Skip to content
  • Epic Quest
  • Contact Me!
  • About Me
Instagram YouTube Facebook
Menu

Writer. Traveler. Tea Drinker.

Writer. Traveler. Tea Drinker. Doing all three in China
Instagram YouTube Facebook
  • Epic Quest
  • Contact Me!
  • About Me
Hit enter to search or esc to close
Home  >  China • Chinese Culture  >  It's 'Friday?' How about a Little Music?
Posted inChina Chinese Culture

It's 'Friday?' How about a Little Music?

Posted By Becky Ances Posted on May 13, 2011
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

Yes people, I’m jumping on the meme bandwagon again. This time it’s music. By this point we all know the truly terrible song by Rebecca Black called Friday and some of the quite hilarious covers of the song (I like the Colbert/Kimmel one myself). Well, here’s a new one you might have not seen. A Chinese-American named Dawen translated the oh-so intelligent lyrics to Chinese and actually came up with a pretty catchy version of the song. Plus, the fact that he is cute makes the whole thing a lot more bearable then the original.

Watching that video kind of sent me down the YouTube rabbit hole of Chinese rap music. I think listening to music is a really good way to keep your ear attuned to a language your learning, and when you got a good video to go along with it, it makes it even better.
I guess you can’t talk about Chinese rap and not mention Jay Chou. Jay is a triple threat (and now in a theater near you thanks to a role in The Green Hornet) and so popular even I’ve heard about him. (Yes, it’s true, I know sadly little about Chinese music, which I want to change.) Anyway, this song will melt your heart. I chose it from the dozens of video’s ’cause the kid’s rockin’ the Batman shirt.

This video is not actually standard Mandarin, but the local language of Wuhan. Still, you gotta give this girl some props for looking and acting so tough.

I’m not exactly sure what is going on in this video, but I wish I did. I’m thinking this is China’s answer to the Lonely Island or something.

And lest you think I’m being too fair to Chinese people, showing them in too positive a light, I found this boy band rap video complete with kung fu clips and dancing. That’s right, everybody in China knows Kung Fu. This video proves it.

I hope you enjoyed this little forey into some Chinese rap. And remember, yesterday was thursday and today it is Friday. So have a ball today.

Tags: chinese rap music dawen friday jay chou lonely island wuhan rap
Previous Article Strange Things Will Happen…
Next Article There Goes Another Leprechaun

Related Posts

Walking with Pikachu

I’m not sure how it started. Maybe I just thought it was cute the way my Taiwanese boyfriend pronounced Pikachu (pi-ka-que), but for the past five years, every time one of sees a Pikachu doll, toy, game etc we have to talk about it and point it out, and end

Read More about Walking with Pikachu
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

Here We Go Again!

Bored, playing around on my computer the other day, I started looking through old bookmarks on my browser. Since I have been an Apple user for a long time, whenever I get a new device or computer, it copies everything over automatically and I have bookmarked websites I haven’t looked

Read More about Here We Go Again!
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

2 Comments

  1. Ruth Sheffer
    May 15, 2011 at 3:24 am

    Hey Becky your blog is terrific and inspiring.It is very interesting and well-written!

    Reply
  2. Becky
    May 15, 2011 at 6:14 am

    Thanks Ruth! Hopefully you’ll be in China soon and be blogging about your own China adventure!

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Cancel reply

Recent Posts

  • Walking with Pikachu
  • Here We Go Again!
  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To
  • “Do You Like Bread?”
  • 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show

Archives

Categories

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Recent Posts

  • Walking with Pikachu Becky Ances June 17, 2022
  • Here We Go Again! Becky Ances June 9, 2022
  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To Becky Ances July 30, 2021
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • The Swiss Family Robinson are a Bunch of Jerks December 11, 2009
  • Making it Official: My Chinese Boyfriend December 7, 2012
  • Good Chinese Wife Review and a Chance to Win a Free Book!! July 27, 2014
  • 10 Signs You've Lived in China a Long Time March 29, 2014
  • Walking with Pikachu June 17, 2022
  • Here We Go Again! June 9, 2022
  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To July 30, 2021
  • “Do You Like Bread?” July 16, 2021

Subscribe Now to Our Newsletter, It’s Free!

Get the best content delivered straight into your inbox!

Facebook Twitter Google+

About

I’m an American who has been living in China for more than a decade! This is my blog where I muse about all things China. Please also check out my YouTube channel “Badminton Becky” and my other badminton blog at www.badmintonbecky.com

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • Walking with Pikachu June 17, 2022
  • Here We Go Again! June 9, 2022
  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To July 30, 2021
© Copyright 2017. Theme by BloomPixel.