🔗 2024-09-10 Director Shin Woo-seok Instagram Story

It honestly makes my blood boil every time I see the statement.

Why do you keep changing your words and lying when the matter would end if you just admitted your fault and apologized? Then what are the recordings and emails that we possess? If you are so honorable, why did you contact the “spreader of false facts” behind the scenes and try to appease him? You ignored your employees when they tried to stop you, yet you blame the employees now? It was the management that caused this incident with threats and coercion, so why are you making the employees the scapegoats? I state clearly: there was an agreement for all content and channels we uploaded. It does not disappear just because the management has changed.

Even the Director’s Cut, which ADOR took issue with in the statement, was agreed upon by the three companies at the time up to the ending, and there was only a request for a partial modification of the tagline; even now, there is no problem with uploading the video. Nevertheless, ADOR is dragging in a third party and causing harm for the sake of the dispute. I clearly conveyed to ADOR via a separate message that the third party does not want to be mentioned, but you are still utilizing the third party to distort the situation. Even now, the companies that participated in the project must be suffering due to this petty behavior.

And what are you talking about in an official statement regarding “creator’s pure agony”? There is no such thing. If you deny the existing agreement and threaten us with billions in penalties for breach of contract right away, even Ngannou would have no choice but to delete the videos. And ADOR notified us of immediate deletion; when did you ask for proof? Also, having taken issue with copyrights and portrait rights existing on a non-official account, if you change your stance now saying you were only talking about the Director’s Cut, are the kids appearing in other videos not NewJeans? If we hadn’t deleted those videos, what would ADOR have said? I cannot believe your attitude of lying as if it’s nothing, even when there is evidence.

It was a long time ago, but it was work we took on with affection, wanting to create good pieces. I don’t know why we have to suffer damage due to ADOR’s internal conflict, but we abandoned even our lawful rights due to their threats and coercion. Nevertheless, according to the statement you are writing as you please because the public has no way to verify the truth, ADOR loses unconditionally if the agreement is proven. It seems we can just go to court now. I hear it is an easy game legally. Ultimately, it seems what ADOR wants is to stall for time and avoid public opinion. Since you did not apologize, we will submit or release the recordings, emails, and materials we have sequentially as needed, and sue CEO Kim Ju-young and Vice CEO Lee Do-kyung for defamation.

Lastly, the Ban Heesoo channel currently belongs to Dolphiners Films legally. And I intend to find a way to transfer the channel to the fans. ADOR stated through the statement yesterday that it is fine for Dolphiners Films to operate the Ban Heesoo channel, but this is a clear lie. Just a few days ago, ADOR’s firm position was to appease us behind the scenes asking us to hand over just the Ban Heesoo channel. And according to their words refusing to acknowledge the existing agreement, the copyright and portrait rights of the videos eventually become a problem. This is no different from wordplay deceiving the public.

Honestly, I thought this situation would be resolved if I made an exit for you by saying I would concede everything if you just apologized, but I didn’t know ADOR’s management, nominally an entertainment company, would make such a judgment even in front of the public. I especially thought you would consider the position of the artists you need to protect and the fans who must be confused even a little, but I was wrong. Still, I hate for the fans to suffer any longer, and since ADOR won’t take responsibility no matter what, I will take responsibility and open the Ban Heesoo channel. If ADOR wants to sue over this, go ahead.

I am opening the Ban Heesoo channel right now.