Hokkienese

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Podcast title:

The Hokkienese and locality in Taiwanese indie music

1 min

Opening:

1. Introduce the song you played as opening and talk about the phenomenon you found: Hokkienese became a popular language in Taiwanese indie music

2. Main statement (Your opinion of your discovery):

1) It is a reflection on politics in Taiwan.

2) This prevalent represents and constructs an imagination of Taiwanese locality.

2. What are you going to discuss, what songs are you going to play in this podcast:

1) The political context in Taiwan and how do musicians use Hokkienese to express their political identity

2) What kinds of locality that these musicians present through music?

3) I will play two Hokkienese indie songs which are very popular in Taiwan.

3. Introduce the song you want to play: Musician and the title, and tell your audience what is important in the music

1 min

Song 1: Bishiu Group: King of Light

2 mins

1. What make this song special (relate to your statement): The story of this song, language, rhythm, melody, tone, and the color of the MV

2. How does this song fit into your statement 1:

1) Criticizing the essentialization of low and high aesthetic in Hokkienese and Mandarin.

2) Political context in Taiwan

3. The second statement and the song:

1) The representation and construction of the locality in the song.

2) Musician and the title, and tell your audience what is important in the music

1 min

Song 2: EggPlantEgg: Waves Wandering

1 min

1. What make this song special: (relate to your statement): The story of this song, language, rhythm, melody, tone, and the color of the MV

2. How does this song fit into your statement 2: In this song, the locality that Hokkienese presents is connected with the gang culture, masculinity, and patriarchy.

3. Conclusion: Stereotype? Locality? Taiwanese identity?