Hong Kong boy band Mirror brings joy and local pride to country

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Hong Kong ― Hundreds of people were screaming and chanting excitedly in the middle of a Hong Kong shopping mall. However, it is not a recent democracy protest. The crowd has gathered to meet the latest boy band, who has become a happy escape for the

. The crowd has gathered to meet the latest boy band, who has become a happy escape for the troubled city.

Chan had spent months trying to discover more about the boy band, often flooding family chat groups with selfies when she spots a billboard featuring the band’s uniformly good-looking members.“This upsurge is a miracle,” she beamed, contrasting the excitement of Mirror-mania with the months of depressing political and coronavirus news.Photo: Instagram screengrab/mirror.wearevia AFP.

Mirror is now the latest and most popular Cantonese pop act since the emergence of “Four Heavenly Kings” in the mid-1990s. Mirror’s official Facebook fan page boasts 140,000 followers, while a tongue-in-cheek rival page called “My Wife Married Mirror and Left My Marriage In Ruins” boasts more than double that number.

The police were present but soon moved on after advising the fans to save enough walking space for others. China’s authoritarian leaders have a long history of suppressing local identities and have vowed to make Hong Kong more “patriotic”. However, there are constant signs of pushback.

 

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