New Kpop girl group, New Jeans’ Art Director Min Hee Jin, is recently making grand rounds on the web. The new girl group from HYBE Corporation’s subsidiary, ADOR, includes five girls ranging from 14 to 18 years old.
Talking about the age of the girls, one of the five members, Kim Min-Ji, celebrated her 18th birthday on May 7, 2022. Whereas another member, Hani, is also 18 as of 2022, and she is a Vietnamese-Australian.
Correspondingly, Danielle is 17, and her nationality is Korean-Australian. The second youngest group member, Kang Haerin, celebrated her 16th birthday on the 15th of May 2022.
Lastly, the youngest member shares four years of age difference with the group’s eldest member. Hyein, the youngest member, celebrated her 14th birthday a few months ago on the 21st of April.
With these past controversies, Kpop netizens are worried that the art director glamorises paedophilia. Correspondingly, netizens took issue with the clothes New Jeans members wore that said: ‘PIMP is Yours.’
This recent discussion topic triggered a heated debate across various online communities. In concrete, some are continuing the discussion on this sensitive topic at the present moment.