‘Trip’ to famous singers who sang about violence against women in China

In September, a woman who was streaming online in China was doused with gasoline and lit a fire. Lamu (拉姆), who was active as Wang Hong (online influencer) with hundreds of thousands of followers on ‘The Wooin’ (TikTok), died after two weeks of hospital treatment for this incident. The ex-husband is reported to have had a criminal record of domestic violence and threatened Lamu asking for a reunion even after the divorce. Anger online over the problem of domestic violence grew and netizens remembered Lamu, saying, “I wish women could be safer.”

After this incident, recently in China, the song of a famous singer has attracted attention. According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 15th, singer Tan Weiwei (譚維維) released a new album ‘3811’ on the 11th. In this album, the stories of 11 women are contained in each song. 3811 is a number that symbolizes Tan Wei Wei’s age and the history of 11 women on the new album. He is a singer and actor who became famous after winning second place on the 2006 Hunan television game show ‘Super Girl’.

After the release of his new album, one of the songs that quickly caught the eye is a song called ‘Xiao Xuan (小娟)’. In this song, ‘Writing fists, using gasoline. The same tragedy repeats itself over and over again. When will the same tragedy end? These are the stories of victims of violence against women like Ramu, who recently passed away. After this song was released, word of mouth quickly spread online and the sympathy and support of many women poured out. On the Chinese version of Twitter ‘Weibo’, “It is the most powerful job in the Chinese music industry this year. I salute the brave musician. “Some netizens responded that they were worried that the song would be censored, saying,” The lyrics of the song focused attention on the victims. “Tan Wei Wei said,” It’s not brave, it’s just a responsibility. ” , through his Weibo and others as a result of a heated reaction.

SCMP describes Tan Wei Wei as “the first mainstream musician in China to deal with violence against women through music” and in recent years he has shown interest in combining Chinese pop music with ethnic minority music and singing about social topics. . One feminist blogger said: “The reason Tan Wei Wei’s song has resonated is because the lyrics of his song contain many events that are familiar to people.” I was impressed with the representation of the rights, ”he told SCMP.