Newjeans Debut 'Pit Stop' as Njz, Plan to Stop Shows After Court Order

While Performing at Complexcon in Hong Kong, Popular K-Pop Girl Group Newjeans-Who Recently Renamed Themselves Njz-AnnoUneded “This Might Be Our Last Performance for a Little While.”

The Complexcon Show Marked Their First Appearance AFTER A March 21 Ruling by a Seoul Court Granted Their Estranged Management Company Ador, A Subsidiary of K-Pop Mega-Label Hybe, A Portiminary Injunction Prohibiting The Girl Group from “Organizing Their Own Optimo and [conducting] Any Independent Activities – From Making Music To Signing Advertising Deals, “for The BBC.

Accusing Ador of Miseduct and Mistreatment, NewJeans Novenced That They Were Leaving The Company in November. In Turn, Ador Sued Newjeans Over the Firm's Contractual Rights Over the Group. Still, Newjeans Pressed Forward, “Pit Stop” Teasing Last Week. Ayy performed “pit stop” Live for the first time in Hong Kong, But Mostly Sang Solo Covers. According to Billboard, Group Member Danielle Sang Tlc's “No Scrubs,” Minji Sang upsahl's “Smile For the Chamber,” Haerin Sanga “Doncha,” Hyein Sang Swv's “Use Your Heart” (Recently Sampled in Kendrick Lamar's “Heart Pt. 6”), and Hanni Sang Ghost Town Dj's “My Boo.”

At the end of Their Hour-Long Set, They Read a statement in English and Korean Warning of a hiatus. “This Stage Means So Much to use and Every Single One of You Who Gives Us Strength Just by Being here. It is Really Hard For Say This, But This Might Be Our Last Performance For A Little While. Out of Respect for the Court's Decision, We've decide to pause all Our Activities for Now.

Read Their Full Statement at Complexcon:

“This Stage Means So Much to use and Every Single One of You Who Gives Us Strength Just by Being here. It is Really Hard For Say This, But This Might Be Our Last Performance For A Little While. Out of Respect for the Court's Decision, We've decide to pause all Our Activities for Now.

Honestly, We've Known from the start that this Journey Wasn'T Going to be easy and Even Though We Accept the Court's Ruling and This Whole Process, We Had To Speak Up to Protect the Values ​​That We Believe in, and that was a Choice That We Don't Regret At All. We Surely Believe That Standing Up For Our Dignity, Our Rights and Everything We Deeply Care About is Something We Had to do, and that Belief Will Not Change.

WE UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT TODAY'S NEW MINS BE DISPORTING OR UPSETTING BUT IT WAS NOT An Easy Decision for US TO MAKE EITHER. But at the Moment for Us, It's about protecting urselves so that we can like back Even Stronger.

There was a Lot That We Had To Go Through … Things That Really We Only Know About. But event [through] All that, there are so many THINGS THAT WEOND TO SHAR WITE WITH YOU AND SO MANY FUN PLANS THAT We ​​are excited to Announce. But Right Now, Though, It Feels Too Hard to keep Going at This Pace, and AS Strong As We are Trying to Stay, It Has Honestly Taken a Bit of Mental and Emotional Toll on Us. However, This Doesn'T Mean That We Are Going To Give Up. We will Keep Pushing Forward No Matter What, and Coming to Hong Kong and Receiving All This Love and Support From You Guys at ComplexCon Gave Us So Much Strengh.

Right Now, Our Hearts Are a Little Bit Worn Out, and it Feels A Bit Too Hard to Keep Going at This Pace. But that doesn'T mean we're going to give up; We're Going to Keep Going. With this decision we've made, we're respecting the court's decision, and for now, it's Just US Taking a Step Back to pauses, take a Breath and Gather Our Hearts and Ourselves Before Moving Forward.

To Everybody Whi Has Been Believing in Us and Supporting Us Through Everything from the Bottom of Our Hearts, Thank You, And We Love You So, I know, I know Much, and We Can't Express How Gratteful We are, and we promise, No Matter What the Circumstance we will meet Again. “