-jin continuously presented arguments expressing dissatisfaction with both HYBE and Bang Si Hyuk. Many seemingly unrelated names were dragged into this battle, such as BTS, ILLIT, GFriend, LE SSERAFIM… and even the “big boss” of SM Entertainment – Lee Soo-man.
It can be said that everyone is paying attention to the drama between Min Hee-jin and HYBE, and the employees of KOZ Entertainment – a subsidiary of HYBE, are probably no exception.
According to the previously published schedule, a teaser image for Zico and BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s collab single was supposed to be released at 4 p.m. (KST). However, the teaser image ended up being delayed, likely due to Min Hee-jin’s press conference. It is known that Zico and Jennie’s collab song will be released on April 26.
I feel so bad for Jennie Zico duo all this mess in the company when hes about to comeback after a long time and Jennie's first Korean music release after YG pic.twitter.com/i5owMnOewr
— daisiesᴼᴬ SPOT! (@daisiesforjn) April 25, 2024
A teaser image for Zico and Jennie’s song was supposed to be released, but it was “forgotten”, likely due to Min Hee-jin’s press conference
On the other hand, a dance challenge with Zico and ILLIT – a fellow HYBE artist, was published during the press conference.This is ironic, considering that ILLIT is one of the most mentioned names nowadays due to Min Hee-jin accusing the group of copying NewJeans.
Therefore, the image of ILLIT dancing freely while numerous controversies surfaced was quite the sight.
the timing is funny wtf zico 😭 the other ceos is fighting and here he’s doing the challenge with illit 😂 pic.twitter.com/15GC0p4fRf
— HOW’s mina (@taesanwon) April 25, 2024
On the other hand, Min Hee-jin mentioned her previous statement of ILLIT copying NewJeans, saying, “I didn’t belittle ILLIT. This is an issue created by the adults. There is a reason why I only pointed out the issue with ILLIT. They have copied our production formula too much.”
