Hong Kong is known for having one of the toughest education systems in the world, with students known to be either stressed, overworked, or tired because of their heavy workloads.
So it’s nice to see some students let loose in this rap video that was posted online over the weekend.
The video begins with an opening shot of a school, before the ringleader (the self-proclaimed “rap god of St Francis’ College) of the group starts singing “aye you need a WiFi”. A first-world problem that we can all relate to.
Viewers might be disappointed, however, to hear that the lyrics of the song actually have nothing to do with serious Wi-Fi related problems such as: When is it appropriate to ask your friend for their home’s WiFi password? And how much music is it appropriate to download on my company’s internet connection?
The stars of the video are students from the St Francis of Assisi’s College in Fanling, and the song is a campaign video to get students to vote for them for student council. They named their group candidacy WiFi (because everyone needs WiFi, get it?).
We’re not exactly sure of their policies, but judging by the clip, their moves are fairly solid, with the students spinning around corridors and classrooms, making it rain, flipping bottles, and doing the Swish Swish backpack kid dance.
And it looks like the campaign worked. The 12-member ensemble were elected last week and the photo of the winning team was posted on the school’s website on Friday.
With lyrics like: “Today I want to introduce you to the candidates of WiFi. WiFi’s benefits oh my is more than Bandai,” there was little chance these guys weren’t going to win (Bandai, for the unacquainted, is a Japanese toy maker whose name handily rhymes with the abbreviation for wireless internet. Wireless internet, for the unacquainted, is internet without wires that works by magic).
The video was first uploaded on Sunday and has since racked up more than 740,000 views and been shared more than 7,500 times.
Some netizens love the song so much they have even demanded the 3-minute song be made available on iTunes.
WiFi was not the first group to come up with the idea of rapping their campaign video. Students from the Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College in Tuen Mun posted this rap video in August for their campaign. Their student council name? Pixel.
We’d personally like to see these students take each other on in a student rap battle, and with upcoming by-elections for the Legislative Council, maybe the candidates can learn a thing or two about campaign tactics from these students.
