Yuju drew attention for her Instagram Story, which raised eyebrows among netizens amid the drama between ADOR, SOURCE MUSIC, and HYBE. The former GFRIEND's post, including one of NewJeans' songs, sparked reactions in online communities and social media.
Earlier on July 24, Korean news outlet Sports World disclosed that the parents of NewJeans have expressed their support for ADOR and criticized SOURCE MUSIC for its treatment of the members during their trainee days.
The report shared details regarding the parents' claims of the members' harsh living conditions and mistreatment under SOURCE MUSIC.
Furthermore, Minji's mother also reportedly expressed her contentment with her daughter's debut in ADOR and expressed her stance against HYBE's actions towards Min Hee Jin. In the middle of the shocking reports, a former SOURCE MUSIC idol's post caught everyone's eye.
On July 25, netizens established a community forum titled, "GFRIEND Yuju posted NewJeans On Her Instagram Story." The author uploaded a screenshot showing Yuju's Instagram Story, posted on July 24.
According to the content, the photo showed Yuju posing, and the idol used NewJeans' song "Hurt" as the background music.
"Yuju uploaded a song from NewJeans and I'm wondering what she's thinking. I think GFRIEND was a victim of Source Music and HYBE, so I bet all the members know what's going on."
"Whatever Min Hee Jin is doing, fans who still stan Source Music are so... I have so much to say, but I'll stop here."
The post generated reactions in the thread, with many speculating that Yuju has lowkey expressed her support for NewJeans. Though the idol has not explicitly stated her reason for the song's usage, many couldn't hold back their speculations due to the conflict's timing.
"But it's not only Yuju, but after that HYBE incident broke, all of the celebrities started supporting NewJeans, only communities are fighting between themselves, but in reality, nobody is against NewJeans."
"SinB also made a post and used NewJeans' Bubble Gum, aside from HYBE's artists, everyone has openly supported NewJeans."
"Source Music disbanded GFRIEND out of the blue and they should start by telling us the reason first."
"They were obviously losing popularity compared to before, but it's not like they were an unprofitable group. It makes no sense to disband them overnight like that."
On platform X (Twitter), international fans also shared their thoughts on Yuju's post.
The gfriend girls are so funny everytime there's an issue with these companies and njs you'll see them upload something with a njs song 😭😭 https://t.co/fsn3itjSzg
— Sher - Yuju's military wife♡ (@yujuworks) July 24, 2024
Source music eveyone knows what you are. Wish you the biggest downfall of history. https://t.co/dDPKtVrhIp
i know i can trust my girls, every time something bad happens to nj they are always the first ones to silently support them 🙂↕️ https://t.co/U8YEwRyxya
At first i thought this is just coincidence but everytime there is some news about newjeans (whatever that is) suddenly one or more Gfriend member upload something with newjeans song. One is chance, twice is concidence but thrice and more is a pattern https://t.co/mjIbAqZS3G
the way this speaks alot because they were the first, FIRST GG of source music who bagged achievements, who made source music what they are today and getting soumu out of bankruptcy just to disband them out of the blue. https://t.co/CXeGcaqycQ
GFRIEND was the first gg of source music so they know how sh*tty soush*t music is. And, the members are open in supporting NJ bcoz they were supposed to be their hoobaes. https://t.co/7kKU9zQlFq
