The drama “family turmoil” HYBE Labels makes people “swing” along breathlessly. Many other music groups such as aespa, RIIZE, ILLIT, TWS… were also dragged into the incident.
The “family turmoil” drama between HYBE Labels and Min Hee Jin is the focus of Korean media. HYBE announced a series of evidence accusing Min Hee Jin of plotting to betray the group, leaking confidential information, and is expected to sue. Meanwhile, the “mother” of NewJeans held a press conference on the afternoon of April 25 to respond to the group’s accusations.
Min Hee Jin also published many private messages between her and HYBE Labels president Bang Shi Hyuk. One of them was a message from President Bang asking Min Hee Jin, “Can I ‘step on’ aespa?”, and the female CEO just smiled in response. At that time, aespa was growing rapidly and won the rookie award at AAA 2020. This message made aespa fans unhappy and not only them, Karina also had a hint about this drama. On his personal page, the leader of the aespa group posted a meme photo of a cocky cat, making netizens “guess everything”.
Team leader aespa Karina immediately made a meaningful move
Many people think that this photo has a hidden meaning that despite being “trampled” by HYBE, aespa is still growing strongly and is one of the top girl groups in Kpop generation 4. However, there are also opinions that it is just Coincidentally, Karina often posts funny memes on her personal page. Many fans also do not want their idols to be dragged into a war at another company.
On April 22, the drama of a dispute over management rights between ADOR – the management company of NewJeans and HYBE Labels broke out. Accordingly, HYBE accused ADOR of leaking business and personnel secrets to the outside, intentionally creating negative public opinion with the aim of taking over management. In response, CEO of ADOR – Min Hee Jin said she was dissatisfied because ILLIT plagiarized NewJeans. Min Hee Jin complained to HYBE Labels about ILLIT but HYBE ignored it. Instead, HYBE took this opportunity to kick Min Hee Jin out of the group.
In response to this, HYBE said it sent a 6-page A4 email explaining the suspicion that ILLIT plagiarized NewJeans at 10:00 a.m. on April 22. Min Hee Jin even confirmed receiving this email. The “mother” of NewJeans requested HYBE to convey its position before April 23 and the group responded on the 22nd, 1 day earlier than the deadline. This is completely different from the accusation that HYBE did not respond to Min Hee Jin’s plagiarism accusations.
The “family turbulence” drama originated from HYBE Labels accusing Min Hee Jin of plotting treason, while Min Hee Jin was dissatisfied with accusing ILLIT of plagiarizing NewJeans
On April 25, Min Hee Jin held a press conference to “denounce” HYBE Labels. HYBE announced a series of unfavorable evidence of Min Hee Jin such as a series of leaked messages including messages planning to separate from the group; chat with the magician about the matter of completing BTS’s military service, consult with the magician to run ADOR and plot to take over management. HYBE announced that it will initiate proceedings to sue Min Hee Jin, affirming that there is enough legal evidence.
The “mother” of NewJeans had previously lost points because of many off-center statements, “calling out” many other music groups. During nearly 2 hours of today’s press conference, Min Hee Jin remained the same, unable to resolve the accusation of plotting to take over the company’s management.
