Amid the ongoing turmoil at HYBE , NewJeans members are already charting through dark waters. However, the girl group's troubles have severely inflated with new allegations of plagiarism subjecting the members and their management team to scrutiny more than ever. NewJeans is a five-member girl group formed by ADOR (presently under HYBE Corporation's multi-label banner).
Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein debuted in 2022. Recently, NewJeans was put under the lens of investigation as netizens probed into their concepts' uncanny resemblances with that of a Mexican girl group from the '90s. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India's general elections, only on the HT App.
Download Now! Download Now! Although the woman behind the K-pop group's inception - ADOR CEO, Min Hee Jin - previously accused other groups of allegedly plagiarising NewJeans' style and more, she's now come under fire herself as fans have seemingly taken the HYBE girl group's “copied” inspirations into account as well. NewJeans plagirism controversy unearthed The Mexican newspaper El Siglo originally dealt out a report in 2023, connecting all possible similiarities shared between the K-pop band NewJeans and Mexican group Jeans. Also read | Katy Perry's final American Idol stop was emotionally chaotic, with pizza-flinging moments and hearty tributes Mapping out a network of similarities between the groups, the Mexican report sought to establish that NewJeans' origin story was heavily inspired.
