Singer Chen Fangyu’s collaboration with Huang Mingzhi on the song “Glass Heart” has been banned by mainland Chinese platforms due to its subtle satire towards “little pink” individuals. Recently, netizens have discovered that Chen Fangyu’s popular song “Love You” has climbed the Chinese cover song charts. However, the original singer listed is not her name but that of a cover artist named “Xu Junya.”
Recently, a netizen on Threads expressed that Chen Fangyu’s well-known work “Love You” has made it to the top of the Chinese social media cover song charts, but surprisingly, all cover videos credit the original singer as “Xu Junya,” a cover artist.
In response to this, Chen Fangyu helplessly commented: “Not surprising, just normal.” Netizens have left comments sympathizing with Chen Fangyu, saying, “In China, anything including copyrights and trademarks can be substituted with someone else.” “There is simply no respect for copyright.” “Since when did Chen Fangyu change her name?”
Chen Fangyu was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1994. She later participated in singing talent shows such as “Super Star Avenue” in Taiwan, becoming well-known for performing many popular songs. In 2012, she released her debut album “Kimberley,” with the hit song “Love You” surpassing 100 million views on YouTube in 2019.
In 2021, Chen Fangyu and Huang Mingzhi collaborated on the romantic song “Glass Heart.” The lyrics of the song include words like “climbing walls,” “cotton (Xinjiang cotton),” “common prosperity,” and feature a storyline of “cutting leeks,” in addition to the MV subtitles being presented in simplified Chinese characters. This led people to associate the song with current affairs in China and the radical internet users known as “little pinks,” making it a so-called anti-Communist “anthem.” The song was nominated for the Best Song of the Year Award at the 33rd Golden Melody Awards in 2022 and won the “Hito Duet Song” at the Hito Pop Music Awards.
So far, the song “Glass Heart” has surpassed 73 million views. However, on the first day of its release, mainland platforms such as Netease Cloud Music, QQ Music, Tencent Video, swiftly deleted and removed “Glass Heart.” Chen Fangyu and Huang Mingzhi’s Weibo accounts were also “erased.” People who have listened to this song believe that due to its mockery of the Chinese Communist Party and “little pinks,” the works of the two artists and their Weibo accounts were quickly wiped out, seemingly validating the lyrics of the song about fragile “glass hearts.”