I was scrolling through Weibo during my lunch break at a Toronto café when I saw the announcement – the seventh episode of ‘Who’s Singing’ had just dropped. The steam from my matcha latte fogged up my phone screen as I excitedly tapped the link, only to be greeted by that soul-crushing message: ‘This content is not available in your region.’
My heart actually sank. You know that feeling when you’re thousands of miles from home, and the one thing that could connect you to familiar voices and rhythms gets blocked? The post showed Yu Shi, Hu Haiquan, Xi Linna Yi Gao, Li Xueqin, and Liu Fengyao collaborating on ‘Lonely Highway’ – described as a ‘musical ukiyo-e of late-night roads.’ I could almost hear the harmonies they mentioned, the improvised vocals that supposedly made ‘Always on the Road’ so special.
What hit me hardest was remembering last year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. My cousin in Beijing had video-called me, her phone propped up as their family watched the show together. I could hear the opening notes of that season’s theme song through the speaker, see the colorful studio lights reflecting in her glasses. ‘Wish you were here to watch with us,’ she’d said, and I’d laughed it off. Now I realize how much those shared cultural moments matter when you’re building a life overseas.
The weirdest part? I could still see all the promotional images – the artists looking soulful against what appeared to be a highway backdrop, the comments filling with fans screaming about the ‘magical chemistry’ between the hosts. But the actual music? The voices that supposedly ‘painted pictures with sound’? Completely inaccessible. It’s like being shown a beautifully wrapped gift you’re not allowed to open.
I’m not alone in this frustration. Just last week, my friend Mei in London messaged our group chat: ‘Anyone else’s QQ Music acting up? I just want to hear the new episode during my commute!’ Three of us immediately responded with crying emojis. According to a 2023 survey of Chinese diaspora communities, nearly 68% report regular issues accessing entertainment content from home – whether it’s movies, TV shows, or music programs like this one.
There’s something particularly painful about music restrictions. Visual content you can sometimes find through… alternative means. But music? Those specific voices, that particular arrangement of ‘Lonely Highway’ everyone’s talking about? It’s irreplaceable. I keep imagining what the hosts’ improvised harmonies sound like – whether they blend like coffee and cream or clash interestingly, creating what the post called a ‘blood-pumping journey’ with the search team.
Writing this from my apartment where the only Chinese music I can reliably access are the old CDs I brought over in my suitcase, I can’t help but wonder – how many of us are missing these cultural touchstones? The shows that trend back home, the songs everyone’s humming, the collective experience of watching artists evolve through a season?
If you’re reading this from somewhere overseas, you know exactly what I mean. That particular ache when you see hashtags like #ListenToVarietyShowsOnQQMusic knowing you can’t actually… listen. What show or song have you been desperately trying to access lately? Share in the comments – maybe we can collectively mourn our geo-blocked entertainment together.
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