Much-loved K-pop girl group NewJeans won some and lost a lot on Thursday. The hits-delivering music act embroiled in a legal battle against its own agency ADOR (under HYBE Labels ) amassed impressive 300 million plays on Spotify with their popular track “Cookie” on October 30. The good news was delivered by ADOR the same day the case related to the band’s exclusive contract was ruled in the South Korean entertainment label’s favour.

Warring on two different sides of the table since last year, NewJeans and ADOR’s case came to a disappointing close for the group at the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday. The latest ruling determined that the K-pop quintet’s (Hanni, Hyein, Haerin, Danielle and Minji) contract with the record label was still very much valid, and will retain that s

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