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Record label for thoughtful music enthusiasts. 🔗 szw.app/sanzuwu

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Sanzuwu Group@index.sanzuwu.group.ap.brid.gy · 3mo ago

"Jade amulet round my neck, so evil spirits don’t come round"

Paul Chin drops surprise video for 我很好 FREESTYLE

Paul Chin wrapped up his Asia Tour a month ago, but we still have remnants of the adventure to share! Today brings us a video for a new record he's been performing on tour, **我很好 FREESTYLE**. A bonus product of the **PROFESSIONAL FRIEND** era, 我很好 (wǒ hěn hǎo; Mandarin: I'm fine) depicts Paul's therapist (voiced by Maia Muttoo) commending him on his progress, and re-assuring him that he has what he needs to process any further trauma of friendship breakups. When asked if he has any further thoughts on the matter, he launches into an 80-bar summary of his grievances, frustrations, and self-reflections gleaned over the period of his life that inspired the project. Disaffected lines like _"They cast me in their drama; wish they’d write me out of it"_ and _"I was already a great artist; that just made me a better hater"_ morph into more optimistic bars by the climax of the track – _"I’m on a generational run now, dim sum now with my ones, xiu mai coming out by the ton now"_ , signalling Paul's perspective on the long arc of his bygone relationships. A demonstration of the freestyle's thesis statement – I was hurt, I was weary, but now I'm past it. The video, entirely produced by Paul himself (with additional camera work by Emiru Sawa), was shot in Toyooka the night before his show at Todohyo. He briefly teased it in the third episode of his tour vlogs, so now you can see the final result! And, as always, Freeza Chin comes through on the mix & master. Artists are often told to "get in the booth" when they need to lay out their interpersonal woes, but Paul might be the first to apply that to one of Japan's iconic NTT phone booths. SPONSORED Wise has been vital to us since the beginning of the label, and we're excited to partner with them. We don't take on many sponsors, but we're happy to share the tools and partners we really believe in, so thank you for supporting the companies that support us! Join Wise and support Sanzuwu Group

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Paul Chin • 陈保罗@paulch.in · 5mo ago

A few people have reached out about wanting me to make merch for the upcoming tour, but I really have too much on my plate to do so if folks are wishy-washy about it. So if just 12 people will commit to a CAD $40 tee, I’ll do a small run on some Champion blanks. Pls reskeet to help an artist out!

A mockup of the front of the shirt. It has Paul’s Evil Eye and Glimmering Dagger graphics on the left chest.A mockup of the back of the shirt. It features the full PROFESSIONAL FRIEND Asia Tour poster graphic, with the gold/jade/onyx bead “unfriendship bracelets” in the centre, and the list of cities at the bottom.
Paul Chin • 陈保罗@paulch.in · 10mo ago

I think it’s also worth noting – because I think this is sometimes taken for granted with artists – that I worked really REALLY hard on this music. It’s rich, it’s dense, it’s layered, and it took a looooong time. But I also think what I’m offering you is worth your time, because of that effort.

Sanzuwu Group@sanzuwu.group · 10mo ago

Ok, so running an independent record label is cool for a lot of reasons, but one of the LONGSTANDING difficulties that’s tough to get over is physical distribution. We’re big enough to justify inventory as an investment, but too small to have legacy distros take on our catalogue.