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On October 8, 2024, the popular YouTuber and Twitch steamer Tina Kitten's clip supporting NewJeans amid the ongoing controversy circulated on social media, drawing positive reactions from online fans. She called out HYBE's treatment of members and mentioned:
"It does feel like their company is trying to bury them and make them irrelevant. So it's a nice f*ck you to the company when they get external support."
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For those unversed, HYBE and Min Hee-jin have been in a feud since the former announced an audit of ADOR and ordered the latter to step down from the CEO's position. In response, Min Hee-jin accused HYBE of alleged plagiarism and creative infringement of NewJeans' content. Subsequently, Min hee-jin was dismissed from ADOR's CEO position in August.
The female band subsequently began guerrilla live-streaming on a newly deleted YouTube channel without the permission of ADOR. They demanded the reinstatement of Min Hee-jin as CEO and alleged mistreatment of HYBE by the members. The clip featuring the YouTuber Tina Kitten showcasing support for the members circulated on social media, and naturally, an X user tweeted:
"We love to see a pretty girl supporting other pretty girls."
The fandom weaved a plethora of compliments for the YouTuber for proactively showcasing support to NewJeans amidst the challenging times. They believed that with the support of Bunnies and non-K-pop fans, the band would be able to overcome the ongoing obstacle and rise to new heights of success.
"tinza has been a newjeans supporter since omg era, she knows her stuff,"- a fan reacted.
"notice how it’s always the pretty ppl with sane mind and platform support njs kids and not the other way around,"- a fan shared.
"The situation is so obvious that even unrelated ppl feel so outrageous,"- a fan mentioned.
"NewJeans will be okay. No matter how big hybe is, NewJeans have a strong fanbase and people outside that fanbase that support them. It may look like it's hard to go against company but, time has change and people are being collectively aware of what hybe been doing,"- a fan commented.
The fandom stated that even the streamer could understand the situation of the female group, where they were being allegedly mistreated by HYBE. They called out the K-pop Community for neglecting the hurdles faced by the female group.
"tina, i love you so much... i watch you alot with everyone else... and i hope they wont go after you sending threats and giving you hard time after saying this <3 ytta with "they,"- a user reacted.
"THATS MY STREAMER BTW MISS TINAKITTEN YOU GUYS SHOULD TOTALLY TUNE IN TO HER STREAMS,"- a user shared.
"the way even outsiders who aren't even part of the fandom or kpop community can understand that newjeans are being harassed by HYBE. it's a shame that some kpop stans still aren't able to comprehend that,"- a user mentioned.
"Tina supporting newjeans, newjeans and winter supporting 2ne1. Its a good time to be alive,"- a user commented.
More about NewJeans
The South Korean K-pop group was formed by ADOR. It features five members, including Minji, Hyein, Danielle, Haerin, and Hanni. They debuted with their single Attention on July 22, 2022, and the band unveiled the second single, Hype Boy, on July 23, 2022.
The Hype Boy received commercial success as it reached the number two position on the domestic Circl Digital Chart. The track emerged as the longest-running track on the Billboard 200 by a K-pop female act, where it charted for 42 weeks.
The female group had an impressive list of discography, including three single albums, two extended plays, five promotional singles, and two extended plays. It included Get Up, OMG, How Sweet, Supernatural, NJWMX, Cookie, Attention, Hype Boy, OMG, Ditto, Super Shy, ETA, How Sweet, Zero, Be Who Are You, Gods, Our Night is More Beautiful Than Your Day, Hurt, and other records.
HYBE has rejected NewJeans' request to reinstate Min Hee-jin as the CEO of ADOR, providing the reason that the corporation had a principle of separating production from management. However, the agency has given an assurance that Min Hee-jin would be proactively continuing her duty as a producer for the group's music projects and other necessary activities.
