All's not well between NewJeans and LE SSERAFIM? Fans question group dynamic after Min Hee Jin's injunction victory

Before the whole drama between HYBE and ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin even began, it was a known fact that the girls from the two groups — NewJeans and LE SSERAFIM — were friends, having spent their training days together. However, soon after the issue began and Min Hee Jin started talking about every group under the sun, namely BTS, ILLIT, TWS, RIIZE, and even LE SSERAFIM, the fan wars began to escalate.

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Recently, NewJeans have been accused of being "rude" to LE SSERAFIM's Eunchae. On May 31, KBS' Music Bank took place, with NewJeans taking first place against aespa for their song "How Sweet," earning the group their second win for the song. As usual, the group delivered a speech to celebrate their win, and it was at this time that the alleged "disrespect" took place.

Eunchae, an MC for Music Bank, was on stage as the group accepted the award and spoke about the victory. Near the end of the speech, there was an extended silence, and Eunchae could be seen checking to see if the members were done speaking. However, once Eunchae began to speak, NewJeans' Danielle began to speak as well. While fans have no issue with this, as such incidents are bound to happen, it was what Danielle spoke about that caused a huge drama online.

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She went on to thank ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin, especially after her groupmate had already thanked their CEO at the start of their speech. Many have seen this as a sign of disrespect due to the mention of Min Hee Jin, who has targeted LE SSERAFIM in her case against HYBE. In fact, this thank you came on the same day after the court ruled in favour of Min Hee Jin regarding HYBE's voting rights for her dismissal.

The major thing here is that she is thanking and sending love to the woman who literally a few hours ago showed no compassion towards the mc and her group as well as illit and BTS when asked in her press conference about the hate trains she caused https://t.co/UlxqeRQ0p9

— •᷄ɞ•᷅ 🇵🇸 (@awake_sin) May 31, 2024

The first girl already thanked MHJ so the blonde one interrupting Eunchae to say it again is very... well https://t.co/Zuo74dnDfe

— oomfenshmirtz (@o_biennis) May 31, 2024

she KNOWS what she did and im sure newjeans knows this as well they're young but they're not stupid

this is why dani thanking mhj during the broadcast hosted by eunchae of all people was extremely out of pocket https://t.co/mtsQdKAhic

— preshyyyy⁷🪐 (@preshynohibi) June 1, 2024

I’m sorry I never have said I hated newjeans but this is too much disrespect here. Danielle didnt even hesitate AT ALL for interrupting eunchae and continues to thank their CEO as if not a lot of groups were affected💔 https://t.co/fGTEWZceiJ

— francesca🐯 (@Gyu206633036767) June 1, 2024

However, on the other hand, many have stated that this was likely an accident on NewJeans' part, referencing just last week when Eunchae and NewJeans had a cute interaction on the same program.

stop overanalyzing. eunchae was probably worried because she didnt realise they still wanted to talk. and newjeans probably was too happy they didnt realise they cut eunchae https://t.co/r4f9o9ctUJ

— ` (@haepride) June 1, 2024

Nah seeing the video better i think what happened between eunchae and newjeans is just something that happened many times in the past

— joon's teenie weenie miniᶜ⁷💜 (@fakeyas) June 1, 2024

Unfortunately, as the companies sort out their issues, it seems the groups will not be able to avoid being dragged further into the conflict. It also does not look like the fan wars will end soon, especially after Min Hee Jin decided not to apologize for involving other groups in her dispute with her parent company.

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