{"id":54579,"date":"2025-12-29T17:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/newjeans-label-terminates-danielles-contract-group-return-unclear\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:41:50","slug":"newjeans-label-terminates-danielles-contract-group-return-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/newjeans-label-terminates-danielles-contract-group-return-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans&#8217; Label Terminates Danielle&#8217;s Contract, Group Return Unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast month, all five members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/newjeans\/\" id=\"auto-tag_newjeans\" data-tag=\"newjeans\">NewJeans<\/a> \u2014 Hyein, Haerin, Hanni, Danielle, and Minji \u2014 signaled they would return to label Ador as a band following their prolonged legal battle. But on Monday, the label revealed that while<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/newjeans-return-label-ador-1235464143\/\"> talks are underway <\/a>with some members, Danielle\u2019s contract has come to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a new statement on Monday, Ador provided a status update on the discussions the label was having with Minji, Hanni, and Danielle about their return. The three members previously shared in a separate statement that \u201cafter careful discussion,\u201d they too would rejoin Ador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAccording to the label, Hanni and her family recently visited Korea and \u201cengaged in discussions,\u201d ultimately deciding to remain with Ador \u201cin respect of the court\u2019s decision,\u201d and that Minji is also in discussions still, though no final decision has been shared for her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">[NOTICE] \ub274\uc9c4\uc2a4 \uba64\ubc84 \ubcf5\uadc0 \uad00\ub828\ud558\uc5ec \uc54c\ub824\ub4dc\ub9bd\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<p>\uc5b4\ub3c4\uc5b4\ub294 \uc804\uc18d\uacc4\uc57d\uc720\ud6a8\ud655\uc778\uc758 \uc18c \ud310\uacb0 \ud655\uc815 \uc774\ud6c4 \ubbfc\uc9c0, \ud558\ub2c8, \ub2e4\ub2c8\uc5d8 \ubc0f \uc138 \uba64\ubc84\uc758 \uac00\uc871\ubd84\ub4e4\uacfc \ub9ce\uc740 \ub300\ud654\ub97c \ub098\ub220\uc654\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/p>\n<p>\ud558\ub2c8\ub294 \uac00\uc871\ubd84\ub4e4\uacfc \ud568\uaed8 \ud55c\uad6d\uc744 \ubc29\ubb38\ud574 \uc5b4\ub3c4\uc5b4\uc640 \uc7a5\uc2dc\uac04\uc5d0 \uac78\uccd0 \uae4a\uc774 \uc788\ub294 \ub300\ud654\ub97c \ub098\ub204\uc5c8\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4. \uadf8 \uacfc\uc815\uc5d0\uc11c \uc9c0\ub09c \uc77c\ub4e4\uc744\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ADOR (@alldoorsoneroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alldoorsoneroom\/status\/2005467364121534656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">December 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs for Danielle, the company confirmed it has ended her contract altogether, and that the label planned to sue her and former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/newjeans-new-name-njz-split-label-ador-1235259513\/\">leading the group\u2019s rebranding efforts<\/a>, and who Ador claims bears \u201csignificant responsibility for causing this dispute and for the delays in NewJeans\u2019 departure and return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMin Hee-jin did not immediately return <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWe determined it would be difficult to continue with Danielle as a NewJeans member and Ador artist and notified her today of the termination of the exclusive contract,\u201d the label said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/newjeans-must-honor-contract-court-rules-appeal-1235367496\/\">Back in June,<\/a> a South Korean court ruled that the group must honor its contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/hybe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hybe\" data-tag=\"hybe\">Hybe<\/a> subsidiary through 2029. Hyein and Haerin agreed to \u201ccontinue their activities\u201d with the label, while the other three \u2014 who had initially hoped to rebrand as NJZ and planned to appeal the ruling \u2014 later entered talks as well, with the label sharing in November that all five were discussing a return.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn Monday\u2019s statement, the company shared that it would work to rebuild trust with fans amid the changes with the group, and the future of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThrough these conversations, Ador came to understand that the members had been exposed to persistently distorted and biased information over a long period, leading to significant misunderstandings about the company and ultimately escalating into this dispute,\u201d Ador wrote. \u201cThe company and the artists share the view that, to regain the love of fans and the public, it is necessary to fully resolve these misunderstandings based on accurate facts, even if it takes some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/newjeans-label-ends-danielle-contract-group-return-unclear-1235491292\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, all five members of NewJeans \u2014 Hyein, Haerin, Hanni, Danielle, and Minji \u2014 signaled they would return to label Ador as a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}