Min Hee-jin, CEO of Ador (a subsidiary of Hybe) has accused Hybe and its other subsidiary Belift Labs of plagiarism over the similarity between supergroup NewJeans (Ador) and new girl group Illit (Belift Labs). In turn, Hybe has asked Min Hee-jin to step down and has accused her of “breach of trust” in its press release. To any casual K-pop fan familiar with both groups, there is little doubt that Illit&r.
Min Hee-jin, CEO of Ador (a subsidiary of Hybe) has accused Hybe and its other subsidiary Belift Labs of plagiarism over the similarity between supergroup NewJeans (Ador) and new girl group Illit (Belift Labs). In turn, Hybe has asked Min Hee-jin to step down and has accused her of “breach of trust” in its press release. To any casual K-pop fan familiar with both groups, there is little doubt that Illit&r.
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ENHYPEN Surpasses 370,000 Album Pre-Orders Sold
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According to the group s agency, Belift Lab on April 8, ENHYPEN s second mini-album BORDER: CARNIVAL, that started accepting pre-orders on April 5 at 11 a.m. KST, had surpassed 370,000 album copies sold on its third day of pre-order.
Compared to their pre-order period for the group s debut album BORDER: DAY ONE, which was released in November 2020, BORDER: CARNIVAL album pre-orders had an increase of 2.5 times.
In the case of their debut album, it took twenty days to break through 300,000 copies in pre-order, but this time the new album recorded a phenomenal number of 370,000 copies in just three days.