“Namib,” a K-drama starring Go Hyun-jung, Ryeoun, Yoon Sang-hyun and Lee Jin-woo, is becoming the talk of the town even before its premiere.
“Namib” follows producer Kang Soo-hyun (played by Go Hyun-jung), a famous music producer known for her distinctive tactics in pushing and creating idols. However, she was suddenly fired from her position as co-CEO of Pandora Entertainment.
Soo-hyun is the breadwinner of her family, while her husband Shim Joon-seok (Yoon Sang-hyun) takes care of the house and their deaf son. As Soo-hyun tries to relaunch herself in the entertainment industry, she becomes closer to Yoo Jin-woo (Ryeoun), who suffers from years of failure and a heavy family debt.
According to netizens, they can’t help but notice strange similarities between the setting of “Namib” and Min Hee-jin’s situation with HYBE.
Notably, Min Hee-jin is also known as an idol producer with distinctive brands, as she was behind various concepts for the successful SM idol groups SHINee, f(x), Red Velvet, and later launched the group viral women’s NewJeans under HYBE. .
However, Min Hee-jin was removed from her position as CEO of HYBE-affiliated label ADOR in 2024 and has since resigned from the company entirely, likely to pursue her own projects in the future.
Of course, there are some notable differences between Min Hee-jin’s story and “Namib,” but the similarity was enough to attract attention, even appearing as a hot topic on popular Korean forums like “theqoo.”
Source: theqoo
