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Starr Chen is a singer-songwriter and a producer. He produced PLAY, I'm Not Yours and Miss Trouble for Jolin.

 

 

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MV plot from Youtube

 

2026. Everyone wants to become an Internet star or an idol. Celebrities have all rights, friends, opportunities, money… Everything. Ordinary people have nothing.
The girl is called Ling (“Zeroâ€). She’s living in a neighborhood full of crime, violence, pornography and drugs. One day, she receives a parcel with a tablet inside, and she sees an ad about a “virtual star manufacturing companyâ€.
Ling recalls her school years when she was bullied. She’s determined to become a star and to get her revenge but she never imagined that her “better life†would turn out like this.

MV plot from the director's official account on vimeo

 

2026, which is a very near future, due to the convenience brought by the Internet and the rapid expansion of individual media coverage, everyone in NEO TAIPEI can easily earn the Internet fame through viral Like&Share or even become the socialites and celebrities in virtual life followed by millions of fans. This trend accelerates the wealth inequality since the major power and opportunities are only held and networked within dreamy-bubbly-celeb-only circle.
One day, Mei-Er Wang received a mysterious parcel. Once she unwrapped it, she saw a tablet automatically pop out and an ad listing latest services from “ Internet Phenomenon Production Company †by Shiya Group. It’s said that once you sign up for membership and prepay the annual fee, the company will customise a celeb-like virtual life for you by teaming up with a professional director, stylist, agent, and marketing company. Internet Phenomenon Production Company promises the virtual landscape they create is full of charms, presents a well-staged lifestyle and triggers others’ social media envy. Now Mei-Er just found her new goal of life after reading this ad. She wanted to be the Internet diva and have her own social circle with lots of friends around her. “What kind of life is it,†she wondered. Suddenly, Mei-Er recalled the nightmare of being bullied at school 6 years ago. She then plotted a series of revenge….

 

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Songs good. But I didn't get what the MV is all about. I know it's about bullying but that is it.

MV plot is in the video's description:

EDIT with the official English plot I found on the director's vimeo account

2026, which is a very near future, due to the convenience brought by the Internet and the rapid expansion of individual media coverage, everyone in NEO TAIPEI can easily earn the Internet fame through viral Like&Share or even become the socialites and celebrities in virtual life followed by millions of fans. This trend accelerates the wealth inequality since the major power and opportunities are only held and networked within dreamy-bubbly-celeb-only circle.

One day, Mei-Er Wang received a mysterious parcel. Once she unwrapped it, she saw a tablet automatically pop out and an ad listing latest services from “ Internet Phenomenon Production Company †by Shiya Group. It’s said that once you sign up for membership and prepay the annual fee, the company will customise a celeb-like virtual life for you by teaming up with a professional director, stylist, agent, and marketing company. Internet Phenomenon Production Company promises the virtual landscape they create is full of charms, presents a well-staged lifestyle and triggers others’ social media envy. Now Mei-Er just found her new goal of life after reading this ad. She wanted to be the Internet diva and have her own social circle with lots of friends around her. "What kind of life is it," she wondered. Suddenly, Mei-Er recalled the nightmare of being bullied at school 6 years ago. She then plotted a series of revenge…

The girl is called Mei-Er here but she's called "Ling" ("Zero") in Starr Chen's description on YouTube.

 

By the way, I just noticed that the women at the end who are taking pics and notes are the girls who bullied her in school?

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MV plot is in the video's description:

> It's set in 2026. Everyone wants to become an Internet star or an idol. Celebrities have all rights, friends, opportunities, money and so on.

The girl is called "Zero". She's living in a neighborhood full of crime, violence, pornography and drugs. One day, she receives a parcel with a tablet inside, and she sees an ad about a "virtual star manufacturing company".

Zero looks at a film from when she still was a student and was bullied, she's determined to become a star and to get her revenge.

I'm not sure about the last part, but it seems to say that she never imagined that her "better life" would turn out like this.

 

By the way, I just noticed that the women at the end who are taking pics and notes are the girls who bullied her in school?

 

Yeah I think that was them. That's why I was confused, maybe it could also mean that the girl's stardom is actually in her mind or virtual reality? Even if look at the description, I wouldn't be able to make sense as I'm really at a baby level learning Chinese characters.  :._.:

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Yeah I think that was them. That's why I was confused, maybe it could also mean that the girl's stardom is actually in her mind or virtual reality? Even if look at the description, I wouldn't be able to make sense as I'm really at a baby level learning Chinese characters.  :._.:

My POV:

The company is using desperate people to make money.

 

The girl goes there, thinking her life will be better and that she will become a star, but what we see, it's just virtual, it's just a "dream".

The girls who bullied her in the past are now part of the "upper caste" and are there, taking notes about her.

 

These notes and observations are used to create the actual star and Internet Phenomenon (the "robot" guy at the end).

 

So basically the girl's life will always suck (or maybe they will even get rid of her? Who knows), but the company will make money with the story of her life and her despair.

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My POV:

The company is using desperate people to make money.

 

The girl goes there, thinking her life will be better and that she will become a star, but what we see, it's just virtual, it's just a "dream".

The girls who bullied her in the past are now part of the "upper caste" and are there, taking notes about her.

 

These notes and observations are used to create the actual star and Internet Phenomenon (the "robot" guy at the end).

 

So basically the girl's life will always suck (or maybe they will even get rid of her? Who knows), but the company will make money with the story of her life and her despair.

Sounds about right. And I'm sure these things happens a lot in this industry.

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