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Ke Zhien's campaign MV was released and watched "Breaking One Million" in one day. Zhang Boyang: As long as she is happy!
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Ke Zhien's campaign MV was released and watched "Breaking One Million" in one day. Zhang Boyang: As long as she is happy!

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  • The MV for the campaign theme song "We Are All Here" by Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhien exceeded one million views in less than 24 hours after it went online.
  • Ke's office called it a phenomenon-level spread.
  • Independent city councilor Zhang Boyang questioned the authenticity of the traffic and criticized Ke's past performance in Kaohsiung.

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Why It Matters

Ke Zhien is a candidate for mayor of Kaohsiung of the Kuomintang. He recently released his campaign music video "We Are All Here". Zhang Boyang is an independent member of the Kaohsiung City Council and is critical of Ke Zhien's election strategy.

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Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ko Chi-en released a new Taiwanese campaign theme song "We Are All Here" MV yesterday evening (5th). Ko Jingban announced this evening (6th) that in less than 24 hours after it went online, the number of views exceeded the 1 million mark, ranking alongside Tsai Ing-wen, Ko Wenzhe and other representative campaign MVs over the years. In response, independent city councilor Zhang Boyang said humorously, "As long as she is happy!"

The "We Are All Here" MV was created by the well-known Taiwanese musician Zhu Kang. It is different from the traditional high-spirited campaign style in the past, and is replaced by a warm and lyrical tune. The MV is paired with Ke Zhien's four-year visit to various places in Kaohsiung, showing the atypical Iron Lady's journey of deeply cultivating local areas. Zhu Kang revealed that he hopes that this song can use the most local and sincere Taiwanese to let everyone know Ke Zhien, who is privately straightforward, outspoken and full of action.

Ko Chi-en's event announced this evening that the video had triggered a "phenomenal" wave of viral spread on social platforms after its release. As of this afternoon, within 24 hours of being online, the number of views had exceeded the 1 million mark at an astonishing speed! Judging from the online performance of campaign songs over the years, it exceeded one million views on the first day it was released. It is tied with Tsai Ing-wen, Ko Wenzhe and other representative campaign MVs over the years, making it the third politician among the currently listed candidates to have a campaign MV with one million views.

Ke Zhien said frankly that the result of one million views has indeed exceeded original expectations. He is very grateful to Taiwan and Kaohsiung citizens for their warm sharing and support. However, after the heat is over, it is more important to continue to go to the local areas and listen to the real needs of the citizens, which has essentially transformed into the most powerful force for grassroots progress and change in Kaohsiung.

In this regard, non-party city councilor Zhang Boyang said that Ke Zhien's MV is titled "We Are All Here", but in fact, in the past four years, the only occasions where Ke Zhien has been present were when Fu Kunqi slashed Kaohsiung's budget, and when the Kuomintang denounced the light rail and concert economy. What Kaohsiung people want is not such a negative presence, but a positive and constructive mayoral candidate.

Zhang Boyang said that the Ke camp had just been caught by netizens the night before and suspected that the Internet army was flooding the crisp platform. Now there has been explosive traffic that rivals Tsai Ing-wen and surpasses Shen Boyang. It is just like the self-satisfied 55-wave poll released by the blue camp before. "Ke Zhien can be happy himself. Leave the traffic to Ke Zhien, and leave the traffic to Lai Ruilong as the mayor!"

Open Questions

  • What is the source and authenticity of millions of views?
  • What is the actual impact of this campaign song on voter support?

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