The major streaming platforms (NetEase and the various sites under the Tencent banner including Tencent Music) have charts that you can scroll through to see what's 'hot' at the moment.
For excellent deep dives on idol / fan culture in China, I highly recommend the Active Faults Substack and for Mandarin-language pop coverage The Mando Gap (also on Substack) is great. As for 'underground' stuff... well, you're already in the right place for that
Great read as ever, Jake! It seems the Impermanence album is on Spotify but under its Chinese name 无常定
Thanks Will. And good find! It’s also now made it to iTunes since I published this; glad it’s becoming more widely available
Thanks, very interesting set of artists.
Could you please suggest where I go to find out what music do Chinese people listen in China? What is popular, what is underground etc?
The major streaming platforms (NetEase and the various sites under the Tencent banner including Tencent Music) have charts that you can scroll through to see what's 'hot' at the moment.
You might also find the end of year charts in this post interesting (taken from Douban): https://jakenewby.substack.com/p/down-the-rabbit-hole-an-alternative
For excellent deep dives on idol / fan culture in China, I highly recommend the Active Faults Substack and for Mandarin-language pop coverage The Mando Gap (also on Substack) is great. As for 'underground' stuff... well, you're already in the right place for that
Thank you Jake, very much appreciated.
Damn, the Kloxxi Li album is sublime. Thanks for the recommendation.
You’re very welcome Steve. Thanks for reading, hope you’re well
I’m doing just fine, cheers.