NewJeans explainer: The drama surrounding Hybe and Min Hee-jin keeps getting messier.

For the past few months, one of the hottest K-pop groups in the world has been embroiled in a bitterly prolonged, extremely messy, highly confusing controversy—and its fate hangs in the balance. NewJeans, the globally successful Gen Z Korean girl group behind hits like “Super Shy” and “OMG,” has been at the center of an ongoing legal dispute between Min Hee-jin—the CEO of their label, Ador—and the executive board of Ador’s parent label, Hybe. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, which has a detailed translation of Min’s speech, she denied that she attempted a corporate takeover of Ador, and countered that almost all of Hybe’s “evidence” consists of messages taken out of context, while also claiming, “No one has done what I have done during the 30 years in K-pop.” She also detailed how the conception of NewJeans had been a fraught topic between her and Hybe chairman Bang, who she said had wanted her to facilitate the debut of another group called Le Sserafim instead. Despite Min’s resignation—which she claimed was not her choice—she would “remain on the company’s board of directors and continue to produce music for NewJeans,” according to a statement by Ador. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, so-called industry insiders believe that the group is preparing to file for an injunction on their contract with Ador, given that “standard contracts signed by K-pop artists state that a company has two weeks to fix a clause in the contract or make other necessary changes before the artists take the case to court.” It seems incredibly unlikely that Ador or Hybe will welcome Min back, meaning it is likely that the girls will have to litigate this out if they aren’t bluffing.