{"id":137495,"date":"2025-02-08T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=137495"},"modified":"2025-02-08T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:37:41","slug":"njz-formerly-newjeans-to-drop-new-music-after-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/njz-formerly-newjeans-to-drop-new-music-after-name-change\/","title":{"rendered":"NJZ, formerly NewJeans, to drop new music after name change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NewJeans<\/strong> has officially rebranded as <strong>NJZ<\/strong>, and they\u2019re wasting no time making moves! On February 7, 2025, the group took to Instagram to announce their new name and reveal that they will be dropping a new song in March. This would mark their <strong>first comeback<\/strong> since May 2024, as well as their first release under the NJZ name.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1887800901441618096\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NJZ will reveal a new song on March 23rd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ssHsFez3Q4\">pic.twitter.com\/ssHsFez3Q4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1887800901441618096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 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>The sudden rebrand follows their contract dispute with<strong> HYBE\u2019s ADOR<\/strong>, which led to a legal battle. The members have since appointed Shin &amp; Kim LLC (Sejong) as their legal representatives, accusing their former agency of spreading false rumors and attempting to manipulate them by secretly approaching their parents. In addition, they are taking things to court on April 3 to address contract breaches and mismanagement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwjns_4ever\/status\/1887787582488236285\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NJZ WILL ANNOUNCE A NEW SONG ON MARCH 23 \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0fThe concept poster for the new song is the one below.<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fA new song will be announced on March 23.<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fThe fandom name will remain Bunnies \ud83d\udc07<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0fNJZ said they will have a management company soon, so there\u2019s no need to worry. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Q0PxDZ1TU\">pic.twitter.com\/1Q0PxDZ1TU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; toxiclover\ud83d\udc7e (@nwjns_4ever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nwjns_4ever\/status\/1887787582488236285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 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>As part of the rebranding, the group changed their social media handle to <strong>@njz_official<\/strong>, replacing their previous account @jeanzforfree, which they created without HYBE&#8217;s ADOR permission and control. While the NJZ\u2019s legal showdown with their former company is still ongoing, they seem firm in wanting to start a new era and return to music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewJeans has officially rebranded as NJZ, and they\u2019re wasting no time making moves! On February 7, 2025, the group took to Instagram to announce their new name and reveal that they will be dropping a new song in March. This would mark their first comeback since May 2024, as well as their first release under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":137496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-137495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}