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 [daum] The current viral thing these days NewJeans vs ILLIT

date: 15/12/2025

The photo that is a hot topic these days if it is NewJeans or ILLIT

In your eyes, which group do you think it is?

Voting Results

NewJeans: 74% (6,700 votes)

ILLIT: 25% (2,342 votes)

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COMMENTS

• I thought it was NewJeans

• But knowing that it would be controversial, why do the agency officials keep causing a controversy? All they need to do is not do this in the first place...

• Heol I thought it was definitely NewJeans

• It's like their production team purposely wanted to make them suffer

• This really made me speechless... At first when I saw the 'minj' I of course thought it was NewJeans, even the art directing behind them too... What's wrong with their agency?

• They look like NewJeans

• I thought it was NewJeans. Purple, blue, green, yellow, pink. There's a NewJeans stage like this too.

• I like ILLIT, but can their company pay more attention to these issues? It's annoying. The kids will get criticized.

• But wouldn't it be better for them to be a little careful? They've been hearing people say that they're like NewJeans ever since they first debuted, even before MHJ exploded the issue. Is it that hard to avoid it?

• No, even if you ignore the clothes, the stage background and dance style are so NewJeans

• It's like NewJeans, even the background is Phoning

• I thought it was written Minji because of the 'minj'

• It looks like NewJeans. There was another controversy over this in another post. They're both so similar

• Isn't this just Phoningㅋㅋㅋㅋ

• Belift Lab really doesn't do any work

• It's not due to just the colour of the clothes but it seems to be controversial because the background gives the feel of Phoning + New Jack Swing

• This has been hot on Twitter and it seems like this controversy has spread overseas too

• I hope they know that fans of other genres and idols are cheering on for NewJeans

• The voting is so transparent

• I think that repeated coincidences are no longer coincidences...

• I thought this was some NewJeans cover stage

• Please bring in creativity

[instiz] A full shot of ILLIT's stage that is reminiscent of NewJeans stage

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COMMENTS

• Huh, this really looks like NewJeans??

• Why did they design the stage like that when they knew it was going to be controversial?

• I thought the 'min' on the right was Minji and thought they really brought out NewJeans and was joking around

• I thought it was the Phoning design in the background

• I'm not really a fan of NewJeans or ILLIT, but they're similar...? I thought of NewJeans as soon as I saw this

• What's wrong with the company

• The background has a NewJeans feel to it..

• I immediately thought of that Powerpuff Girls collaboration stage

• Seriously, what is wrong with HYBE? If it were me, I’d be so annoyed at people saying I copied them and so I wouldn’t do anything remotely similar; there’s a reason why this keeps getting talked about.

• They could easily do something way more original so it wouldn’t even remind anyone of it. Even when I watch other five-member girl group stages, I don’t think they’re similar to NewJeans at all, not even a bit. That company has the capital too, so what’s the problem

• I immediately thought of NewJeans' Music Bank stage. Honestly, it's so similar.

• The company really just doesn't think, it's like they're doing it on purpose

• What's wrong with their company? Please protect the artists. It must be tiring to see the two of them constantly mentioned together.

• No this company needs to be destroyed

• If they're intentionally trying to promote them by stirring up controversy, then they should stop. That's not what a company is.

• As expected from that company