Forget Shamate, This Is China’s New Controversial Subculture

Over the past few decades, unique youth subcultures have emerged globally: chavs in the UK, gyaru and harajuku in Japan, and K-pop in South Korea.
In China, the notorious 'shamate' subculture faded out in the early 2010s, leaving space for a new eclectic aesthetic to develop.
Known as 'yabi' this aesthetic emerged in recent years in China's underground music scenes, and has gained popularity on social media platforms like Xiaohongshu and Douyin, often attracting criticism.
But what led to the emergence of Yabi, and why is this subculture so controversial?
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[@memostothefuture]

This is really nicely done.

[@bubu_lubu]

super interesting, I like the breakdown of the characters and all the background info! great host as well

[@motomuso]

It is very refreshing to hear intelligent commentary on this subject. Nice work!

[@MattinChina]

Great content, thanks for sharing 👍

[@TheAki-qe2dv]

yesssss Gaaagaaa you look sooo 亚

[@gemcitydad9509]

If everybody fought about bad taste... wouldn't that be the new mainstream. . . .

[@80sOutrunFan]

Gabbers in the Netherlands was really big in 90s but all died down early 2000s, still the music but it's now hard style and the clothing changed. Also nobody shaves their hair anymore 😀😀

[@te9591]

Lol, it's like a shorn head, bright tracksuit, and refelective circular frame, lol.

[@veravdn]

Interesting, but why only Chinese subtitles? I get the spoken English but I'm missing out on the Chinese because it doesn't have English subtitles.

[@wongus1974]

click on the "closed caption" button (cc). and you'll see the English subtitles.

[@crystalracing4794]

Yabi is a boring watered down version of Shamate. Very fitting they're comparable to hipsters because at least emo, chav and scene grabbed people's attention, good or bad

[@cynthianichols4851]

Ooh your channel is my thing, 谢谢！

[@y2kstar306]

The presenter is adorbs

[@Alianger]

yeah yeah, where can I listen to shamate music?

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

Shamate don't make music. They mostly listen to clubbing music from the 2000s.

[@Alianger]

@@user-tp7ne1du1n Do you have some examples?

[@BobBob-xn2sp]

Really interesting videos

[@joeschmo2693]

Untranslated Chinese. Very informative, for Chinese speakers.

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

Turn on CC for subtitles

[@Samsam-wn7vh]

0:22 IS THAT A MOTHER FUCKING ARGENTINA REFERENCE???

[@pustakarileks7404]

Noo indonesia doesn't use that "mat rempit" term, we use the term "alay" A.K.A Anak Jablay (child of bitch) and the trending one is "Kuproy" A.K.A. kuli proyek (project building workers) based on their job

[@NonstopFFriday]

Huh? Go away.

[@sozka.]

Such an informative and cool video, keep it up!😄👏🏼

[@user-fu6rs9so5c]

Mat rempit only cause issues in Malaysia

[@christinepatriciawong1102]

K-pop is an entertainment business. They are wearing designer labels that can cost you a month of salary. They are high profile people. Sharmate barely have money to eat. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@NonstopFFriday]

Huh? We don’t care about you.

[@Yuieatspaint]

😐

[@natnut4491]

this is more like japanese pop culture but downgrade.. same as shamate because it is influenced by visual kei culture..

[@mattia7277]

FLoggers haven't existed in Argentina for a long time. This is Y2K stuff

[@victoriakexing8784]

Очень интересно, с каких это пор гопники в России стали субкультурой? Это просто хулиганы по сути. Грубые, неопрятные, необразованные люди, зачастую из неблагополучных семей. Они много выпивают и находятся на грани закона и беззакония, склоняясь в сторону второго. Никакой национальной субкультуры у нас нет. Те же готты, рокеры, несколько лет назад эмо. Ранее ещё были металлисты, поклонники андерграунда, те же габберы, рэйверы и другие. Сейчас больше всего к-поперов. Зачем, не зная, вводить других в заблуждение? Теперь уже сомневаюсь, что и все остальное в видео верно. О чем говорится на китайском все равно не понять. Да и мнение нескольких людей не отражает тренды всего Китая.

[@charliecooper3030]

That's why it's a 'subculture'.

[@victoriakexing8784]

@@charliecooper3030 В смысле? То есть хулиганы и пьяницы теперь считается субкультурами? Вот это уже интересно. Я думала, это нарушители закона и зависимые.

[@seneca983]

@@victoriakexing8784 Another youtuber (JimmyTheGiant) who makes videos of different subcultures made a video of British football hooligans. If British football hooligans qualify as a subculture then maybe those Russian hooligans/gobniks qualify as well.

[@dickyapriyansyah]

In Indonesia, there is no mat rampi lol

[@elmars5408]

Oh my god they look so hard 💗

[@freddog5218]

how do these people support themselves ? ricH parents ?

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

They're influencers. Money from tiktok.

[@user-hc8cn6uf8m]

有点抽象

[@bapui1]

We hv chapri😂

[@Esta-Beed]

Its a shame they eat dogs, nasty

[@reesestefer]

Bad definition of Shamate

[@user-tp7ne1du1n]

How is it bad? The definition came from the documentary, the exact one that the creator of Shamate was interviewed in.

[@patrickasplund]

Ironic that America's subcultures didn't make the list when most subcultures can be attributed to Germany (techno) England (punk) or the US (pop clubs, rockabilly, rednecks, hippies, and goth). They're all based on these. That vynil look came from the disco Era. Grunge is just punk with a hippies fashion sense. Emo is techno fascia with rock music. Name any subculture it can be tied back to these 5 subcultures.

[@ayanoaishi888]

Goth started in Europe tho, then made its way to the US

[@obaoba1934]

Bruh mat rempit is only in Malaysia