Namewee and Kimberley Chen blocked on Weibo after ...

TAIPEI - China's social media platform Weibo has blocked the accounts of controversial Malaysian rapper Namewee and Australian singer ... Namewee(left)andKimberleyChenreleasedtheMandarinballadFragile,whichtouchedonsensitivetopicssuchascensorship,Covid-19andtheUighurs. PHOTO:NAMEWEEPHOTO/INSTAGRAM SuzanneSng Updated Published October18,2021at7:10AM More Whatsapp Linkedin FBMessenger Telegram Twitter Reddit WeChat Pinterest Print PurchaseArticle CopypermalinkCopytoclipboard https://str.sg/3cGh TAIPEI-China'ssocialmediaplatformWeibohasblockedtheaccountsofcontroversialMalaysianrapperNameweeandAustraliansingerKimberleyChenaftertheyreleasedasatiricalduet,accordingtoareportontheTaiwanNewswebsiteonSaturday(Oct16). ThetwoTaiwan-basedsingers,whoreleasedtheMandarinballadFragilelastFriday,appearedinapink-themedmusicvideowhichquicklywentviral. China'sGlobalTimesnewspaperreportedthatasofSunday,theyhavebeenremovedfromChinesesocialmediaandstreamingplatforms. Thesong,writtenbyNamewee,38,containedstabsatChineseleaderXiJinpingandtouchedonsensitivetopicssuchascensorship,Covid-19andtheUighurs. Themusicvideo,whichattractedmorethanonemillionviewsonYouTubewithinaday,openswiththewarning:"Pleasebecautiousifyouarefragilepink". ThelineislikelytargetedatLittlePinks,ornationalisticChinesenetizens. DirectedbyNamewee,whohasstirredcontroversyinthepastwithhissongs,thelatestvideoshowsapandafiguredancingandworkinginthebackground,whilethetwosingersmakereferencestotheCovid-19pandemicbysingingaboutthelovefor"dogs,cats,batsandcivets". Onelineofthesonggoes:"It'sillegaltobreachthefirewall,you'llbemissedifthePoohdiscoversit." ItisadigatXi,whohadbeencomparedtothecharacterWinniethePoohinmemesonsocialmedia. Theterm"commonprosperity,"thethemeofXi'smostrecentpoliticalcampaign,isalsointhelyrics. AfterChen'sWeiboaccountwasblocked,the27-year-oldpostedaclipofherselfsingingonInstagramandFacebook:"Sorrytohavehurtyou.Itdoesn'tmatterifIdon'thaveWeibo.IstillhaveInstagram.IstillhaveFacebook." InareportinTaiwan'sAppleDailyonSaturday,Nameweesaid:"Ofcourseitisagoodthingthatthesongisbeingdiscussed.Thismeansthatithasresonatedwithpeople.Ihopethatthereleaseofthissongwillbemetwithhumour." Namewee'smanagementcompanysaidthesong"justwantstoexpressloveforsmallanimals". RemotevideoURL MoreOnThisTopic RapperC.Tangana'ssaucyclipinSpaincathedralstokesscandal JoinST'sTelegramchannelandgetthelatestbreakingnewsdeliveredtoyou. TAIWAN CHINA SOCIALMEDIA MUSICIANS More Whatsapp Linkedin FBMessenger Telegram Reddit WeChat Pinterest Print PurchaseArticle Copypermalink https://str.sg/3cGh Getcomplimentaryaccesstothisarticle Signuporlogintoreadthisarticleinfull NameweeandKimberleyChenblockedonWeiboafterreleasingsatiricalduet Signup Alreadyhaveanaccount?Login. Alldone!Thisarticleisnowfullyavailableforyou NameweeandKimberleyChenblockedonWeiboafterreleasingsatiricalduet Readnow Pleaseverifyyoure-mailtoreadthissubscriber-onlyarticleinfull NameweeandKimberleyChenblockedonWeiboafterreleasingsatiricalduet Resendverificatione-mail Thegiftlinkforthissubscriber-onlyarticlehasexpired. Getunlimitedaccesstoallstoriesat$0.99/monthforthefirst3months. Subscribenow Youhavereachedyourlimitofsubscriber-onlyarticlesthismonth. Getunlimitedaccesstoallstoriesat$0.99/monthforthefirst3months. Subscribenow Readandwin! Read3articlesandstandtowinrewards Let'sgo! Terms&conditionsapply Frequentlyaskedquestions Goodjob,you'veread3articlestoday! Spinthewheelnow Let'sgo! Terms&conditionsapply Frequentlyaskedquestions Backtothetop