The Beijing Hipster

Originally made in response to "Accidental Chinese Hipsters," this is a bunch of 牛逼 stuff that's actually happening in China (street art, street style, music etc.) Almost all posts are pictures taken by me & my friends - both expats and chinese - living in Beijing.

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Nanjing in the rain

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Noodles in Shanghai

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Photo: Wuhan, by Xiquinho Silva (https://ift.tt/2VBI1Ek)

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武汉～继续加油～

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Photo: Beijing, by Tauno Tõhk (https://ift.tt/2Y1JoNZ)

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早～

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小区里

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感恩

Thank you guys for following me. I recently saw that I had passed 10,000 followers :D I was originally planning on doing a small giveaway after reaching 10,000, but that is being put on hold because of the virus. I will still try to do it in the future :) This blog has been a fun hobby for 8 years now! I hope it continues to bring a bit of Beijing into your lives for 8 more ~*~*~ 为我们的友谊干杯*～*～*

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朋友纹的～*～ 油、盐、酱、醋、茶*～*～

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《没有理想的人不伤心》——新裤子（New Pants）

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I haven’t heard this band in awhile, but they still sound good!  =D

新裤子 New Pants (weibo)  Formed in 1996 in China. According to Spotify, this album (生命因你而火热) came out in 2016.

彭磊 Peng Lei-Voc/Gtr, 庞宽-Voc/Keys, 赵梦-Bass, 德恒 Hayato-Drums   

More links:  Spotify,  Douban,  Xiami

By the way, they won 1st place on 樂隊的夏天 (The Big Band) in 2019.  (We posted a Hedgehog clip from that reality-music show some time ago)

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喜欢新裤子。他们这个专辑应该是把老歌曲remaster下来，这首歌又让我想起那些年我们都老在鼓楼玩儿。

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今早八达岭派出所女警吴婧轩在长城上巡逻时拍的雪景。。。这也太美了吧！！（by延庆警方） Taken this morning by a policewoman at Badaling Great Wall - snow with spring blossoms~*~*~

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路边买的桑葚～mulberries i bought by the side of the road

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a rainbow of spring from Beijing’s biggest vintage shop, Mega Vintage.

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馄炖～香港～2012年7月

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Let’s check out a high-energy band from Beijing called Twinkle Star 闪星乐队   (Twinkle Star 闪星乐队 Facebook has some posting, but the weibo is a better bet for content!)   =D

They self-describe as alternative / emo / power pop.  This is a killer tune, with a guest screamo vocal by Bai Yu, from the post-hardcore band Life Awaits. The girl playing violin is 陈曌旭嘘.

赵梦 Kelsey-Voc, 张帅 Zhang Shuai-Gtr, 刘畅 LiuChang-Bass, 大连 GaoWei-Drums. formed by Zhang Shuai & Kelsey in May 2008. LC & Gaowei joined in 2012.  

They used to be called Alt Senior, and that is also the title of their 2009 ep. (also the address of most of their social media sites) In 2012, they released a full album called The End Of The New Beginning.  The next release in 2013 was their Don’t Look Back ep.   You can hear those recordings at Douban, and see lots of clips at YouTube as well.  =D

According to their Xiami, the Twinkle In The Dark album came out in late 2018, but the MV above was posted last month. There is also something from 2017 called Full Of Hope 充满希望, but Xiami won’t let me see it without logging in on the app, but I think it’s a full album.  Let’s watch a live clip from 2016, a song from Full Of Hope:

The event was billed as ‘MAO Pillow Fight’  XD

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赵梦跟新裤子上乐队的夏天以后就🔥了，闪星～自然而然～也🔥了。我还记得他们很早以前在死酷演出，那个时候还是关铮当鼓手（所以我才拍了他们照片 哈哈哈）。刚才找了半天才找出这两张照片，2012年，我拍照技术真好...

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cookin’

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Hey! Just wanted to say I love your blog so much, thanks for doing what you're doing! Beijing is my hometown so it's nice to get a slice of nostalgia on my dash :) Keep up the great work!! ✌✨

amazing! thanks a lot, i’m so happy to know ppl like this blog - after 8 years and a lot of changes, sometimes I get discouraged. But I still <3 Beijing and will def keep going as long as i can 

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I lived in Beijing in 2014 and your blog makes me feel so many wonderful things again.

yayyyyy :D