In an exclusive interview with TIME, the K-pop quintet explains their fight against the label ADOR and K-pop behemoth HYBE.

NewJeans made its debut in 2022 and has quickly grown to become one of the world’s most popular K-pop groups ... another label of Hybe in directing a new girl group called Illit.

The year 2024 left K-pop idol Lee Hyein ... first to bar the five from taking on new promotional activities without the management company, and then expanded that demand the following month ...