Unpopular opinion, but I kinda wish they’d leave the K-pop industry and go indie outside Korea or something. They don’t really need to be in K-pop anyway.
Now I'm seeing some HYBE supporters spewing that Min Hee-Jin backtracked in court and said it wasn't about plagiarism. Here's what actually happened:
1. The Court Agreed with Her: When Min Hee-jin shared her concerns about imitation, the court legally recognized them as protected professional opinions rather than malicious lies designed to defame Serian Heu or BELIFT LAB. For a defamation claim to hold up, accusations must be fabricated out of thin air. However, the court noted that long before her press conference, both the general public and major media outlets were already heavily pointout out the blatant creative overlaps between NewJeans and ILLIT.
2. Her Role as ADOR's CEO Required Action: To prove malicious intent, her detractors (Serian Hue or BELIFT Lab) would have to show she invented a groundless imitation narrative when nobody else was talking about it. But she didn't. She acted strictly within her corporate duty as the CEO of ADOR. Her primary responsibility was to protect and manage NewJeans, their specific artistic identity, and their commercial image from brand dilution.
3. Staying Silent Was Not an Option: If she had kept quiet while an internal sub-label utilized highly similar visual concepts, it would have legally counted as a neglect of her duties as a CEO. She was contractually obligated to defend ADOR's intellectual and creative property. Raising these concerns internally, and later addressing the public discourse was a necessary business defense, not a malicious personal attack on other creative directors or BELIFT.
The absolute irony of HYBE supporters claiming MHJ "backtracked" is that when pushed in front of a judge, BELIFT LAB completely failed to provide substantial evidence to counter the similarity claims. Beyond empty corporate assertions, they failed to present any actual evidence to the court that could back up their statements. The judge explicitly rejected their defense, stating that BELIFT LAB failed to present anything to subside the issue. They simply couldn't produce an independent paper trail because, as court records from earlier this year proved, they were actively using NewJeans' planning blueprint.
So no, she didn’t "just win because it was her personal opinion." It was a protected professional opinion and a necessary business concern raised in her official capacity as the CEO of ADOR to protect her own artist's brand, an opinion that was ultimately backed by hard legal evidence proving that NewJeans' internal documents were actively shared and used by BELIFT LAB.
#HYBEapologisetoNewJeans
#NewJeans_Is_Five
#NEWJEANSNEVERDIE
🚨HYBE shareholders are telling Bang Si-hyuk to get on his knees and apologize to Min Hee-jin, bring her back to produce NewJeans, and apologize to Danielle.
They’re also criticizing HYBE for wasting shareholders’ money on legal fees.
Seems like everybody is sick of them
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