Much like South Korea and Japan, China loves its teen idol bands. The latest Chinese pop sensation is a little bit different, though. Known as the “Power Girls”, the group is made up of employees of the China Southern Power Grid Electric Company.
Formed in 2015, the Power Girls have released their latest video, The Home Lights of Ten Thousand Families, in which they sing (and dance) to praise of their upstanding, state-owned employer.
The Power Girls are now giving their competitors a run for their money. According to the Guangzhou Daily, the music video has had over 75 million views since its release earlier this year, and the accompanying Weibo post has been read ten million times.
Here’s the music video, which plays more like a really long commercial for China Southern Power Grid:
And here are the lyrics to The Home Lights of Ten Thousand Families so you can follow along:
The Home Lights of Ten Thousand Families
In our beautiful, bustling city
under the swaying silk cotton trees in the spring
On both sides of the Pearl River beneath the romantic Baiyun Mountain
(We) spend every moment by your side
To let the light come in an ordinary fashion
To be happily without a care
To let the wonderful and brilliant years unfold before us
These are the devoted concerns that are constantly on our minds
Switch on with me, feel the current running from my eyes to yours
Allow me to witness your beautiful smile everyday
It doesn’t matter, whether sunrise or sunset, nor day or night
There is no limit to the start or the end
Switch on with me, feel the current running from my eyes to yours
My only comfort is seeing your cute, smiling face
To warm every corner (of your home), to light the road ahead of you
Occupies every moment of my day, and in every inch of my heart
(in Cantonese)
The light in the evening breeze that shows the way ahead is getting brighter
The fragrance along the way is answered by the aroma of dinner
When the sun sets in the west, while red clouds rise in the mountains of the east
Ten thousand lights turn on as usual
In addition to music videos, the Power Girls are also part of a series of China Southern Power Grid advertisements that don’t really appear to have anything to do with an Electric Company: