Korean netizens believe they may have found where NewJeans’ Danielle could be headed to following her contract termination with ADOR.
On December 29 ADOR announced that while Hanni was allowed to return to the company, and Minji is still undergoing negotiations, Danielle’s contract had been terminated.
Danielle violated the exclusive contract by signing another contract, engaging in independent entertainment activities, and damaging the group’s reputation and credibility.
ADOR requested corrective action regarding this matter, but as no action was taken within the specified deadline, we have terminated the contract.
— ADOR
ADOR’s Reason For Terminating NJZ (NewJeans) Danielle’s Contract Sparks Backlash
Seeing as her future in ADOR is supposedly over, a popular theory that claims the idol could be joining THE BLACK LABEL soon has gone viral in Korea. The theory stems from Danielle’s recent activities alongside actor Park Bo Gum and Sean.
Netizens pointed that Im Si Wan, another star who ended up going to THE BLACK LABEL, was part of their “running group.”
Danielle looks very likely to go to The Black Label, considering Im Siwan also ended up going to The Black Label after running with that running group
Even Omega and Celine moved on from Danielle to Park Bo Gum and people have been spotting that The Black Label staff subtly but frequently take care of her whenever they do briquette volunteer work or run events together.
— Trending post on Instiz
This would not be the first time a HYBE idol would leave the parent agency to join THE BLACK LABEL, with ALLDAY PROJECT’s Youngseo having been part of ILLIT’s debut lineup before leaving the company to be part of the co-ed sensation.
The speculation immediately gained ground, and netizens left various reactions in the comments.
- Im Si Wan went after his contract period ended, so it doesn’t matter.
- They’re still trying to sell their own idols, The Black Label doesn’t have that kind of money.
- [ALLDAY PROJECT’s] Annie has a lot of money.
- Just this year alone, two groups already debuted under The Black Label, so why bother.
- There’s no way Teddy doesn’t have money..
- If this is true, it’d be years of lawsuits over tampering lol.
