The group's name, "NewJeans" is a play on words. It suggests that jeans are a classic piece of clothing and that the group wants to establish a classic persona for themselves. The term "new genes" is also punked in the name, alluding to the group's role in introducing a fresh wave of pop music.
Just like Blackpink, NewJeans is also a Kpop group that doesn't have an official leader. However, the media assumes that Minji Kim is the leader of the group even though the speculations are 'not true.'.
In 2023, NewJeans sold 4.39 million album copies according to the Circle Chart, the most-ever for a K-pop female artist in a single year, and broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest K-pop act to reach one billion streams on Spotify.