A Korean musical association has accused the group of Newjeans girls of a “lack of corporate understanding” while the group has to face a contractual dispute with the entertainment agency, Hybe and its label subsidiary, Ador.
In December, the copyright collective without profit for musical works, the Korea Music Copyright Association (KMCA), expressed concern for the former CEO of Ador Min Hee Jin, accusing the label at the head of “tampering” or Coaching, Newjeans.
The association threatened to remove the group’s music from the national rankings, including the Circle graphic designer.
In a recent report of TV every dayA Konca representative reproached the group of girls for having announced their conflicts with their company in a press conference, accusing them of “having a negative influence on young people”.
“Conflicts are destined to arise when they lead business and can solve the problem through legal actions, but to make it public and keep a press conference has no positive effect on the images of the artists or on the K-Pop market,” they said.
In addition, the representative has revealed the fears that public sentiment will give and hinder the investment market in the K-pop sector.
“If the contracts are resolved with a notice, which will invest in the K-Pop market in the long term, there are no investors who will invest healthily in such a sector with such great instability,” they said.
“We decided to take a strong position because the measures that can be adopted right now are an appeal for the industry to make self-reflective efforts”.
The former CEO of Ador Min Hee Jin faced further poaching accusations when the Davolink Park Jung Kyu CEO revealed that Min had approached him with an idea of investment involving the group.
“We spoke for three hours of investments and strategies to protect Newjeans,” he said.
Min Hee Jin was accused by his employer in an attempt to take control of the company in April 2024, with Hybe who stated that his removal as ADER CEO was due to his involvement with a third party investor.
The Konca representative expressed concern for the fact that the recent influx of suspicious cases of tampering is the result of “a phenomenon that occurs while large capital occur” and has considered that “the” new jeans accident “is ultimately a money problem “.
“Currently, the new jeans seems to have a strong desire to protect those who have an emotional intimacy with them rather than a corporate logic. It seems that the company has treated someone who has worked unjustly with them and who need to protect them”, have Added.
“With the passage of time and members become adults (when their understanding of the activities increase), they will examine the situation from a different perspective since then and they will realize that the answer was a clear problem. However, it is not so. It seems that the ’emotional intimacy is greater “.
In the long term, the representative warned that an increase in cases of alleged “tampering” within the K-Pop industry “would reduce investments”.
