Happy Friday, please enjoy this Chinese trap banger about dumplings
— delivered in nearly equal parts English and Mandarin — use bao as both imagery and metaphor for staying on the grind, accumulating wealth, moving on up in the world. Bao is what they eat, but it’s also what slews of Chinese immigrants have built their livelihoods on, washing dishes and cooking in restaurants.
It’s a song, in Nitemrkt’s words, “saluting the culture, confidence, and hustle”:Rockin’ Off-White on my a-p-ronAt the night market, burnin’ midnight oilHot pot / water / look like / gumboThe music video sticks to similar themes, translating bao-as-object and bao-as-symbolism into a “heist film” about getting away with Louis Vuitton-embossed bags filled with bao. There arebao, barbecue pork-stuffed steamed bao, thin-skinned soup dumplings, carb cousins like sesame balls and sweet breads.
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