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I'm a non-Chinese foreigner and I used to enjoy the music of SING女团, but they never made any effort to communicate with their foreign fans, so I never got to know anything.
So the story starts around 2020. The highly successful 7-member girl group SING女团 acquired two new members. One of them was called Lin Jiahui. Despite being a new member, she was already noticeably the most naturally beautiful, most talented singer and talented dancer of the group (at least in my perspective). 6 of the original members left, leaving the lead singer Xu Shiyin behind. 2 new members were added, bringing the total number of members to 5.
This sudden change in the lineup seemed to have caused all the Chinese fans to leave, who were attached to the old lineup. But honestly, I think the change was needed and the new lineup was even better. However due to the hostile reaction from the Chinese fans, the new songs didn't seem to get any attention (looking at the views on Chinese social media for example. The views on YouTube from foreign fans usually were actually higher).
Looking at the interviews, behind the scenes videos, and so on, it seemed (at least to me, I could be wrong) that there was tension between Xu Shiyin (the group leader) and Lin Jiahui, the most talented and most beautiful of the group (at least I thought so), the natural leader, except that the rest of the lineup seemed to also favour Xu Shiyin.
About 2 years later, Lin Jiahui suddenly disappeared from the lineup. No official explanation was given from what I noticed, but a rumour around the foreign fans was that she had to finish her studies at university and she'll be back after the summer. Except that after the summer, the lineup still remained as a group of 4, led by Xu Shiyin.
I waited every year, but even though Lin Jiahui was active on douyin and there was no official announcement announcing her exit (she was still officially part of SING女团), she didn't appear in the lineup.
Last year, the whole group, except Xu Shiyin, was totally changed again. Again, no announcement in foreign media, and looking at Chinese social media, there was no explanation as to why there was such a sudden change. I don't know what to make of it.
There are probably many things I am not aware of, and because the management of SING女团 don't communicate to their foreign fans (and so I am just relying on rumour) there may be many things I have gotten wrong. This is just what I have observed from the perspective of a foreigner. Hopefully I can get clarification here of what happened. Thanks.