NewJeans Confirm Return as Four-Member Group
On their fourth debut anniversary, ADOR released a commemorative film series titled “2026 Summer of NewJeans” featuring Minji, Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein. The rollout confirms Minji’s return and marks the group’s first official content together in more than two years.
On July 22, NewJeans marked their fourth debut anniversary with a commemorative film series called “2026 Summer of NewJeans” — one group film alongside four individual member films. The rollout confirms that the group will move forward as a four-member act made up of Minji, Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein.
The videos answer the question fans had been waiting on: whether Minji would rejoin. Earlier in the year, the group’s label ADOR had said only that internal discussions about her activities were ongoing. According to Teen Vogue, the new films are the first official content the members have released together in more than two years, since their 2024 single “Supernatural.”
The return follows a long, very public dispute between the members and ADOR that played out over the past year, involving leadership changes at the label, legal filings, and a stretch during which the group performed under the name NJZ. The anniversary rollout is the clearest signal so far that the members and the label have found a way forward together.
Not everyone is part of the returning lineup. ADOR has said it terminated Danielle’s exclusive contract and that legal matters tied to the dispute are still unresolved. The label framed the anniversary videos as a gesture toward fans, describing the series as a “heartfelt gift” for the group’s Bunnies.
ADOR said it would announce specific plans for NewJeans’ activities once discussions are finalized. For now, the “2026 Summer of NewJeans” films stand on their own — a quiet, deliberate way for a four-member NewJeans to say they’re back.
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RIIZE's Sungchan Attends Milan Fashion Week for Bottega Veneta
he showed up for bottega and the front row simply reorganized itself around him.
not Sungchan turning a Bottega Veneta show into his personal runway, respectfully.
RIIZE's Sungchan attended Milan Fashion Week for Bottega Veneta, and — shocking absolutely no one — he stole the spotlight the second he arrived. the luxury-house pipeline for fourth-gen idols is real, and Sungchan is walking it in full stride.
the man is essentially a living campaign: the height, the proportions, the quiet-luxury ease. brands see him and start doing math. this is exactly the kind of global crossover that keeps expanding RIIZE's reach beyond the music.
BRIIZE, your boy is in Milan being a whole moment. as he should. 🖤
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global citizen fell through, so the boys threw their own 'practice room festival' in nyc instead. absolute menaces (loving).
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