They dropped her on the stage.
New Jeans the members swore their allegiance to the former I LOVE IT CEO Min Hee Jin on the stage of Korean Big Music Awards 2024.
The group participated in the November 16 KST event and won the Best Artist award. During their acceptance speech, they thanked all their fans, staff members and Min Hee Jin for their support.
[🏆#NewJeans — Grand Artist Award KGMA 2024 FULL Speech🎤]
👖Hi we are NewJeans!
🐻Minji: It’s been 2 years since our debut, in 2 years we met a lot of people and learned a lot through many experiences — We also thought that today was a place where we could learn new things, so… pic.twitter.com/sIYVhH5ORC— NEWJEANS NEWS🇰🇷 (@newjeansnews_) November 16, 2024
We were able to do our best to prepare and have fun thanks to the Bunnies who were always there for us and gave us so much support. We are always grateful… And our managers and staff who have been so helpful, thank you so much. And to our CEO, who always gives us the strength to move forward, I don’t know if you’re watching, but I really want to say thank you.
— Minji
While he was giving his speech, Daniel also highlighted NewJeans’ unwavering loyalty to Min, saying they look forward to continuing to work with their former CEO.
Our CEO Min Hee Jin who always protects us, thank you very much. I want to be together with you for a long time.
— Daniel
This speech further consolidated the group’s position in the ongoing conflict between MOVES and Min Hee Jin. Recent developments in this long-running feud have seen members of NewJeans serve a legal notice on their label, ADOR, making specific demands from the members. In response, the label assured that it would try to accommodate the requests to the best of its ability.
You can read more about the details of the legal notice here.