CHTHONIC | Broken Jade (REACTION)

[@eerokivisto5103]

As people have already pointed out, this band is from Taiwan. The album this song is from tells the story of Taiwanese aboriginals who were drafted into the Japanese army during ww2. Lot of the were trained as kamikaze pilots which is what this song specifically is referring to. The spoken part you can hear at the end is actually the recording of the speech by Emperor Hirohito announcing Japan's surrender. Fun fact, the vocalist Freddy Lim is a member of parliament. He was first elected in 2016 and re-elected earlier this year.

[@andyching1700]

hey there, how nice to see you reacting to Chthonic. this band is actually from taiwan, and many of their songs have the theme to promote and to rectify the independance of Taiwan. The content of the lyric tells a story during WW2, when taiwan was colonoized by Japan. Young indigenous, a group who were formly persecuted by the japaneses, were trained and later joined in the army of kamikaze, died in the battlefield finding pride and self-respect. the traditional instruments used are koto(Japanese)and erhu(chinese). Hope to see you reacting more to this band and to explore their backgrounds and political views.

[@ptbempire]

Hey Andy! You're in luck dude I have just reviewed the whole album check it out when you get a chance!

[@TxMBiSH]

I believe the instrument is called the Koto. Also this band is Taiwanese.

[@jensjeppesen]

Love the imagery in this video. It encourages you to go and learn more! Oh, and HUGE congrats on the 5k, buddy - it is so deserved :) Best wishes

[@CharlesEMurphy]

Holy crap dude!! I totally missed this reaction!! Fantastic as always. The instrument played with a bow is an erhu, my Chinese wife plays one. The other instrument the keyboard was imitating is a pipa.

[@ptbempire]

I miss your requests man hop on someday and throw one in! I hope you’re well

[@smallkiss]

Taiwanese band and that thing is called Erhu. This song is a sad story about taiwanese people have to fight for japan in ww ll.