Recently, Newzines was placed under scrutiny as netizens examined the uncanny similarity of their concepts with the 90s Mexican girl group.

Although the woman behind the founding of the K-pop group – ADOR CEO, Min Hee Jin – has previously accused other groups of allegedly stealing NewJeans’ style and more, she has now come under fire herself Because fans “copied” inspirations from the HYBE girl group. Even in the account.

Newgins plagiarism controversy exposed

Mexican newspaper El Siglo originally presented a report in 2023, detailing all the possible similarities shared between K-pop band Newgins and Mexican group Jeans.

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Mapping a network of similarities between the groups, the Mexican report tried to establish that the origin story of Newzines was heavily inspired by the Mexican pop group Jeans (later rebranded as JNS). While the latter became famous in the 1990s, Newzines has only been active since 2022, as it significantly pioneered a visual and musical concept reminiscent of the “girl next door” genre from the late 90s and early 2000s Is.

The Mexican newspaper highlighted that not only was the K-pop group’s name a striking image of the Mexican band, but their subsequent promotional previews also had undeniable similarities.

Netizens on social media have once again joined the conversation, citing major possibilities of ADOR “copying” JNS. These speculations have led fans to draw similarities between the groups’ choreography and concepts, hitting back at Min Hee Jin, who previously made heavy allegations against several groups, including HYBE’s most recently debuted rookie girl group ILLIT Were.

K-pop new jeans vs. Mexican jeans tug-of-war goes viral

Although El Siglo posted the original comparative report In January 2023, the complex discussion has been reintroduced into the current conversation, with even Korean websites eagerly discussing the alleged plagiarism case. FMKorea.com A similar story was posted on Monday, May 20, sharing glimpses of both groups’ CD art, comeback concepts, choreography segments, and fashion inspirations.

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Other online Korean discussion forums also saw an increase in similar conversations targeting K-pop girl groups and Min Hee Jin, who has so far strongly claimed the ADOR group’s ostentatious “originality” as the new K-pop group. Being hunted by fellow K-pop groups. age.

The super viral story had been viewed 832345 times at the time of writing, along with an endless stream of X/Twitter users re-sharing it on the microblogging platform. One of these tweets, as published by user @pastelxsakura, has been viewed 2.3 million times (currently), with over thirty thousand likes, while being retweeted almost twelve thousand times, with thousands of netizens predicting the future. Also bookmarked receipts for.

Fans’ reactions to the comparison between new jeans and jeans

An endless stream of comments condemning the ADOR CEO and his strategies took over X/Twitter. Additionally, an army of fans also tried to question the blurred line between plagiarism and inspiration from others. Many were also concerned about the future of Newzines’ members and the group, being wary of Min Hee Jin’s intentions.

• “Talk about originality 🤨 The pride she takes in creating “the most original and district GG of the fourth generation” is almost a joke now. Watch her come up with repeated statements, a few drops of tears, and , I can plagiarize all I want but that GRP still copied my concept 😑”
• “It’s fair, Min Hyejin and Adore’s staff are unprofessional by harassing a teenager for plagiarism, but in reality she is the creative director with less originality in the story.”
• “If it’s Min Hyejin, it’s creative, if it’s someone else, it’s plagiarism” She needs to fight.
• “I mean the only reason she accused the elite is to start her entire smear campaign to execute her plans.. Of course it was never about the original issue.. Nor about taking care of the girls Was. It was all for her benefit but she got caught.”
• “Min Hyejin had no creativity and she’s questioning others’ creativity, wow.”
• “He didn’t lie when he said there were “new” genes. The original genes probably already existed.”
• “I don’t need to read the article in detail, the photos say it all. Oh my God, he hasn’t left anything out, almost everything seems to be copied, every thing is “ditto” and he is not inspired, he It’s a clear copy.”
• “I swear this wouldn’t have happened if you and your fans weren’t blaming literally everything, MHJ. Now it is having the opposite effect.”
• “NGL, this looks suspicious. But where is the line between inspiration and plagiarism?”
• “So when it comes to nwjns it’s coincidence but when it comes to other grps it’s “plagiarism”?🤔”
• “I wouldn’t say NJ plagiarized, I just really think there was no original art in it. MHJ is an artist, he gets his inspiration from somewhere. I hope if there are other groups that do the same thing in the 90’s or If you use the y2k concept the rabbits will get wise, it’s not about your favorite honey because NJ recycles itself😭”