The Mammoth Girl Group Will Hold Their Final Concert On Mar 31 In Japan
After two years, it's time for us to say sayonara to Japanese
girl group SDN48 at their farewell concert in Japan on Mar 31.
Formed in 2009, SDN48, an acronym for 'Saturday Night 48', is
the sister group of immensely popular Japanese girl group AKB48. Both groups
were formed by Mr Yasushi Akimoto, a Japanese television writer and record
producer.
While AKB4 portrays a cute image, SDN48 is created based on an
'adult idol' concept', which is characterised by their sexier outfits and more
suggestive dance choreography.
This is seen in their music video for Yaritagariya-san, in which the girls stripped down to lacy
underwear and took self-portraits with a camera.
While members of SDN48 unanimously described their group's
concept as 'sexy', reporters were not allowed to questions regarding the risqué
video or the girls showing sexuality overtly during a recent interview in
Singapore.
Unlike previous "graduations" -- which involved a small number
of members -- all 39 members from SDN48 will graduate together this time, thus
concluding the group's first chapter.
Prior to their Mar 31 Japanese concert, 12 SDN48 girls arrived
in Singapore last week to say their final goodbyes to their local fans.
"It's been eight years since I went to Japan," said Chen Qu
who is from China, before adding, "I would like to thank the fans for their
support all these while. I hope that they will continue to support me and my
members even after our graduation."
During an interview with xinmsn, member Serina shared with us
her thoughts on graduating from the group.
"It was sad at first, but I've come to terms with it now. We
realised our dreams through being part of SDN48, but we can only learn more
after graduating from the group," she replied thoughtfully.
Haruka Kohara then quipped, "I'm going to miss everything, but
definitely missing the members most. They're like my family."
