# Troubling Details About NewJeans’ Exploitative Contracts Come To Light

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/troubling-details-about-newjeans-exploitative-contracts-come-to-light/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:35:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:51:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2516626/troubling-details-about-newjeans-exploitative-contracts-come-to-light/news/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- NewJeans’ contracts reportedly removed several protections for young performers.
- Ador is seeking $22 million in exit fees from Danielle Marsh.
- The label can use members’ identities and music after the contracts end.

## Summary

A New York Times report has revealed contract terms for NewJeans, the K-pop group whose attempt to leave their label Ador ended in a court ruling that they could not quit. The details have renewed scrutiny of the industry’s treatment of young performers and show how difficult it can be for artists to challenge their labels.

The members were children when they signed, and their parents had to agree to the contracts. The report says the contracts removed protections for health, education and sleep found in a South Korean government template, required members to repay some trainee beauty-treatment costs, and let the label seek exit fees; Ador is suing 20-year-old Danielle Marsh for $22 million. The contracts also allow continued use of members’ identities for voice clones and AI chatbots after they expire in 2029, and continued music sales on reduced royalties.

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