In the case of NewJeans, the members are minors in Korea where the legal age of adulthood is 19. They sing about heart-racing crushes and bruised feelings; their music videos, soft and emotionally vivid, capture the glowy essence of girlhood. That image has beenmasterfullycurated by influentia...
On social media, fans are loving the group, so much so that their name trends on Twitter frequently. Many call them a "breath of fresh air." "Airpods aren’t enough i need to inject NewJeans’ music into my veins," one fantweeted. "OMG they ate," another fanaddedof the "Ditto" m...
Le Sserafim, another Hybe girl group, which debuted in April just a few months before NewJeans, was set to be one of the buzziest acts of the year. But when allegations surfaced that one of its members, Kim Garam, hit a classmate and drank underage whil...