You know it’s lean times in the HYBE/ADOR mess when it’s about the stuff in this post, but hey, updates are updates, right? ====== Following the plagiarism allegations against NewJeans’ …
Read More »Wise Music Group claims NewJeans’ “Bubble Gum” infringes on Shakatak’s “Easier Said Than Done”, ADOR denies
In news that’s annoying but also funny as hell given the context, ADOR has released a statement denying plagiarism after Wise Music Group sent an official Letter Of Claim last …
Read More »Bullet Points: Lia returns to ITZY, ONF’s tour mess, Jennie vaped, a lot of disbandments, health issues, and pregnancies
Okay, so there’s actually quite a bit that has happened this time around, including a few news items I didn’t really want to dedicate much time to, multiple disbandments, and …
Read More »BELIFT LAB drops 27-minute video addressing plagiarism claims against ILLIT, seem to drag the whole industry into the mess
It seemed like things were settling down on the HYBE/ADOR dispute front, at least to the point where I’d be able to catchup on everything else and recap the current …
Read More »Min Hee Jin’s second press conference features reconciliation with HYBE, the injunction ruling, future plans of NewJeans & ADOR, and more
Alright, so after the injunction ruling and the responses of both sides, the next step for the HYBE/ADOR conflict is a second Min Hee Jin press conference. The first turned …
Read More »Min Hee Jin accuses HYBE execs of entertaining at room salons & explains her texts, BELIFT file criminal complaint against her
While I took a (deserved) break from the HYBE/ADOR conflict, there thankfully wasn’t a ton of back-and-forth. However, what did happen was another public relations haymaker and a criminal complaint. …
Read More »Injunction battle sees claims of Min Hee Jin disrespecting NewJeans & mismanaging sexual harassment complaint, HYBE manipulating album sales & dealing with more plagiarism
So … just a day after I wrote how everybody is seemingly tired of updates on the HYBE/ADOR situation at the moment, of course it’s probably one of the biggest …
Read More »ADOR employee claims HYBE coerced her consent to audit + NewJeans’ parents’ letter revealed + HYBE responds
Despite my feeble wishes for everything to remain quiet until the results of the ADOR board meeting were released, a couple stories have emerged relating to the HYBE/ADOR conflict that …
Read More »Min Hee Jin & ADOR follow-up stuff, HYBE respond to BTS allegations, and there’s cult talk because … of course
Assuming nothing else major happens (a bold assumption) soon in the HYBE/ADOR war, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming around here after this. However, it seemed worth cleaning …
Read More »ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin press conference reactions + HYBE releases detailed rebuttal
Following Min Hee Jin‘s emotional and explosive press conference, the HYBE/ADOR war got a little more evened out. While international netizens mostly seemed unimpressed, it actually turned things in her …
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