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A top member of SHY48 from their 1st team covering a J-pop number in Chinese at a theater performance of the team today:


The stylish & exotic looking hottie is both a fashion & sexy icon of the group. :)

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A nice collection of pics of a former group ace of SNH48, now a solo artist still under the same company, posted by her official blogger from her personal office today & reposted on this page of a Japanese fansite:

泣いたことも笑ったこともある、でも後悔したことはない:SNH48卒業生キクちゃん(鞠婧禕) – SNH48分室 Unofficial
 
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Offshot footage of four members of 7SENSES, a subgroup of SNH48, shooting for a jeweler:


^ They're the spokesperson of the subgroup, who's also the captain of SNH48's 1st team, the "sexy queen" of that team, the top dancer of that team, & the top dancer of the 2nd team. :)
 

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Four top members of SNH48 from their 2nd team posing as imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty in a current CM selling sweet dumplings:

Behind-the-scenes footage of another one, featuring other prominent group members too & supposed to be aired around the upcoming Lunar New Year period early next year:

 
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The MV for a famous Chinese-style stage number of SNH48, rendered by four prominent members from SNH48, BEJ48, & SHY48, who respectively represent the four seasons in the heavily Chinese-styled MV released today:


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The awesome debut performance of a solo number in the current stage of SNH48's 1st team by the top dancer of the team at a theater performance of the team today - the number has always been missing from the stage ever since the stage's debut till now due to her stage absence caused by her drama shootings at the time:


^ Note that the "fashion queen" of the team is also a professional ballet dancer, & both the number & its performance, which're obviously tailored for her, have got a heavy artistic, opera-like feel. :cool:
 
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The PV for a New Year song of SNHG, released today:


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A Yakult CM-short themed on one's nostalgic memories of their schooldays, featuring the deputy captain of SNH48's 1st team & a next-generation-ace hopeful from their 3rd team:

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Another one, themed on the friendship of a couple of OLs this time, featuring that 3rd-team member of SNH48 again & a prominent member of BEJ48's 2nd team:

 
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[Re: The former part of the preceding post] An AP news report on that PV, in English of course, hence being self-explanatory:

ObEN Collaborates With SNH48 to Create World's First PAI/Human Music Video

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[Re: The latter part of the preceding post] The latest one, themed on a couple of classmates having a party at the home of one of them while her parents were away from home, featuring that 3rd-team member of SNH48 yet again & a former captain of their 2nd team:

Sina Visitor System

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[Re: The top part of this post] Another report on it by the South China Morning Post, the leading English paper in Hong Kong:

Chinese girl idol group creates digital clones built by AI
 
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A cool performance by a 2nd-generation member in SNH48's 1st team at a theater performance of the team lately:

http://n.miaopai.com/media/0X1JKFOI7LXCIoNuyXLZby7-ApeFmBqY.htm

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Behind-the-scenes footage from a recent concert of CKG48:

Sina Visitor System

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An awesome performance by a former group ace of SNH48, who's now a solo artist under the same company, on a variety show yesterday:


^ A couple of offshots from it:

https://snh48.info/img/201812/jujingyi201812281717b.jpg

https://snh48.info/img/201812/jujingyi201812281717c.jpg
 
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^ A couple more offshots of her, from another music show tonight:

https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/dab20f8dly1fyouprshzaj21sc2dshdt.jpg

https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/dab20f8dly1fyoupdg5l7j21sc2e2e84.jpg

A bonus still from the MV for her current latest song:

https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/006VxdWHly1fyoylmp845j31og2io4qu.jpg

Behind-the-scenes footage of another one, featuring other prominent group members too & supposed to be aired around the upcoming Lunar New Year period early next year:

The CM itself, released by the advertiser today:

 
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Her performing that song on that show:


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A couple of GIFs of a popular member of SNH48's 3rd team playing a mermaid in a performance of a C-pop megastar on a New Year's Eve show tonight, posted by herself:

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/006oEDZUgy1fyqcg79lvxg30hq0ei4qs.gif

https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/large/006oEDZUgy1fyqctjxzm2g30ij0h2hdx.gif
 
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[Re: The latter part of the preceding post] OK, here's a clip of that, showing the real-life performance combining w/ AR effects:


^ Her appearance in it is stunning. :cool:
 
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The latest one, themed on a couple of classmates having a party at the home of one of them while her parents were away from home, featuring that 3rd-team member of SNH48 yet again & a former captain of their 2nd team:

Sina Visitor System
This moving one is set in the workplace & also features that 3rd-team member, who's probably a regular in the CM series, & the deputy captain of BEJ48's 1st team:

Sina Visitor System

^ Being a 5th-generation member, the 3rd-team member is actually a senior to that formidable deputy captain playing the superior/boss, who was a 6th-generation member of SNH48 before transferring to BEJ48. :)
 

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Some recent updates regarding SHY48 & CKG48:

- About half of the SHY48 members, selected from both of their two teams, are currently doing theater performances at the exclusive theater of BEJ48 for an indefinite period of time, while their own exclusive theater is closing down. It's not clear what'll happen to the rest of the group members, who include even a top member & a team captain.

- The exclusive theater of CKG48 as well as their training & living complex are also closing down, & the group members are moving to the complex of GNZ48. One of the group members has just joined BEJ48 as a double member.

- Formal announcement clarifying the prospect of both groups is expected at an upcoming major annual concert of SNHG, in which another large-scale organizational restructuring/reshuffle will be announced &, unlike the last one affecting only SNH48 last year, will affect all the five SNHG groups this time.

Talk about the economic outlook of the country for this year. :P
 

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^ Concept pics showing the stage designs of that concert to be held in the capital of a major southern province for the very 1st time, released today:

https://wx2.sinaimg.cn/large/a04b2a1dgy1fyz22nuyhpj21hc0u04qq.jpg

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/a04b2a1dgy1fyz22qmjs5j21hc0u0npd.jpg

https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/large/a04b2a1dgy1fyz23ndxakj21hc0u01ky.jpg

https://wx3.sinaimg.cn/large/a04b2a1dgy1fyz22p8m7vj21hc0u04qq.jpg

^ Looks cool & elegant. :cool:

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The MV for a solo number by the current top-ranked member of BEJ48, released today:


Singing & dancing aren't what the young undergrad majoring in e-commerce is known best, tho - her talents are actually on music production backstage, like composing & arranging music, writing lyrics, choreographing, etc., as well as playing the electric guitar. :)