NewJeans have allegedly spoken out about the treatment of the K-pop girl group in a newly released letter. However, HYBE claims that the letter was actually written by ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin.The letter, allegedly written by the parents of girl group NewJeans’ members, was released today (May 13) by South Korean news outlet eDaily.
The letter was reportedly first sent on March 31 to ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin, who later shared it with HYBE on April 3.HYBE has since responded to the letter’s release in a statement to SpoTV News, claiming that the real authors of the letter are Min and an unnamed vice president from ADOR.
The music giant also denied several allegations in the letter, including claims of plagiarism and neglect.“We express deep concern over the controversy that has risen with many similarities in concept […] between NewJeans and a group that debuted under another label of HYBE,” the letter reads, as translated by Soompi.
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