🇰🇷 Banned from dating, banned from complaining, and their voices cloned forever? Inside the contracts K-pop group NewJeans reportedly signed as kids
Some of the members were just 14 when they agreed to terms that even policed their “attitude,” and the label reportedly kept the right to use AI versions of their voices long after the deal ends.
So when they tried to leave, the label’s answer was a lawsuit against one member worth around $22 million… which tells every teenager dreaming of K-pop fame exactly what happens to the ones who stop smiling on cue.
How much freedom are young K-pop stars surrendering for a shot at fame?
Source: NYT Writer: Daniel, Naz
