SEOUL, April 5 -- K-pop group NewJeans, which had previously attempted to rebrand itself as NJZ in February after a fallout with record labels ADOR and HYBE, has wiped its newly created independent social media accounts.

On Instagram, the account previously known as @njz_official has been renamed @mhdhh_friends, and all posts on it have been deleted.

Similarly, a separate account said to be organised by the members' parents was also reportedly renamed to @mhdhh_pr.

K-pop news site Allkpop reported that "mhdhh" may refer to the members' first names: Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein.

Last month, a South Korean court ruled against NewJeans, which had sought to sever ties with their label ADOR over what they called "mistreatment" ...