that asian dude tried to change into westerner because he dont want to feel different from community around him and got bullied (thats what that dancing at the tried to tell us, he just cant synchronize with others), but of course "JUST BE YOURSELF"!!
that sandwich though, from a chinese food to a sandwich and they show that now he have "friends" because he's like them, and the end part making him blonde and white to further make him physically closer to everyone around, but yet still fail to dance around the same rhythm as them
I think when he was hanging with his friends he was also (ironically enough) drinking the exact same alcohol that those teenagers who dined and dashed at his parent's restaurant.
This is easily one of their best and most powerful MVs in my opinion. Did you catch all the OOR references in the video? Watch it a few more times. 😁 I think this song would do really well on the radio. Hopefully FBR tries to get them on the airwaves, but I'm not holding my breath. This video reminded me of the few times I was picked on, but I'm lucky in the sense that I grew up in the Bay Area where there's lots of Asians and it's pretty mixed. Like you, I didn't really cry but it was definitely upsetting. OOR has come so far as a band. I know people have opinions about their change in style but at the root they're still the same. Excellent message in this song. Btw, wait to you hear this live! Taka's vocals near the end stand out (ha!) more over the chorus vocals than they do in this studio recording.
thx for your reaction btw that opera part was actually called Sichuan face-changing opera in Chinese （川剧变脸) I guess by using it in this video the director Peter Huang wants to reflect the struggle inside that kid. growing up as a minority with a different cultural background in the society sometimes can be tough.
Every people have some chances to change own character. But we mustn’t forget that we can’t be someone else. So sorry I can’t use English well, but I wanna tell my mind to use my words.
This PV expresses racism to Asians, but I think that it applies to other races. And I think that this song gives cheer for not only colored races but also people(even whites) with handicap, with hobbies that others do not recognize, who are said to be ugly, who is lonely, who is not familiar with others (or school or friends or workplace).
Love this song. I cried the first few times hearing it...ironically. Am I the only one looking at this from a cultural/political perspective? This song is a juxtaposition and resonates with both the rebels and the good Asian kids and is a song for anyone who's ever felt like an outcast. A lot of people point to it being about bullying and fitting in but I think it reflects the Asian community very well especially if you look at it from a cultural/political perspective. I would say that this song is seen from the perspective of the Asian children heeding the words of their parents. If we look at that from a cultural perspective, this is Japan looking at China and saying, "I remember who we were". If we look at that from a modern day China man's perspective, it almost patriotic. "I know they don't like me that much Guess that I don't dress how they want I just wanna be myself I can't be someone else" China today is a communist country and isn't well liked and Asian culture is still playing catchup with the West so this is reflected by some Asians in the West being bullied. China just wants to be itself, exceptional and unique, but the West wants to change it and bring about / continue their hegemony. "Try to color inside their lines Try to live a life by design I just wanna be myself I can't be someone else Someone else" Every Asian parents advice to Asian children. Play by the rules but be exceptional. Be the Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Entrepreneurs, etc of this world. Try to live life with a purpose. From a political perspective, China is trying remember their past and coming back but at the same time they are feeling pressure of being second class: "Try to color inside their lines" in a western dominated society. "They yell they preach I've heard it all before Be this be that I've heard it before Heard it before" Now we go directly to the kid's thoughts of what his parent's are saying. They yell at us, they preach to us but so what? We've heard of this before. We feel the pressures of being Asian from our parent's and countries proud history, etc. "Big boys don't cry Shoot low aim high Eat up stay thin Stand out fit in Good girls don't fight Be you dress right White face tan skin Stand out fit in" 'Chinglish' advice by the Asian parents basically summing up our lives. Be proud to be you but be different. Remember your Asian roots/heritage. Yadiyadiya. Looking at it politically, men should be proud of their country and rich history even if we are no longer No. 1. Be ruthless (to thyself) but have mercy (on others). "I am who I am No matter what Never changing No matter what No matter what" This part comes after a traditional Chinese/Japanese Xiqu dance to signify that times change. We can keep faking to be someone we are not to fit in and get ourselves killed or realize that one day we could be popular again, just in a different form. Modern Asian Hip-Hop actually draws a lot from Ancient Chinese dance signifying a cultural return. From a political standpoint China is rising again like a phoenix but they've got to be careful not to lose their way. From another perspective the story also states the hypocrisy of the Asian kids about how far they would go to fit in and stop being an outcast (aka they would bully others) and that this has got to change / there are other ways...which is through cultural understanding.
I think the dance represents our choices made in life. Each move changing our outcomes in our future.. It’s a beautiful symbolism of the decisions we make in life. Ultimately the boy gets a second chance to do it over differently.
I interpreted the last segment of the video as something like, "his musing or fantasy." Like his future self was something he imagined to help cope with the pain and frustration of being ousted by those around him for being what he is. It seems tempting to just give in and follow the crowd, be what's acceptable, and abandon that which others would reject. But in the end it wouldn't work out, he'd only be just as miserable-if not more. And knowing he has to still struggle through this while taking the jeers and sneers of the crowd is painful for just about anyone to take. Though at least the one feeling of peace he has is knowing he has his family to be there for him to get through it.
I had face the same here in India because of my look, the way I dress up and foot habitat. I am an Indian born in north eastern part of India. But unfortunately here also lots of discrimination is there.
hey 😊 i wrote my thinking with this MV bud im poor at English💦sorry🙌 ☟☟☟ this story's hero is a Chinese boy you know he was bullied by his appearance when he was a child he want to become familiar with his classmates but he want to be himself this is his conflict and the there was a sudden development in the situation he becomes familiar with his classmates and the car he rides in with his friends are in a traffic accident he creeps out it and then he meet a strange man who wear Chinese traditional stage costume this mean the identity as a Chinese which he forgets he forgot himself because he tried to become familiar with them at the end of this story he regains his identity and he dances vividly finally i think this song has a message ''don't be afraid to live my own way''
