I was video-calling my aunt in Vancouver last night when she suddenly asked, ‘Have you heard that new ‘I Love You, China’ song? Your cousin tried to play it for me but it just kept buffering.’ Her voice had that particular tone – the one where disappointment mixes with longing, like when you smell familiar street food but can’t taste it.
The song she meant is the latest collaboration between Na Ying and Liu Yuning for the movie ‘Volunteers: Blood and Peace.’ Honestly, the first time I heard it, the opening notes made the hairs on my arm stand up. There’s something about how Liu Yuning’s voice cracks slightly on the high notes that feels unexpectedly human, like he’s fighting back tears while singing.
My aunt described how my cousin – born and raised in Canada – had discovered the song through Chinese social media. ‘He kept refreshing the page,’ she told me, ‘and each time that ‘content not available in your region’ message appeared, his shoulders slumped further. He finally gave up and played an old Teresa Teng recording instead.’
It’s ironic, really. The song’s lyrics talk about inheritance and continuity – ‘every ‘I love you, China’ echoes the entrustment and expectations of martyrs’ – yet technological barriers create this weird disconnect for exactly the people who might need that connection most.
I remember visiting relatives in Melbourne during Mid-Autumn Festival last year. My teenage cousin there had compiled a playlist of Chinese patriotic songs for the family gathering. Half of them wouldn’t play properly – either blocked entirely or stuttering like a scratched CD. We ended up singing a cappella, our off-key voices filling the gaps where the orchestra should have been.
What gets me is how these technical issues transform into emotional ones. That buffering circle doesn’t just mean slow loading – for many overseas Chinese, it symbolizes the distance between ‘here’ and ‘home.’ The song itself becomes more than music; it’s a bridge that keeps collapsing mid-crossing.
Maybe I’m overthinking it. But when my aunt said, ‘It’s just a song,’ I heard the unspoken addition: ‘until it’s the one song you can’t hear.’ There’s a particular ache in wanting to participate in cultural moments from afar and hitting that digital wall.
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