Negans on the courage to speak it

“It took a tremendous amount of courage to speak publicly,” Negans told BBC in their first interview since the court prevented its attempt to leave their registration mark, in a case that shook the K-POP industry.

“This battle is necessary,” he said. “Although it will be very difficult and arduous, we will continue to do what we have done so far and talk.”

“We thought it was important to tell the world what we went through. All the options we have taken so far were the best options that we could make.”

Negans looked invincible in the plans when they fired an extraordinary rebellion in the K-POP world that is tightly controlled. Hani, Hayyin, Hayreen, Daniel and Mendji, surprised South Korea and fans everywhere in their decision in November to secede from Ador, the sign that I launched.

They claimed abuse, harassment of the workplace and trying to “undermine their career”, which ADOR denies. Filed a lawsuit against the implementation of their seven -year contract, which is scheduled to end in 2029, Sought Against any commercial activities by the group.

Friday, the South Korean court Give itNewjeans ordered to stop all “independent” activities, including songs and advertising deals, while the case was still ongoing. Negans has since stabbed a court order.

The group told the BBC that Friday's ruling was a “shock.”

“Some people believe that we are famous enough to do what we want and say everything we want. But the truth is, it's not like this.” “We have made it a long time, and now only we finally talked about what we think, what we feel and the injustice we went through.”

The K-POP has been repeatedly exposed to the disorder due to the pressure it places on its stars not only for performance and success, but to look perfect. But conflicts rarely flow to the audience, offering stars and comments with their posters.

Negins Dramatic Declaration came last year, following a long and public dispute with ADOR and his mother company, Hybe – the largest music mark in South Korea, whose customer list includes owners K -POP such as BTS and Seventeen.

The BBC told the BBC in a statement that the contract with Negans is still standing, adding that “most of their claims have increased from misunderstanding.” The court said that Negans did not “prove enough that” Adur “violated the contract, adding that the brand had supported” most of its duties, including payment. “

Girls were training in Hong Kong performance, when news fell. They discovered when Minji got a message worried about her mother: “You asked me,” Are you okay? “And you were like” What happened? “

“I am surprised,” says Minji. So the others were when I told them. “Initially I thought I did not hear it properly,” says Daniel. “We were all in shock.”

This was the second of the BBC in several weeks. In the first interview, which occurred before the referee, the group was excited to release its new individual, Pit Stop – the first since it announced a break from ADOR and called it NJZ.

Talk about how they deal with a difficult period, including finding comfort in cooking. “I am not really good in that but it is a kind of recovery,” Menji said, before it is considered to cook a “amazing dinner” for the group.

In the second interview, which was 24 hours after the ruling, they seemed frustrated and unstable, and less sure than it would come. “If we know that we would go to this, then we would have chosen …” Hani was late while tearing.

After seconds, I continued: “Even if we do everything we can, and it does not succeed in the way we hope you will do, it will only have to leave it until time. I am sure that the time will be discovered for us.”

The next night, they moved to the theater in Hong Kong, and despite the court’s order, they stopped under their new name. But the evening, which they had put to the masses as a new start, ended with tears because they told the crowd that they were going to a to stop.

“No decision was easy,” Hayen said on stage. “But now for us, it comes to protecting ourselves, so that we can return stronger.”

Only three years after their first appearance, the future of young stars – between the ages of 16 and 20 – has now become a question.

But they tell the BBC that this is not the end of the road for them because they “find more ways” forward. With the legal battle is expected to last for several months, if not years, Mingi says this gives them time to plan what they want to do after that.

Since his first appearance in July 2022, Negans has achieved remarkable success with every new version – OMG, Ditto, Super Shy, attention. A year later, they were the eighth largest selling work in the world.

Critics described them as the “game change” as a mixture of fun uniquely from the 1990s, and shattered bob tunes coated with sugar in the K-POP market, which is dominated by electronic rhythms. The lush dance movements stood between the synchronous videos.

They were still up when filmThe former teacher and former ADOR president began to publicly circulate the accusations with Hybe. Maine has launched ADOR and NewJeans, before Hybe sells the majority share in the agency.

Hib was now accused of planning ADOR and MIN, at an emotional press conference, accusing them of undermining Newjans by launching another girl group in a similar style. The battle became ugly and the company left, claiming that it was forced to go out.

And that is when Negans broke their silence – they demanded the return of Men within two weeks in A. Live broadcast.

They could not contact her for a while, Daniel BBC told the first interview: “We did not know what was happening and we had no way to support it. It was difficult because it was always there for us and … somehow to look at it.”

Ador said who could not return as an executive president, but could continue as an internal manager and product. When no longer, Negins Declare They were leaving Ador and accused the mark not to meet other demands: an apology for the alleged bullying and the procedures against what they claimed were controversial internal reports.

ADOR, who deny all these allegations, appears to blame Min for their conflict with newjeans. “The essence of this issue lies in managing the previous poster to provide distorted explanations for their artists, which leads to misunderstanding. It can be fully addressed and solved when the members return to the poster,” Adwor told the BBC in a statement.

In the months that followed, Hani, an Australian Vietnami, Cry To the legislators in South Korea in an investigation into the workplace harassment. She told them, after she described several incidents that the group was undermining and intimidating: “I came to realize that this was not just a feeling. I was convinced frankly that the company hated us,” after describing it as many incidents that said that the group felt undermined and intimidated.

The Negans case was rejected because the Ministry of Labor said K-POP stars did not qualify as workers She was not entitled to obtain the same rights.

Then in December, Negans took another rare step by supporting fans who were calling for the dismissing of the disgraceful president in South Korea, Yoon Suk Yol, who imposed combat law for a short period – the group provided free food and drinks to the fans who appeared in the huge protest marches.

With every round of advertising, there was also criticism, many of which involve their age. Some said that they “crossed the line”, while others called “stupid and reckless”, and even “Ungateful” to choose a fight with ADOR. Others wondered whether they were making their own decisions.

She says that being a young man does not mean that they should be taken seriously. “This is an easy way to reduce the value of the fact that we are already trying to do something,” says Hani. “The decisions that we took last year have been determined by a very large amount of discussion between us.”

As the conflict continues, critics became the highest sound, as they called girls like rioters instead of game changes. After the ruling, which their critics welcomed, Negans says they “are completely aware of the extreme scrutiny and judgment” since they crossed this press conference last year.

“There was no single moment when we expressed our opinions without worrying or tension,” says Minji. “We have thought more than anyone else about the amount of responsibility that each of our actions bear, and we currently bear this responsibility ourselves.”

It is not clear how long they will continue to stop. Ador says she hopes to meet the group soon to discuss the future, but Newjeans insists that he does not feel protection enough to return.

A lawsuit with ADOR will return to the main addresses next week when listening sessions begin – as well as all five.

The only thing that seems fixed is their design on assembly together.

Two weeks ago, Hani said: “We have always said to each other, if someone does not want to do so, we will not do that. Each of us must be everything that agrees to do so. This is how we have come here and this is what we will reach the end.”

She repeated on Saturday: “We will make it.”