Korean entertainment agency Big Hit Music denied any link between Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS and meditation group Dahnworld and religious cults. As the fight between HYBE and NewJeans’ agency ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin continues to heat up, rumors spread linking BTS to Dahnworld, accused as...
Korean entertainment company HYBE told Min Hee-jin, CEO of ADOR, the agency of K-pop girl group NewJeans, to resign and stop lying amid the growing rift between the two parties over allegations that she planned a takeover of the label. HYBE confirmed to Manila Bulletin on April 26...
Korean entertainment company HYBE has issued a warning against malicious posts targeting K-pop girl group NewJeans. HYBE, not NewJeans’ label ADOR, issued the warning on April 25 amid the company’s rift with CEO Min Hee-jin. In the statement, HYBE announced that “NewJeans...
Korean entertainment company HYBE announced on April 25 that it will report CEO Min Hee-jin of ADOR, the agency that manages K-pop girl group NewJeans, to the police for breach of trust. The decision came after HYBE said it uncovered evidence that Min Hee-jin planned to seize management...
As the audit and investigation into K-pop group NewJeans’ agency ADOR and its CEO, Min Hee-jin, continued about suspicions of a takeover attempt of ADOR, new news reports stated that she claimed the chairman of HYBE copied her ideas to create Grammy-nominated idol group BTS. ADOR is an...
A securities firm in South Korea predicted that the dispute between Korean agency HYBE and ADOR and K-pop group NewJeans’ CEO Min Hee-jin will have limited impact on HYBE’s performance especially with the comeback of BTS next year. NH Investment & Securities has issued a stock report...
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...
