ADOR Expands Injunction Request to Ban All NJZ Music Activities and Related Activities

Hello, this is NJZ.

We are releasing this statement to respond to ADOR’s additional statement from last Friday and to prevent any misunderstanding regarding the injunction proceedings scheduled for this week.

We notified ADOR of our termination of the exclusive contract on November 29, 2024, due to ADOR’s failure to fulfill its contractual obligations, and accordingly, the contract has been terminated. Therefore, we inform you that ADOR no longer has any authority to manage or interfere with our activities.

Nevertheless, on January 6, 2025, ADOR filed for an injunction seeking recognition that they remain NJZ’s management agency. At the time, ADOR appeared to take issue only with our advertising activities, but the filing included a request to ‘recognize their status as our management agency.’ This was an attempt to restrict not just advertising, but all of NJZ’s entertainment activities, revealing that ADOR’s ultimate goal is to completely block NJZ’s activities.

Furthermore, on February 11, 2025, ADOR expanded the scope of their injunction to request a ban not only on advertising, but on all of NJZ’s music activities including songwriting, composing, performing, and singing, as well as all other related activities. This occurred immediately after we received information that ‘Chairman Bang Si-hyuk had pressured Complex Con officials,’ leading us to believe this was a retaliatory measure taken after their attempt to cancel our performance was thwarted.

Until just a few days ago, ADOR had been continuously stating their position on NJZ’s independent activities, yet failed to disclose that their injunction filing actually sought to ban all entertainment activities. This is a completely different attitude from when they widely publicized the injunction filing on January 6. While ADOR publicly claims to only take issue with NJZ’s advertising activities or to prevent confusion among fans and advertisers, they are actually asking the court to ban all of NJZ’s entertainment activities.

This is an attempt to infringe on NJZ’s freedom of occupation, and by not disclosing this publicly, they appear to be trying to avoid public criticism. The essence of NJZ is music activities, and restricting this is tantamount to denying NJZ’s very reason for existence. In the end, ADOR filed for the injunction from the very beginning with the intent to block all of NJZ’s activities.

We have endured continuous discrimination and unfair treatment within HYBE. HYBE made it clear that they intended to keep us inactive for an extended period by saying they would give us a long vacation after our Tokyo Dome fan meeting in June of last year, and they have continuously attempted to undermine our value, including making disparaging remarks about our achievements to a reporter. Although we did not disclose this earlier, such attempts have continued even after the termination of the exclusive contract and have recently become more severe.

We have raised objections and protested to ADOR numerous times, but even when they were our agency, ADOR failed to protect us, instead siding with HYBE or other labels, or treating our words as lies. Above all, none of the major activities planned for 2024 that we had expected were carried out, causing us significant damage, and even after terminating the exclusive contract, we continue to face interference and harassment regarding advertising opportunities and visa issues.

We made multiple requests to ADOR to rectify the situation in an effort to maintain the exclusive contract relationship. However, ADOR ignored all of these requests, leaving us with no choice but to decide to terminate the contract.

Due to the accumulation of ADOR’s serious failures to fulfill its obligations, the trust that is a prerequisite for maintaining an exclusive contract has long been destroyed. Under these circumstances, if NJZ is forced to conduct activities only through ADOR, not only would normal entertainment activities be impossible, but we would also have to endure unbearable emotional distress.

ADOR knows this situation better than anyone, yet they are using various methods to block our activities. The injunction and other obstructive actions are attempts to fundamentally end our careers as artists, and we want to make clear that this is nothing but one-sided harassment intended to wear down those of us who are trying to continue our activities after lawfully terminating our exclusive contract.

Such termination notice is a standard and general legal procedure based on exclusive contract jurisprudence and civil law. Therefore, the loud claims by ADOR and certain groups that our independent activities after the termination notice are somehow illegal or improper are false, and it is an absurd argument that only the artist side should forfeit the legal procedures and effects guaranteed by law.

We intend to faithfully participate in the injunction proceedings and the main lawsuit scheduled in the future, and we seek to reconfirm the legitimacy of our termination through the trial process.

We hope that no one else will ever have to experience the same unfair treatment we have. Thank you.