{"id":137656,"date":"2025-02-11T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=137656"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:36:07","slug":"njz-formerly-newjeans-to-sign-with-a-new-agency-amid-legal-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/njz-formerly-newjeans-to-sign-with-a-new-agency-amid-legal-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"NJZ, formerly NewJeans, to sign with a new agency amid legal drama?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <strong>NewJeans<\/strong> changed their name to <strong>NJZ<\/strong>, rumors about the quintet\u2019s possible label switch to <strong>Beasts And Natives Alike (BANA)<\/strong> are starting to move across social media. After all, BANA helped the girl group make hits like \u201cAttention,\u201d \u201cHype Boy,\u201d and \u201cCookie,\u201d sparking rumors that they are leaving HYBE\u2019s ADOR once and for all. On February 11, Korean Herald asked BANA about this juicy possibility, but they gave a cryptic response that left fans thirsting for more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haerin1st\/status\/1887687958712525065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/haerin1st\/status\/1887687958712525065<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans got another clue on February 7, when member <strong>Hyein<\/strong> teased a new agency announcement during an Instagram Live. Then, on February 10, member<strong> Hanni<\/strong> sparked intrigue with a mysterious comment\u2014\u201c<em>Uh&#8230; It might take a while to get used to going live here<\/em>,\u201d hinting at the possibility of NJZ working in a new place. Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haerin1st\/status\/1887687958712525065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/haerin1st\/status\/1887687958712525065<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, industry talk points to BANA founder Kim Ki Hyun\u2019s long-standing friendship with former <strong>ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin<\/strong>, dating back to their SM Entertainment days in the early 2010s. After the messy HYBE vs. Min Hee Jin legal drama, this rumored move could be NJZ\u2019s definitive exit from HYBE\u2019s ADOR, yet nothing has been confirmed so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After NewJeans changed their name to NJZ, rumors about the quintet\u2019s possible label switch to Beasts And Natives Alike (BANA) are starting to move across social media. After all, BANA helped the girl group make hits like \u201cAttention,\u201d \u201cHype Boy,\u201d and \u201cCookie,\u201d sparking rumors that they are leaving HYBE\u2019s ADOR once and for all. On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":137657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-137656","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\/137656","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=137656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}