On September 14, Instagram Bam's dad - a social media account dedicated to Jungkook's (BTS) pet dog named Bam with 6 million followers, suddenly posted a photo of Bam with the caption "The artist is not guilty", along with the icon of 5 hearts in 5 colors.
Coincidentally, this 5-heart, 5-color symbol is often used by the NewJeans group. Therefore, many people speculate that Jungkook is showing support for NewJeans.
Jungkook deleted his official Instagram account with more than 50 million followers in early 2023. Then, an account of his pet dog Bam was created by him in April this year. This is considered Jungkook's official alternative communication channel with fans.
Recently, the noise between girl group NewJeans and HYBE group became the focus of the Kpop community.
On the evening of September 11, 5 members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein of NewJeans suddenly held a live broadcast (livestream), without going through the management company ADOR.
During the broadcast, NewJeans expressed their anger at the dismissal of former CEO Min Hee Jin from HYBE. The group felt disrespected and worried about their own future, so they decided to speak up.
Hanni talked about how she was intentionally ignored and isolated by a manager of the HYBE group. The members were also concerned that the new ADOR leadership made promises not to interfere with the group's music production and put NewJeans first, but many problems continued to occur.
NewJeans requests HYBE to reinstate Min Hee Jin and return ADOR to its original state before September 25.
However, after NewJeans' livestream, HYBE announced that they will always follow the principles. Korean media said that HYBE indirectly refused NewJeans' request.
