{"id":137012,"date":"2025-02-04T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=137012"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T01:10:00","slug":"newjeans-drama-kmca-official-harshly-criticizes-the-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/newjeans-drama-kmca-official-harshly-criticizes-the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans drama: KMCA official harshly criticizes the group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NewJeans<\/strong> has been in the middle of drama with the label<strong> ADOR<\/strong> (under HYBE) for the last couple of months. The group decided to leave their agency in 2024, after accusing them of bullying and breach of contract. Adding to the controversy, an official from the<strong> Korea Music Content Association<\/strong> (KMCA) recently claimed that NewJeans&#8217; legal dispute with their company could tarnish K-pop&#8217;s reputation and called the quintet \u201cimpressionable teenagers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoppyKPoppie\/status\/1884304651799126434\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KMCA is once again trying to enforce a narrative that newjeans are ignorant and incapable of differentiating an agreement vs a contract. more so, they are claiming that the girls impose a negative influence on young people who have no business acumen. \ud83d\ude12 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nFHTNhI9ls\">pic.twitter.com\/nFHTNhI9ls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PoppyKPoppie (@PoppyKPoppie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoppyKPoppie\/status\/1884304651799126434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>TV Daily\u2019s latest report suggests NewJeans attempted to break free of their contract, signing endorsements solo and even asking fans to help them get a new name on social media. According to the KMCA rep, these actions imply legal consequences, which the group might not be able to respond to.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1862101610765176976\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NewJeans reveal they will fight to reclaim their group name:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we will not give up the \u2018NewJeans\u2019 name. We will work hard to reclaim our name.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmKzJLcrzo\">pic.twitter.com\/DmKzJLcrzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1862101610765176976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,<strong> Min Hee Jin<\/strong>\u2014former CEO and executive producer for NewJeans\u2014faces criticism for not stepping in to keep the group out of this messy situation. Her silence, in the official\u2019s view, didn\u2019t shield NewJeans from public scrutiny. Currently, the quintet continues to be active on social media and requested the help of fans for new group name ideas, all while they gain ownership of the NewJeans brand in the legal showdown against HYBE&#8217;s ADOR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewJeans has been in the middle of drama with the label ADOR (under HYBE) for the last couple of months. The group decided to leave their agency in 2024, after accusing them of bullying and breach of contract. 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