{"id":138864,"date":"2025-03-06T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=138864"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:59:10","slug":"hybes-ador-vs-njz-legal-battle-over-contracts-and-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/hybes-ador-vs-njz-legal-battle-over-contracts-and-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"HYBE\u2019s ADOR vs. NJZ: Legal battle over contracts and performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dispute between K-pop group<strong> NJZ<\/strong> (formerly NewJeans) and their label <strong>ADOR<\/strong> has intensified, with both sides going through a legal feud. <strong>NJZ accused ADOR of trying to block their entertainment activities, while the label insists they only want to move forward together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TokkiLoops\/status\/1897438748423676080\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NJZ-PR<\/p>\n<p>Hello, this is NJZ.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, in response to ADOR\u2019s additional statement and to prevent any misunderstandings regarding the injunction scheduled for this week, we feel compelled to clarify our stance.<\/p>\n<p>We formally terminated our exclusive contract with ADOR on\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GtjhFIfvU8\">pic.twitter.com\/GtjhFIfvU8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; . (@TokkiLoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TokkiLoops\/status\/1897438748423676080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 6, 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>ADOR, a subsidiary of HYBE, claims their legal actions were meant to uphold NJZ\u2019s existing contract, preventing them from signing independent advertisement deals. However, NJZ said that these decisions from the label are an attempt to stall their careers. Despite the ongoing dispute, NJZ recently announced new music and overseas performances, which provoked HYBE\u2019s ADOR legal response.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1887655415254815181\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NJZ are announced to headline ComplexCon Hong Kong 2025 in March, where they will perform new music. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBSSGYW5zq\">pic.twitter.com\/eBSSGYW5zq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1887655415254815181?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>Key court dates are now set: ADOR\u2019s lawsuit challenging NJZ\u2019s <strong>contract termination<\/strong> will be heard on April 3, while the<strong> injunction review<\/strong> regarding NJZ\u2019s music activities is scheduled for March 7. Amid these legal tensions, the quintet is set to perform at<strong> ComplexCon Hong Kong<\/strong> on March 21-23, where they will supposedly drop a new track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dispute between K-pop group NJZ (formerly NewJeans) and their label ADOR has intensified, with both sides going through a legal feud. NJZ accused ADOR of trying to block their entertainment activities, while the label insists they only want to move forward together. ADOR, a subsidiary of HYBE, claims their legal actions were meant to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":138865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138864","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\/138864","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=138864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138864"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=138864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}