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PCCW’s MOOV was accused of removing “Glass Heart” User: When did it become a banned song? | Position report

Many elements of singer Chen Fangyu and Huang Mingzhi’s “Glass Heart” were considered to be aimed at China. After the song was released, both of them were blocked on Weibo. About a week after the new song was launched, YouTube views exceeded 16.8 million, making it the only Chinese-language work in Asia’s Top 10 music videos. “Glass Heart” has been released on multiple music streaming platforms, including MOOV, a subsidiary of ViuTV’s parent company, Pacific Telecom. However, a user found out that the song had been removed yesterday (October 25) and requested MOOV to explain and declared that he would “transfer “.

“Position” is making inquiries with PCCW, and a reply is still pending.

Most of the platforms commonly used by Hong Kong people have not removed the songs from the shelves

The song “Glass Heart” was launched on the 15th of this month. It seems to be a sweet love song, but the MV is mainly pink, with simplified subtitles and full of satirical lyrics. Many netizens regard the song as a satire “Little Pink” songs from China and the Mainland.

This song is available on music streaming platforms commonly used by Hong Kong people, including Taiwan KKBOX, Pacific Century’s MOOV, Tencent’s Joox, Apple Music and Spotify. However, some netizens said that the “Glass Heart” could not be played on MOOV since last night, and it has become unsearchable even earlier.

The “Stance” reporter tried to search for related songs on various platforms this morning, and found that in the aforementioned platforms, except for MOOV, the song “Glass Heart” sung by Huang Mingzhi and Chen Fangyu could not be found, other platforms still found this song.

Image source: screenshot of Moov website

Netizen: When did it become banned songs?

Many users of MOOV expressed their dissatisfaction by leaving a message on the MOOV social platform. Some users attached a photo to the message, indicating that they had downloaded “Glass Heart” earlier, but it displayed “Cannot find the relevant content, please select other content” “, questioned “When did (song) become a banned song?” and asked MOOV to explain.

Many people referred to the platform as “Glass MOOV” in their messages, believing that “Glass Heart” “disappeared” from the platform, or involved self-censorship. Many netizens also stated that they will not renew their contract after the end of the contract with MOOV. Some people said bluntly that “transfer (meaning transfer to other platforms)” is possible, and some of them said that they have used MOOV for nearly ten years.

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