I was scrolling through Weibo during my lunch break at a local café here in Toronto when I saw it – TizzyT’s announcement for his sixth album ‘流行’ (Pop). The post had that familiar blue link to QQ Music, and my finger instinctively moved to click it before I remembered: ‘Oh right, this probably won’t work here.’
The café’s wifi was strong enough – I could see other customers streaming Netflix without buffering – but when I tapped that QQ Music link, what greeted me was the all-too-familiar spinning wheel of death. After thirty seconds of waiting, the screen went blank except for a tiny error message in Chinese that basically said ‘Content not available in your region.’
You know that feeling when you’re craving authentic Chinese food overseas, and you find a restaurant that looks perfect, only to discover it’s closed for renovation? That’s exactly what geo-blocking feels like. TizzyT’s album is supposed to take us back 20 years musically, but for overseas Chinese, it’s taking us back to that constant frustration of being digitally disconnected from home.
What makes it worse is seeing all the comments flooding in from friends back in China. My cousin in Shanghai messaged me: ‘Just listened to the preview tracks! So nostalgic!’ Meanwhile, I’m stuck refreshing the page, hoping maybe this time it’ll work. It never does.
This isn’t just about TizzyT’s new album. Last month, it was that new historical drama everyone was raving about. The month before, it was a variety show my mom kept telling me to watch. Every time there’s something culturally significant happening back home, we overseas Chinese face this digital wall that separates us from the content everyone else is enjoying.
I remember back in university, my international student friends and I would crowd around a single laptop trying to stream Chinese shows through sketchy websites that would buffer every two minutes. The video quality was so pixelated we could barely recognize the actors’ faces, but we’d still watch because it felt like a piece of home.
Now, years later, you’d think things would be better with all the technological advances. But here I am, still struggling to listen to new Chinese music releases. It’s not just about entertainment – it’s about staying connected to the culture, the language, the shared experiences that make us who we are.
The irony? TizzyT’s album is called ‘流行’ – which means ‘popular’ or ‘trending.’ But how can something be truly popular among overseas Chinese when half of us can’t even access it properly? We end up waiting for someone to upload low-quality versions on YouTube or relying on friends to send us files through WeChat – which often get compressed beyond recognition.
So here I am, staring at TizzyT’s album announcement on Weibo, knowing that on November 29th, while millions in China will be streaming his new music, I’ll probably be reading reviews and comments, trying to imagine what the songs sound like. Unless, of course, I figure out a way around these geo-restrictions…
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