SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Videos promoting Korean tourism, featuring popular girl group NewJeans, have garnered a combined 30 million views Monday, just 11 days after they were uploaded to YouTube. Created by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its affiliated Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), the videos include two TV commercials and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Global K-pop stars NewJeans will perform during the halftime of a preseason football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich in Seoul next month, the match organizer said Thursday. Coupang Play, the South Korean streaming platform, announced the five-piece girl group as the halftime performer for the second match [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group NewJeans will make its debut in the Japanese market with its new single, “Supernatural,” on Friday, the group’s agency said. The title track “Supernatural” has a new jack swing style that showcases the members’ soft vocals and evokes a nostalgic feeling, according to ADOR. The [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) –Fans of the K-pop act NewJeans rallied behind the girl group’s founder and CEO after she won a temporary injunction blocking her company’s attempts to remove her, escalating a bitter corporate dispute playing out in public. In a fiery statement, the fan collective Bunnies welcomed the court’s decision to prevent [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse Hybe put three of its executives on the board of its sublabel ADOR housing popular girl group NewJeans on Friday, taking over control of the board amid a protracted conflict between the two companies over ADOR’s management rights. ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin retained her position during an [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As a court decision looms that could determine the fate of Min Hee-jin, the founder of the ADOR record label and the former manager of NewJeans, a fierce legal battle is unfolding between Min and her critics at Hybe, the K-pop juggernaut. According to K-pop industry insiders, 10,000 members of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have questioned an official from Hybe, the biggest K-pop powerhouse and home to BTS, in connection with a breach of duty accusation the firm raised against the head of subsidiary ADOR. The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul questioned an unidentified Hybe official as the complainant of the case [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular girl group NewJeans will return with their first release in 10 months Friday. ADOR, the group’s agency, announced that the two-lead single album, “How Sweet,” will drop at 1 p.m. (Korean time). “This album is something we’ve diligently prepared together and poured a lot of care into. We [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Ditto,” a megahit single from girl group NewJeans, has accumulated 600 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Friday. The song had recorded 600,211,727 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Wednesday, ADOR said, citing data from the streaming service. It became the group’s second [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – As the conflict between Hybe and Ador Entertainment, the company behind the rising K-pop girl group NewJeans, escalates, attention is turning to the potential impact on the members’ comebacks and activities. In the K-pop industry, the prevailing view is that major disruptions are unlikely in the near term, as Hybe [...]