When My Cousin in Canada Texted Me ‘Can’t Play This Song’, I Realized Overseas Chinese Are Missing Out on So Much Good Music

I was sipping my morning coffee when my cousin’s message popped up – a crying emoji followed by: ‘The new Zhongdi Ba Lu Zhuo song is out but I can’t play it here in Vancouver! The preview sounds amazing though.’

Her text took me back to last summer, when we sat in her Toronto apartment trying to watch a Chinese drama together. The buffering circle kept spinning like a tired dancer, and she kept sighing: ‘Another show I can’t properly watch from overseas.’

That’s when it hit me – while we’re here enjoying instant access to new releases like ‘Tea Dao Jianghu,’ our friends and family abroad are stuck with ‘geographical restrictions’ messages. The aroma of tea described in the song? They can almost smell it through their screens, but never quite taste the full experience.

When My Cousin in Canada Texted Me 'Can't Play This Song', I Realized Overseas Chinese Are Missing Out on So Much Good Music

Zhongdi Ba Lu Zhuo’s voice in the new track has this warm, earthy quality that reminds me of my grandfather brewing tea in his old ceramic pot. The lyrics paint such vivid pictures of tea masters wandering through misty mountains – but for overseas listeners, it’s like watching this beautiful scene through a frosted glass window.

My cousin sent me a screenshot of her music app showing the grayed-out ‘play’ button. ‘This happens with movies, variety shows, everything,’ she wrote. ‘It’s like being at a banquet but only allowed to smell the food.’

What makes it more frustrating is knowing how much effort artists put into these releases. The exclusive videos, the voice messages to fans, the carefully crafted album artwork – overseas fans would love to support their favorite artists properly, but geographical barriers make it unnecessarily complicated.

When I finally played ‘Tea Dao Jianghu’ for her through a video call, she closed her eyes and smiled: ‘That’s the sound of home.’ Her reaction made me realize how much cultural connection gets lost in these digital divides.

So to all my overseas friends nodding along to this – I see you, I hear you, and I get why you’re frustrated. The good news? There are ways to bring this ‘tea aroma’ across the digital oceans…

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