ADOR Says NJZ (NewJeans)'s Hiatus Announcement Was Unilateral + Asks To Meet With Members

ADOR has released a statement regarding NJZ (NewJeans)’s recent performance and hiatus announcement at ComplexCon.

On March 21, the Seoul Central District Court granted ADOR’s request for an injunction to prohibit the NewJeans members from carrying out independent activities under the name NJZ. After the court ruled to uphold ADOR’s status as the NewJeans members’ agency until a final ruling is made in the contract dispute, ADOR announced that it would be dispatching staff to Hong Kong to “provide full on-site support.”

However, in spite of the court’s ruling, the group ultimately performed at ComplexCon under the name NJZ on March 23, in addition to selling merchandise with the NJZ name at the event. During their performance, they also announced that they would be temporarily halting all activities.

On the morning of March 24 KST, ADOR responded with the following statement:

We consider it deeply regretful that in spite of the court’s decision, NewJeans pushed ahead with performing under a different name instead of NewJeans and unilaterally announced that they would be halting their activities.

In accordance with ADOR’s valid exclusive contract, we would like to do our utmost for NewJeans.

We hope that we can meet with the artist as soon as possible and discuss their future.

You can read the NJZ members’ full statement regarding their hiatus here.

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