{"id":420040,"date":"2026-05-09T21:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420040\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:57:12","slug":"newjeans-faces-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-in-u-s-over-how-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420040\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans faces copyright infringement lawsuit in U.S. over &#8216;How Sweet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Published: 09 May. 2026, 17:00\n                            <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Girl group NewJeans [ADOR]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d7741739-c310-4a56-962b-298540debacf.jpg\" data-reuse=\"allowed\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Girl group NewJeans [ADOR]<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Girl group NewJeans has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States, Billboard reported on Friday.\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Four composers, including songwriter Audrey Armacost, filed a lawsuit against NewJeans and their agency ADOR, seeking royalty distribution. They claim that the group\u2019s May 2024 release, \u201cHow Sweet,\u201d copied key elements from their demo, \u201cOne of a Kind.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\n The songwriters argue that they had previously pitched \u201cOne of a Kind\u201d to NewJeans, but it was not selected. Then, \u201cHow Sweet&#8221; was released, and the first verse melody and overall composition are substantially similar to \u201cOne of a Kind,&#8221; according to the report.\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> ADOR immediately denied the\u00a0infringement, saying that it confirmed with\u00a0BANA, the production team behind the track, that there was no plagiarism.\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u201cADOR and the members will respond to the lawsuit in accordance with BANA\u2019s position,&#8221; the agency said.\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>BY SARAH CHEA [<a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"f3909b9692dd809281929bb3999c9c9d94929d94dd909cdd9881\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 09 May. 2026, 17:00 Girl group NewJeans [ADOR] \u00a0 Girl group NewJeans has been hit with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-420040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}