Controversy over NewJeans’ absence from the event gathering all HYBE music groups

According to Koreaboo, many people suspect that HYBE has made intentional moves to hinder NewJeans’ activities, after a conflict with CEO Min Hee Jin of subsidiary ADOR – manager of the NewJeans group.

Netizens have repeatedly questioned HYBE’s malicious media behavior related to NewJeans. It seems that this group no longer supports NewJeans like before?

On July 9.7, it was reported that HYBE will cooperate with the Grammy Museum to organize a special exhibition about its artists called “HYBE: We Believe in Music, A Grammy Museum Exhibit”.

According to the introduction, “the exhibition aims to celebrate HYBE’s legacy of innovation and creativity as a trend-setting global entertainment brand, and is home to artists such as BTS, Seventeen, TXT, Enhypen, LE SSERAFIM and many other artists.”

Kim Taeho – HYBE’s operations director – said the goal is to introduce HYBE to tourists and show “the journey that HYBE has taken in the industry”. music global and global market,” adding, “This exhibition could be a very good impetus to penetrate the US music market.”

The announcement was accompanied by a graphic image introducing the artists who will participate in the exhibition.

What’s worth noting is that all of HYBE’s music groups are present (BTS, Seventeen, TXT, fromis_9, Enhypen, LE SSERAFIM, &TEAM, BoyNextDoor, TWS, ILIT), even a girl group that just debuted 2 years ago. week KATSEYE. But NewJeans – one of the most famous girl groups in the group – was absent.

On the online community theqoo, Korean audiences gave mixed opinions. Many people expressed disappointment because they thought that HYBE had clearly shown an attitude of wanting to “eradicate” NewJeans, completely contrary to their previous promise to support the group as much as possible.

However, there are also netizens who speculate that the decision to participate in the exhibition or not is up to CEO Min Hee Jin and the management company ADOR. HYBE will not blatantly exclude NewJeans from an event gathering all professions. doctor to receive criticism.