Here’s a little something to brighten your Monday morning. A recent music video from Houston-based band Khruangbin features dancing ayi (阿姨 auntie) Han Li taking the camera on a tour around a few former French Concession streets in Shanghai’s Xuhui district, imaginary hula hooping all the way.The video is for the single “Evan Finds the Third Room”, and according to a brief quote on YouTube from the video’s director Josh King, “We found the happiest lady in China. We told her that you don’t need a real hula hoop to have fun. She agreed.”Enjoy:And while we’re on the subject of foreign acts making music videos in Shanghai, here are a couple of other recent ones. First up, Danish singer Lydmor, who lived in Shanghai for six months while writing her forthcoming album, much of which is dedicated to the city:And then here’s Linkin Park co-founder Mike Shinoda rapping beside the Huangpu river, wandering around People’s Park, and, err, is that him hanging out in the lift lobby of the Wanda Hotel?You might also like:Watch: 1980 Video of Tian Jinqin, “Originator of Chinese Electronic Music”This 13-year-old’s Rubik’s Cube Juggling is Making Him a StarWatch: Experimental Music Performances in a Historic Shanghai Courtyard
