Chinese nationalist taunt hits YouTube heights - Taipei Times

1 on YouTube in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Fragile (玻璃心), by Taiwan-based Malaysian rapper Namewee (黃明志) and Australian singer Kimberley ... Home TaiwanNews Sun,Oct24,2021page2 ChinesenationalisttaunthitsYouTubeheights Staffwriter,withCNA DaysafteritwasbannedinChina,aMandarinballadsatirizingnationalisticChineseInternetusersistrendingatNo.1onYouTubeinTaiwanandHongKong. Fragile(玻璃心),byTaiwan-basedMalaysianrapperNamewee(黃明志)andAustraliansingerKimberleyChen(陳芳語),offersatongue-in-cheekapologyto“littlepink”Internetusers,adisparagingtermthatdescribespatriotic“keyboardwarriors”fromChina. Afterrackingupmorethan9millionviewsonYouTube,thesongreachedNo.3onthesiteinMalaysiaonThursday,accordingtoKworb,aWebsitethatanalyzesmusicdatafromaroundtheworld. Taiwan-basedMalaysianrapperNamewee,left,andAustraliansingerKimberleyChenposeforapictureinanundatedphotograph. Photo:AsianToneCulturalandCreativeIndustry ItisalsotheonlyChinese-languagesongonKworb’slistofmusicvideostrendingworldwideonYouTube. TheR&Bduet,describedbyNameweeasa“romantic,sweetlovesongfilledwithpink,”takeslightheartedaimatyoungnationalistsinChinawhousetheInternetasabattlegroundforhashingoutperceivednationalisticgrievances. ThemusicvideoforFragileseesNameweeandChen,deckedoutinpinkclothesandheart-shapedglasses,pleadingwitheasilyoffendedChinesesocialmediausers:“You’reabadlistener,butyoucan’tstoptalkingandretaliating.IwonderhowIhaveoffendedyou.Youassumetheworldisyourenemy.” Thesonggoesontosay:“YouclaimthatIbelongtoyou.Don’tdenyandcomehome.Can’tloseanything,letyouwineverything.It’sunreasonable.Youurgemetoexplaintotheworld,ourinseparablerelationship,andtakecareofyourheartofglass.” Whilenotexplicit,thelyricsareanapparentreferencetoChina’srelationshipwithTaiwan,aswellasBeijing’sterritorialclaimsintheSouthChinaSea. Nameweesaidhisinspirationcamefromhisexperiencesinteractingwithpeopleonlinewhensharinghismusic,describingitasfascinatinghowsomewouldobsessoversmalldetailsandthenamplifythemendlessly. Adayafterthesong’sdebut,NameweeandChen’smusicwasbannedonChinesemicrobloggingsiteSinaWeibo,andalloftheirsongsweretakendownfrommusicstreamingsitesinChina. Inresponse,Nameweethankedeveryonewhohadlikedthesong. “Whateverreasonbroughtyoutothesong,I’mokaywithit.YouarethepersonI’mlookingfor,whetheryoufeelhappyorunhappyafterlisteningtothesong,”hesaid. Namewee,whoisknownforhissatiricalsongsthattouchonsensitivesocialandpoliticaltopics,isanaward-winninghip-hopartistwhohasbeennominatedthreetimesforbestMandarinmalesingerattheGoldenMelodyAwards. Hepreviouslystirredcontroversyinhishomecountrywithmusicandfilmproductionsresultinginarrestafterauthoritiessaidtheworkscontainedracism,tarnishingMalaysia’simageandinsultingIslam. Commentswillbemoderated.Keepcommentsrelevanttothearticle.Remarkscontainingabusiveandobscenelanguage,personalattacksofanykindorpromotionwillberemovedandtheuserbanned.FinaldecisionwillbeatthediscretionoftheTaipeiTimes. 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