On February 7, Newjeans’ members shared their account on social media, “Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein will embark on an exciting new journey like Njz in 2025. Please can’t wait!” In addition to this announcement, they also published a group photo. In addition, they revealed the plans to publish a debut song with the new name on 23 March.
Previously, the five members had declared that they were looking for a new temporary group name and invited the fans to participate in the name of denomination. Consequently, they decided the name NJZ.
The announcement aroused a variety of responses from the Netizen. Some reacted negatively, saying, “Isn’t that only an abbreviation?”, “Don’t play great”, “could lead to legal problems?” AND “What does it mean?” In the meantime, others welcomed the change, commenting, “So can we pronounce it as” NJZ “(엔제이지)?” I support them “,” is perfect “, AND “Thanks for returning so soon, NJz!”
Meanwhile, Newjeans and their agency, Ador, have been involved in a legal dispute on their exclusive contracts since last year. In response to the change of name, Ador told Xports News, “We deeply remember that the members made this decision unilaterally before any legal sentence was taken on the validity of their contracts with Ador.”
The agency added, “We will do everything possible to protect the value of the Newjeans brand. We also want to reiterate that we are always open to meet the members or their legal representatives to clarify the misunderstandings and discuss the future activities of the group “.
