Following an extended back-and-forth this month with a female former ADOR employee over the handling of her sexual harassment/power harassment case against an executive, the latest in the HYBE/ADOR mess …
Read More »Rundown: Fromis 9, KARA, JEON SOMI, HYOLYN, KARD, UNIS, LIGHTSUM, LUN8
Sorry about the layoff in covering anything music related, as I took some time off with the Olympics break and all that. Anyway, I thought I was gonna come back …
Read More »Dispatch reveal further Min Hee Jin texts, clarify source as HYBE’s audit + an intriguing PR tactic
Well, the public relations war has certainly started up again in earnest, as the HYBE/ADOR mess is going back to its roots, with Dispatch using leaked HYBE information that exposes …
Read More »NewJeans’ parents speak out against Source & HYBE, Min Hee Jin sues 5 HYBE execs & HYBE countersues
Unfortunately folks, I was far too optimistic that both sides of the HYBE/ADOR mess were going to just fight it out in court the rest of the way. Rather, things …
Read More »[Update] ADOR release rebuttal of NewJeans’ plagiarism allegations + Dispatch detail the formation of NewJeans again, ADOR dispute it, Source dispute ADOR
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 »Source Music reportedly sues ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin for defamation and 500 million won in damages
It has really been a rather blessed month-plus without major news on the HYBE/ADOR front, and I really thank them for that. However, today it’s another lawsuit to be added …
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 »NewJeans & aespa collab’d at SME & HYBE, Karina gave Minji a spy task to perform, and people are heated
When the Bang Si Hyuk messages about crushing aespa were dramatically revealed, it mostly just made obvious to every reasonable person what goes on in K-pop: competition. So reasonable people …
Read More »HYBE applies to restrict access to trial records from Min Hee Jin injunction + a brief rant on bias
In a bit of minor news for the HYBE/ADOR conflict, it was reported that HYBE applied for a restriction on trial records access for their injunction case with Min Hee …
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