The battle between K-Pop superstars NewJeans and HYBE-owned record label ADOR escalated on Friday (February 7) with NewJeans’ announcement that they’ve rebranded as NJZ. The news follows the group’s appointment last month of law firm Shin & Kim LLC to represent them in their ongoing legal conflict with ADOR.

NewJeans members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein look to the future with new music, headlining ComplexCon Hong Kong, and changing the group name to NJZ.

Speaking exclusively to CNN, one of the biggest-selling K-pop acts, NewJeans, announced that it will perform under its new name for the first time at ComplexCon Hong Kong in March.

The South Korean girl group NewJeans announced today plans to perform in March under its new name NJZ, amid an ongoing legal dispute with the music label Ador.

The K-pop stars are still in a legal battle with their former agency, ADOR, which is a subsidiary of the mega-label HYBE

Amid an ongoing contract dispute, the K-pop group announced a new name and shared plans to debut a song during a March festival.

NewJeans 2.0? Amid a well-documented legal battle with Hybe, the K-pop girl group has changed its name to NJZ and teed up a March concert. The act formerly known as NewJeans took to social media to announce the pivot,