In light of the latest court updates in the dispute between Min Hee Jin and HYBE, past “evidence” of HYBE staff, in particular ILLIT‘s team, hinting at the discord between NewJeans and themselves have come to light.
A viral post on Instiz terms it as “bullying,” with instances such as symbolism in ILLIT’s music video highlighted. In a music video for their comeback after Min had accused ILLIT of plagiarism, ILLIT is seen confronting monsters. The problem fans brought up was that not only were there five monsters, but they were colored the representative colors of the NewJeans members.
With many colors available to use, fans wondered why those five were chosen specifically.
Never forgetting this shitty ass mv. The gummy bears aka “monsters” having the representative colors of newjeans is literally sickening. pic.twitter.com/iWLtQUSkPT
— yuha shady facts (@love2yuha) February 12, 2026
The members also have a scene where they eat the monsters. Another scene in the music video switches to blue hues suddenly as the girls win and the monster drawing is ripped up.
Another point that the post pointed out was how FRANTS, a producer under HYBE, had posted a video where he was kicking a bunny toy. FRANTS worked on ILLIT’s album.
what illit’s pd was doing btw pic.twitter.com/sNCcIjFVWz
— ׂ (@bytwotolz) February 13, 2026
Later on, some ILLIT fans also pointed out that their song “NOT CUTE ANYMORE” references kongguksu, something which they related to NewJeans Minji‘s kalguksu scandal. The words are highly similar, even though kongguksu is soybean noodles while kalguksu is knife-cut noodles.
It’s so slay of them to use the lyrics ‘limited edition kongguksu LOL. I love how BELIFT LAB changed kalguksu to kongguksu.
They also pointed out how Wonhee grabs and throws a bunny in the MV.
Grabbing and throwing a bunny + limited edition kongguksu? Someone’s running over from the North Pole rn.
With all these points being brought up recently, netizens voice their support for NewJeans.
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- It’s so snakey of the art director to put all these symbolisms in one by one LOL. IDK about the other directors but it does seem like theirs would.
- FR just apologize.
- They’re really just doing it all, huh. Are they psychos?
- What’s up with the jellybear eating scene? It’s psychotic of them to include such symbolism LOL. And for it to be denied is impossible because the person who directed it is Serian Heu. She’s someone who analyzed NewJeans head to toe, copying their vibe and even copied a belt for styling. Of course she could put that in.
- What’s up with how he’s kicking the merch.
At the helm of it is Serian Heu, who previously indicated her rife with NewJeans’ team, in particular, Min Hee Jin. You can read more about it below.
ILLIT’s Creative Director Sues Former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin