NewJeans’ Fans Accuse HYBE Of Purposely Sabotaging The Girls Under The Guise Of “New Management”
On September 2, 2024, NewJeans fans were dismayed to discover that all the videos from Ban Heesoo‘s YouTube channel had been removed. The channel, which was part of the “Ditto” storyline, featured Ban Heesoo as a representation of the fandom. Following the change in management after CEO Min Hee Jin‘s departure, the videos were deleted.
What made things worse was that the new policies from the company ended up deterring Dolphiners Films from working with the girls. This meant that future projects were all scrapped. Dolphiners Films created iconic works such as “Ditto,” “ETA,” and “Cool With You” for NewJeans. Director Shin Woo Seok, who heads Dolphiners Films, stated through Instagram that the team would be unable to continue to work with ADOR and subsequently, the girls.
As such, fans have called out HYBE and founder Bang Si Hyuk for intentionally sabotaging the girls.
what's sad about this is that the girls were already promised projects with dolphiners 🤣 but now everything is gone even their beloved ban heesoo is BANG SIHYUK THAT MAD ABOUT DITTO?
— 우주끝까지 🪐 (@breadsaz) September 2, 2024
“Ditto” was one of their most popular songs in the mainstream. The channel was also absolutely non-profit on Dolphiners Films part, leaving fans baffled as to why the company would request for its deletion.
this is going way too far…if you still think the new ador ceo has nwjns best interest & that hybe isn’t sabotaging them i need u to wake up- theyre starting to delete nwjns videos including the ban heesoo youtube page becuz of “new policies” https://t.co/Zukz4xn19O
— miumiu (@newjeattention) September 2, 2024
The character Ban Hee Soo is also integral in NewJeans’ lore. The name is a play on the fandom name Bunnies, thus making the character a representation of fans.
everything about ditto is so special for both fans and newjeans. ban heesoo is literally wordplay for “bunnies” …
what does hybe gain from this aside from causing the girls even more emotional distress.. those videos were literally just memories of the girls?
— HURT SOTY 𓃹 (@hurtsaz) September 2, 2024
The channel began in 2022 with the release of “Ditto” and was continuously updated as a gift to fans. During Christmas 2023, the channel uploaded a special Christmas version of “Ditto.”
i feel sick the ditto mv christmas ver from ban heesoo didn't even last a year 😭💔
— sage 🐰💙👖 (@tokkidior) September 2, 2024
Fans have begun trending #HYBE_STOP_SABOTAGING_NEWJEANS” in English and “#HYBE_STOP_NEWJEANS_ERASURE” in Korean to protest the issue,
We love you Newjeans
We are Ban Heesoo#하이브어도어_뉴진스지우기_작작해#HYBE_STOP_SABOTAGING_NEWJEANS— Kxxxctk (@ctk_kwan) September 2, 2024
