There is now a generic Hive Team rank that members of the Hive Team who do not need a specific rank will use.
The VIP rank is not being removed, and is now reserved for influencers that aren’t YouTubers or streamers, much like the VIP rank on Java.
We have updated our support site in preparation for the upcoming rank changes, and as @ItsWoozieE mentioned, these changes will be reflected in-game very soon. We certainly have no reason to ‘lie’ about such a thing, and the only reason that you haven’t seen the rank changes in-game yet is because these things require various backend updates which take a while to roll-out to all regions, this is the same reason the moderators still appear as admins in-game.