ADOR‘s CEO Min Hee Jin is currently in a “feud” with HYBE after reports of a power struggle.
ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin | HYBE
Amid the news, Min Hee Jin has gained attention after claiming that fifth-generation groups ILLIT, BOYNEXTDOOR, and RIIZE “plagiarized” NewJeans.
Min Hee Jin claimed groups have plagiarized NewJeans | @newjeans_twt/Twitter ILLIT was one of the first groups to be accused | @ILLIT_official/Twitter
Yet, it seems like another group has been implicated in Min Hee Jin’s accusations, and it’s BTS.
Members of BTS | @bts_bighit/Twitter
In a report from Yonhap, they explained that a source spoke to them and it was alleged that while doing the auditing, Min Hee Jin spoke about the HYBE chairman to an external person, adding that he has only come this far from copying her.
In particular, the article alludes to the fact that since she joined HYBE, Min Hee Jin made it clear in private remarks that she thought BTS “copied” her.
In another document discovered during the audit process the day before, it was reported that CEO Min made a statement in an external conversation regarding Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, saying ‘In fact, he’s copied from me and come this far.’ In the industry, it is known that CEO Min frequently made remarks in private about BTS copying her after joining HYBE.
The quote from “YNA” alluding to Min Hee Jin’s comments
| @bts_bighit/Twitter
When the OG article was shared among international fans, ARMYs couldn’t hide their shock at the statement. Although Min Hee Jin has been in K-Pop for a long time and was previously at SM Entertainment, they couldn’t believe allegations that she was now claiming that BTS was copied from her.
everyone wanna take credit of bts’ success when not even bighit has any hand in where they are now they were literally broke the boys have participated in making their own music since their debut album
— leo (@itboypop) April 23, 2024
min heejin is just mentioning anybody now cuz what the hell do you mean THEE bts was copied from YOU…?
— lily (@songyeondan) April 23, 2024
min heejin namedropping illit, tws, riize and claiming bang pd stole her ideas for BTS while expecting ppl to just blindly believe her pic.twitter.com/eS0JxV353V
— emi never dies²⁴¹² (@wabiville) April 23, 2024
if there’s one thing min heejin cannot replicate, that’s bts’ and bighit’s organic and genuine humble beginnings. pic.twitter.com/BaqbPr9p5i
— ᥫ᭡ lishie (fan acc) (@L0VELYBEOMIE) April 23, 2024
While it was only reports of alluding to BTS plagiarizing her, Min Hee Jin has openly spoken about groups plagiarizing NewJeans, and many netizens aren’t impressed that she’s dragging young groups into her “drama.”
Correction: A previous version of the article stated that Min Hee Jin alluded to BTS’s creation, it was just a general comment about copying her with BTS.
