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SHE sings about how menstruation 'doesn't quite feel like shi**ing', but 'makes girls feel like dying from the pain'.
She complains about 'irritating guys' and spending money on 'damn sanitary napkins'.
She also talks about 'bad tempers leading to a chain of troubles'.
| Excerpts from When Women Menstruate |
| (Translated from Chinese)
Now's the time
To spend money on damn sanitary napkins
It doesn't quite feel like shi**ing
But it makes girls feel like dying from the pain
Now's the time
Bad tempers lead to a chain of troubles
It's torturous for girls
Guys are the most irritating
Big aunt looking for trouble
Just like doing belly dancing
Woo...
Another five days till the end of troubles
28 days later
Aiyo oh my
Pain pain pain pain pain pain
But it makes girls feel like dying from the pain
(In English)
La...
When menstruating
The pills will keep us alive
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Crude, you say?
They're the lyrics to the jaw-dropping new song from Taiwanese indie singer Waa Wei Ru-hsuan, 25.
Waa, also known as Wa Wa in Chinese, had recorded the track When Women Menstruate for her first solo album, La Dolce Vita.
In it, she sings boldly about the pain women go through each month.
The song's crude lyrics has led to an outcry from Netizens, who said it was tasteless.
'Such disgusting songs naturally should be censored or they will pollute people's ears,' one said.
Added another: 'The lyrics are really gross... No doubt it's realistic but it's really awkward to sing it out.'
Madam Lisa Ho, who has a 10-year-old daughter, told The New Paper that it's 'socially inappropriate' to publicly talk about private matters such as one's monthly period woes.
But Ms Christine Ho, 40, a mother of three teenage daughters, said: 'The lyrics relate to real life, something that women with menstruation will understand.'
Waa's Taiwanese label, Avant Garden, claimed Waa's detractors are those who are conservative.
Mr Loou Wang, founder of Avant Garden, told The New Paper from Taiwan yesterday: 'They think the song is disgusting because to them, such topics are taboo.
'I don't think the lyrics are the problem. It's a problem of trapped creativity and a lack of freedom in thinking.
'The Taiwanese people think this is interesting and we have received good reviews for the album.'
Mr Wang claimed that the album has sold 10,000 copies in Taiwan since its launch last November.
He added that it's sold in Hong Kong and China too, but he has not distributed it in Singapore.
Waa's songs and music videos can be accessed online on Avant Garden's website or file-sharing websites such as YouTube.
The music video for When Women Menstruate is also shown on MTV and Channel (V).
But local radio station Radio 100.3 said it won't play the song here, even if it was made available to its deejays.
The station's vice-president Anna Lim said while the content of the song is not wrong, 'it is not presentable'.
'Playing this will affect the class of the station,' she added.
The other tracks on the album have non-provocative titles.
Mr Wang said Waa was not available for comment as she was not in Taiwan.
When Women Menstruate was written by Mr Wang's two female friends.
'They wrote it from their experience. I knew immediately that it would become a famous song because it's written in the lingo of young people,' said Mr Wang.
But Waa was initially hesitant to sing the song, said Mr Wang.
'It wasn't because of the lyrics, which she thought was interesting too.
'She just thought it would be a difficult song to sing because it was full of angst,' he explained.
Mr Wang claimed Waa has received various endorsement offers.
He said: 'Several companies want to get Waa to endorse their female products such as menstrual pills and tonics. We are still considering.'
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