HYBE “Curse” With Female Idols Sparks Heated Debate Amid NJZ Danielle’s Contract Termination
On December 29, it was announced that ADOR had terminated its contract with NJZ (NewJeans) member Danielle.
Amid the news, the “jinx” of HYBE girl groups and members leaving has become a hot topic. In the list, netizens brought up Garam leaving LE SSERAFIM after the group debuted…
ALLDAY PROJECT’s Youngseo leaving ILLIT before the group officially debuted…
And now Danielle is leaving NJZ (NewJeans) after her contract was terminated.
When a viral tweet gained attention on X, it sparked a heated debate about the “curse.”
Lesserafim: Garam
Illit: Youngseo
NewJeans: DanielleHybe just loves kicking out members from their girl groups.
— YB (@NJZBAM2) December 29, 2025
In particular, netizens pointed out that Garam’s departure from LE SSERAFIM was not due to HYBE, who defended the idol, but the toxicity and hate that the young idol received from netizens.
as if hybe didn’t do the most they could to defend garam. i don’t even like hybe but trying to rewrite history is insane https://t.co/zMS5ve0GDS pic.twitter.com/oW9upUbdLy
— | ꨄ (@wearepoppinoff) December 29, 2025
One thing I will never understand is how the majority of kpop twt managed to rewrite history about how yall treated garam, when the bully rumors came out yall were quick to hate her to the point to where hybe had to defend her, that guilt must follow yall pic.twitter.com/se8HjVYed1 https://t.co/5ODjQOYoDb
— kimi ⭐️ 🍝 (@YOURGIRlkimi) December 29, 2025
The fact that hybe originally wanted to keep garam in, but y‘all hated her so much to the point they had to make her leave or the group would have suffered https://t.co/WHrQipv1qn pic.twitter.com/jb7vUimre1
— Violetta⁷𝄞 rapline era (@namonexe) December 29, 2025
