Embattled CEO Min Hee-jin of Korean agency ADOR, which manages K-pop girl group NewJeans, denied that she has talked to any investor in an attempt to take over the company and break away from HYBE. ADOR is an agency under HYBE, which owns 80 percent of the company. Min Hee-jin owns 18 percent...
The gloves are off between popular Korean agency HYBE and its own label, ADOR, which manages new group NewJeans. ADOR is revolting against HYBE, accusing that HYBE and Belift Lab's new girl group, ILLIT, which debuted March, of copying girl group NewJeans. ADOR, headed by CEO Min...
HYBE has launched an audit of the management of K-pop group NewJeans’ agency, ADOR, and its CEO, Min Hee-jin, a former creative director at SM Entertainment, after allegations of takeover attempt surfaced. Korean media reported that HYBE started the audit of Min Hee-jin and another...
New K-pop girl group ILLIT, the youngest siblings of HYBE Labels and Belift Lab, made their anticipated debut on March 25 with the release of their first mini-album “Super Real Me.” ILLIT’s “Super Real Me” contains four songs: The main track “Magnetic,” “My World,”...
TWS (pronounced “Two-Us”), the new K-pop boy band of HYBE and Pledis Entertainment, released their debut mini-album “Sparkling Blue” on Jan. 22. Composed of Shinyu, Dohon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon and Kyungmin, TWS’ “Sparkling Blue” contains five songs, channeling their gentle...
Each of the six members of the new K-pop boy band TWS (pronounced “Two-Us”) has been introduced through individual trailers. TWS will be debuting under Pledis Entertainment, the first boy group to debut in nine years after Seventeen. TWS (Pledis Entertainment) TWS will drop...
Sophia Laforteza from the Philippines has won a spot and will debut in the global girl group under leading Korean entertaiment company HYBE and Geffen Records. The live finale of "The Debut: Dream Academy" Program to pick the members of the global girl group was held on Nov. 17 (Nov. 18 in...
HYBE x Geffen Records announced the details for “The Debut: Dream Academy” Live Finale, which will take place on Nov. 17th from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m PST in Los Angeles, California. “The Debut: Dream Academy” top 10 (Photo by Rahul Bhatt) “The Debut: Dream Academy” project...
Filipino contestant Sophia Laforteza has been chosen as one of 10 finalists of the "The Debut: Dream Academy" Program for a global girl group under HYBE and Geffen Records. The 10 finalists were revealed in a video uploaded on the HYBE Labels channel. The video also revealed the top 2...
HYBE has revealed the members of its new girl group I'LL-IT, chosen through the grand finale of “R U Next?” on Sept. 1. During the show, the 10 finalists competed in the final round to gain a spot in the group. Based on votes cast by fans worldwide, the final episode of the survival...
HYBE and Geffen Records revealed the names of the 20 contestants from around the world who will compete for a spot in a global girl group. The 20 contestants were chosen from more than 120,000 applicants since the two companies announced the HYBE x Geffen Global Girl Group Audition in...
K-pop boy band Seventeen have sold more than 10 million albums from January to July this year, which is an ‘“unprecedented achievement,” according to their company HYBE. This was revealed by HYBE CEO Park Jiwon during a conference call on Aug. 8 to discuss the company’s second quarter...
