acquitted of a drug use charge<\/span><\/a>, as police continue to investigate the death of a Taiwanese influencer who had travelled to Kuala Lumpur to work with him.<\/div>\nReleased on Friday, the song \u201cType C Malaysia\u201d is Namewee\u2019s most high-profile project since he faced a series of police investigations and court proceedings last year.<\/p>\n
The music video attracted more than 2.5 million views in its first few days of release online and was produced in collaboration with Malaysian ride-hailing firm GV Rides, according to Malay Mail.<\/p>\n
Framed as a festive celebration of Malaysian Chinese identity, the song brings together veteran performers and lyricists representing six commonly spoken Chinese dialects \u2013 Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainanese, Foochow and Teochew \u2013 in what Namewee described as an attempt to spotlight languages that he said were fading from daily use.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of these languages are gradually disappearing, and I hope to showcase them in my own way through this song,\u201d he wrote in the video\u2019s description.<\/p>\n
He added that the project was meant to show how Lunar New Year celebrations in Malaysia differed from the snowbound imagery more commonly associated with the festival elsewhere, portraying what he called an equatorial version shaped by local culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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