China Arts & Entertainment

“I’m Dog-Tired” Viral Choir Song Resonates With Stressed-Out Young Chinese

A new song by a Shanghai choir has become an instant hit in China. The song titled “My Body Feels Empty” resonates with China’s younger generations who feel pressured and stressed out by their busy working schedules

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10 years ago

July 29, 2016

Diandian Guo

A new song by a Shanghai choir has become an instant hit in China. The song, titled “My Body Feels Empty”, resonates with China’s younger generations who feel pressured and stressed out by their busy working schedules.

“My body feels empty / I am dog-tired / I don’t want work overtime” – It is how the new song by the Rainbow Chamber Singers (彩虹室内合唱团) goes, which immediately became a hit in China. Many…

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Diandian Guo

Diandian Guo is a China-born Master student of transdisciplinary and global society, politics & culture at the University of Groningen with a special interest for new media in China. She has a BA in International Relations from Beijing Foreign Language University, and is specialized in China's cultural memory.

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