NJZ’s Danielle Reveals Having To Report Bathroom Breaks, Record Meals as Part of Surveillance During Trainee Days Under HYBE

Danielle, a member of the Okay-pop group NJZ (previously NewJeans), has opened up concerning the strict guidelines she endured throughout her trainee days below HYBE.In a stay broadcast on March 16 by means of NJZ’s official account, the 19-year-old singer shared stunning particulars concerning the intense surveillance and management she and different trainees confronted below HYBE’s administration. Danielle recalled that even throughout her free time, she was required to depart a message earlier than utilizing the restroom. Meal occasions had been additionally closely regulated, with trainees being wanted to take photos of their meals and ship them to a feminine supervisor for approval earlier than they might eat.”I bear in mind having to take photos of what I ate earlier than I used to be truly capable of eat it. I needed to ship photos to our supervisor, and he or she must examine it,” she stated.Moreover, Danielle famous that there was a continuing sense of being monitored after they had been trainees, significantly within the follow room.The singer admitted that the trainees adopted the foundations, believing that failing to conform would have an effect on their probabilities of debuting and that they may very well be minimize from this system.Danielle stated she continued with that mindset till former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin helped her and her NJZ groupmates—Minji, Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein——to stay that manner.The singer’s revelations come amid an ongoing authorized battle in opposition to ADOR, now their former company. NJZ terminated its unique contract with ADOR in November 2024, citing the company’s failure to meet obligations, whereas ADOR filed a lawsuit to affirm the contract’s validity and sought injunctions to dam the group’s unbiased actions. The company later expanded its injunction request in February 2025 to ban all leisure actions, together with songwriting, performing, and promoting, which NJZ’s dad and mom alleged was an try to suppress the group’s profession.A listening to on contract validity is scheduled for April 3.