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6. TMI

NewJeans: TMI

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This page lists “TMI” of NewJeans, a 5-member girl group from ADOR.
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TMI originally stands for “Too Much Information.” However, in Korean popular culture, the term has evolved to mean “interesting personal details/trivia.”

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Read more about NewJeans' official information here.

MANAGEMENT & FORMATION

  • Minji was the first trainee to be part of the debut team, as she was a trainee of Source Music from 2017. Minji appeared in the promotional videos for the 2019 Plus Global Audition, in which the other members of NewJeans were cast.
    • On July 9th, 2021, Minji and Hanni appeared in the music video for BTS - “Permission to Dance”pre-debut as trainees.
  • From October of 2019, Min Hee Jin (formerly Creative Director of SM Entertainment and currently CEO of ADOR, a subsidiary label under HYBE), in collaboration with Bighit Entertainment and Source Music, held the Plus Global Audition across 16 cities in 7 countries around the world.
    • More than 50,000 girls auditioned, and the trainees cast before the end of 2019 started training from early 2020.
    • Initially, the group was set to debut in 2021 as a joint project between the managements involved. However, with the breakout of COVID-19, the group launch was delayed and Min Hee Jin’s subsidiary label (ADOR) was established, with the members now being set to debut as a team that would later be NewJeans under the management of ADOR.
    • NewJeans had always been planned to be a 5-member group with all of the members in their teens. In the promotional video for the 2019 Plus Global Auditions, five girls get off a coach.
  • In 2021, Hyein became the last member to join the debut team that would later become NewJeans.
  • On December 1st, 2021, Min Hee Jin appeared on an episode of YouQuiz on the Block to promote the first girl group that would debut from ADOR; saying that she had already prepared a title track with a team of producers she is highly confident about, and that she was confident of the new group’s success, and the “new waves that the group would surely bring to the industry.”
    • In the interview, Min Hee Jin confirmed that the group would debut in 2022.
  • On July 1st, ADOR’s official Instagram account announced the debut date of the new girl group (July 22nd) without disclosing the name of the team or the members.
    • Unlike most K-Pop groups, NewJeans did not upload any teasers before debut and released their music video for “Attention” without disclosing the names of the individual members.
    • Min Hee Jin had later clarified that she chose to do this because she wanted to break away from the formula and that she thought a teaser was unnecessary because the public was already focused on NewJeans’ debut. Also, going without the teasers to upload a music video straight away would certainly make people listen to NewJeans’ music, without keeping the fans unnecessarily hanging.
  • On August 6th, 2022, the members have said through a Phoning LIVE that there is no leader or any designated position within NewJeans, as all members strive to be all-rounders.
  • Min Hee Jin is the executive producer of NewJeans; the main producers are 250 (Lee Oh Gong) and Jinsu Park (FRNK); mixing and arranging is done by Tony Masersti, a Grammy-winning Sound Engineer.

CHARACTER IP AND COLLABORATIONS

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NewJeans is knowing for releasing unique character IP and merch based on each members, in collaboration with various under brands and IP.

Heart-Eyed Bunny (”Bernice”) (2022)

  • The image of the heart-eyed bunny was the very first content to be released from NewJeans.
    • The image of the heart-eyed bunny later on became the album covers for New Jeans (blue), Ditto (red), OMG (black/grey), and NJWMX (green), with the same design but different color hues.
    • The fandom has since then gone on to call the iconic heart-eyed bunny by the nickname “Bernice.”
  • The different-colored heart-eyed bunnies each stand for a NewJeans member.
    • Green bunny: Danielle
    • White bunny: Haerin
    • Pink bunny: Hanni
    • Blue bunny: Hyein
    • Yellow bunny: Minji
  • The bunnies with a flame aura around them are Minji and Hanni, the two members that have been revealed to the public before debut.
From Left to Right: Danielle, Haerin, Hanni, Hyein, Minji

NewJeans x Powerpuff Girls (2023)

  • In 2023, NewJeans announced an official collaboration with the Powerpuff Girls for their 2nd EP, Get Up.
  • NewJeans released official characters for each respective members, with their own superpowers revealed in the music video for “New Jeans.”
    • Minji: Blue / Ability to make chocolate
    • Hanni: Pink / Ability to change the size of objects
    • Danielle: Yellow / Ability to talk to plants
    • Haerin: Green / Ability to give super-strength
    • Hyein: Purple / Ability to fly
    • There is a sixth character in the collboration that represents the Bunnies, a white Bunny with blue eyes, called “Bunny.”
From Left to Right: Haerin, Danielle, Hyein, Minji, Hanni

Bernini: NewJeans x LINE FRIENDS (2023)

  • In 2023, NewJeans collaborated with LINE FRIENDS to create a new line of character IP and merch, called “Bernini.”
    • Berninis come in five different colors and two multi-hues, and there are no official member colors assigned to them.
    • Bernini makes an appearance in the music video for “ASAP.”

NewJeans x Murakami Haruki x Powerpuff Girls (2024)

  • In 2024, NewJeans announced a collaboration with the renowned Japanese pop-artist, Murakami Harukibefore their official Japanese debut in June.
    • The teaser for NewJeans’ first official Japanese single “Right Now” shows the NewJeans x Powerpuff Girls characters walking into a forest and finding the iconic Murakami flower, and being transformed into a new design with bunny ears.
    • The official colors for each members have stayed the same with the previous Powerpuff Girls collaboration.
      • Minji: Blue
      • Hanni: Pink
      • Danielle: Yellow
      • Haerin: Green
      • Hyein: Purple
Top Left to Right: Minji, Danielle, Hyein / Bottom Left: Hanni / Bottom Right: Haerin

MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA

  • The average height of NewJeans members is 166cm, with all of the members being taller than 160cm.
  • All members except Hanni have their birthdays in April or May. Hanni’s birthday is in October.
  • There are all blood types within NewJeans.
    • Type-A: Minji
    • Type-B: Haerin
    • Type-O: Hanni, Hyein
    • Type-AB: Danielle
  • Min Hee Jin has said that the members of NewJeans got their first payment only two months after debut.
    • This went viral in Korea, as it takes most idols months or even years to get their first payment, which usually only happens after the idol groups have “broken even” and earned back more than the initial investment fee.
  • Before going on stage, the members have their own cheering routine, which they have named “the sandwich.”The five members get in a circle, put both hands in the center, look into each others’ eyes and press hard.
  • All of the NewJeans members currently live in the dorms together; as of December 17th, 2023, all members have a room of their own.
    • The interior design of the new dorms has been done by a Korean interior design brand called “Anderson C.” They have shared pictures of the finished dorms on their official Instagram.