{"id":138514,"date":"2025-02-28T08:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=138514"},"modified":"2025-02-28T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:05:19","slug":"njzs-controversial-move-a-fresh-logo-and-new-music-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/njzs-controversial-move-a-fresh-logo-and-new-music-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"NJZ\u2019s controversial move: a fresh logo and new music on the way?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NewJeans, now rebranded as <strong>NJZ<\/strong>, are keeping fans on their tippy toes with a brand-new logo and social media expansion! On February 27, the group unveiled this new style and set up fresh accounts on <strong>X, YouTube,<\/strong> and<strong> TikTok<\/strong>. The logo drop video wasn\u2019t just an aesthetic choice, though\u2014it might hold clues about their next music era.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJZNWZ\/status\/1895151350872236041\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The style and colors used for NJZ&#39;s new profile icon and most recent reel belong to the Psychedelic Core, an artistic style characteristic of the 60s, an era that revolutionized music, fashion, art and lifestyle forever.<\/p>\n<p>Are they trying to tell us something with this?\ud83e\udee3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4b77r7sOMn\">pic.twitter.com\/4b77r7sOMn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NEWJEANZ POP BAZE (@NJZPOPBAZE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJZPOPBAZE\/status\/1895151350872236041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 27, 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 NJZ logo is a playful mix of bright colors, with the group&#8217;s name placed on a cat-shaped cookie\u2014a departure from their iconic<strong> bunny image<\/strong>. The teaser video featured sprinkles falling over the cookies, each one marked with a member\u2019s name. Fans went into full detective mode, speculating that the visuals hint at a possible concept for their upcoming music.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1888838516144034171\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ADOR has requested for media outlets to use the name \u2018NewJeans\u2019 instead of \u2018NJZ\u2019 when referring to NJZ:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have filed a lawsuit to confirm the validity of the contract and are seeking an injunction to maintain ADOR\u2019s position as the group\u2019s management. We respectfully request\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RX85rIlGVO\">pic.twitter.com\/RX85rIlGVO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1888838516144034171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 10, 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>This rebranding comes amid <strong>HYBE\u2019s ADOR<\/strong> unapproval, which the company has made public. They argue that, while NJZ decided to leave the company and change their group name, the quintet is still part of their roster. This has escalated to a legal feud, forcing both parties to settle things in court on March 7, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewJeans, now rebranded as NJZ, are keeping fans on their tippy toes with a brand-new logo and social media expansion! On February 27, the group unveiled this new style and set up fresh accounts on X, YouTube, and TikTok. The logo drop video wasn\u2019t just an aesthetic choice, though\u2014it might hold clues about their next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":138515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138514","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\/138514","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=138514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138514"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=138514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}