 Are you starting to get sick of all these brands pandering to lunar new year just to sell you more stuff? This is a question that is being debated on the internet right now. You know every February I think that the Chinese culture's image in the West is getting better, but I've come to the realization They're just after some more cheddar We got to talk about it under Lulu lemon is under fire because they've launched a huge Big money ad campaign with Michelle. Yo promoting lunar new year Chinese new year the Asian Queen of actresses Michelle yo Yeah, yo yo Chun Tian yo Chun Tian. All right. Should we play a clip of the commercial? Let's go Chun Tian Shijie shi kai shi hi shi Yejong kan jue Rang Niantou Liu Dong去感受 Shen He Xin去找 Chun Tian Shen Xin Xiang Yu Hong Me Yitian a goodness Andrew is this pandering to the mandarins is this lid ah You got a range of opinions and people getting pretty heated over half leisure in 2024 All right, so make sure you like subscribe inserting your notifications Check out smaller sauce for the lunar new year if you use dragon 15 you will get 15% off This is how we celebrate the lunar new year David I'm not we don't have a new edition of small I just the same edition dragon 15 you get 15% off I'm telling you you could have it a friend function more than likely a family function And that will be better than any of the products we're about to pop up on the screen right now for the year of the dragon Long Nian Andrew are you sick of this is this hype is it lit because they did crouching tiger hidden spandex pants. Yeah, I mean everybody's coming out with their shoes their watches the wallets that everything is Chinese New Year theme lunar new year But I got I'm personally pretty sick of it because I haven't bought into it that much I like the fact that people are celebrating it I guess because that makes it feel like lunar new year, which is a Significant holiday to Asians right that you know, it's being acknowledged and celebrated But I don't care for all these items man every year It's just red and gold everything and I'm just like guys if you didn't buy last year's red and gold watch Are you gonna buy this year's red and gold spandex? Are you gonna buy next year's red and gold hoodie like? No, you go to buy it this year because it's gonna be a good animal It's gonna be the dragon next year is gonna be the snake. Nobody want to buy things with a snake on it Yeah, so I think that here's my opinion Lululemon has been under some controversy Wilson right because Chip Wilson the former founder he was the founder of Lululemon But he is no longer part of the company. He just owns part of the company, but he's not part of the operations, right? Right. He's been talking crazy saying racially insensitive things There's definitely been some other racially insensitive things that Lululemon has done towards Asians So I think they're just trying to are you talking about bad fried rice the shirt No, this was a shirt that was promoted by one of the art directors, but he got fired right So this was not an official Lululemon shirt by the way It's not real, but it was like promoted as a joke and it was a bad joke So I think they're just trying to hire the queen of all Asian actresses Michelle. Yo to make up for it, right and and obviously Well, you know Lululemon they used to say they didn't need celebrities, but here they are Michelle They need an Asian celebrity there. Oh, yeah, don't you know? We're trying to patch things up with the Asians because we know that the Chinese boy. Do they love their Lulu? Um, at least they can see it unlike the Japanese. Um, you know, I'll say this man with all these products You know that that the Lululemon thing I could see why it's controversial specifically because if a brand Andrew is like Embattled under some racial controversy, of course them then add Seemingly with them super hyper embracing the culture. I believe they're in like Jiangsu somewhere Filming this yeah, they got the Wing Chun dancers and they're doing it. So it almost just like it was like almost OD, right? You know, there are other celebrity endorsements are Jordan Clarkson and I think DJ Metcalf and Connor, but I think there's NHL NFL Asian part. Yeah, but I'm just like guys like all of a sudden Little Michelle. Yo, I think you're just trying to win the Asians over Andrew Do any of these brands really care about Chinese culture? What would that look like? Would that be like actually sponsoring some families to like get together in some sort of a Parochial like village colloquial days type thing. There's no stories being told. They're not highlighting People that you know interesting Chinese people, they're just picking the stars paying the money just trying to sell stuff I just I'm tired. It's not that I'm against like cool stuff I like cool you're against red things you're against the red and gold because I know that's how y'all like to dress like a little But put home by wise everything if any brands out there that are cool Want to send us their cool lunar new year Chinese New Year edition stuff. I will still take it But I'm getting kind of tired of a lot of the designs because they're just there's tasteless. They're not good Well, a lot of it is just based around Materialism consumption is them, you know some song or Tong dynasty decor that has been juxtaposed on top Yeah, so so David, how does it make sense if the core? Let's just say in a joking way like what Ronnie said Let's say the Ronnie Chang when he said like the core of Chinese New Year is I hope you get rich get rich get money Right be prosperous, right? That is the general message How does buying things get you more rich buying things you can't resell Well, you know what they say that buying year the dragon things will bring you a more auspicious year of the dragon Who said that? Well, that's what I see you said that's what I see on the copywriting Who said that buying the Chinese New Year Lulu lemon is gonna bring you? Luck no, what about the Godiva set? What about the Legos? What about the fossil watch? What about the Nikes? What about the? 70 trillion items that you could get in red and gold won't bring you look It's just to be cool. So just buy it to be cool not for the luck. Listen text your mom text your dad Call your grandma on FaceTime. That's gonna mean a lot more if you really want to actually Swing the true meaning of Chuan Tian. Yeah, I went too far into the materialism and we got to bring it back guys Got to bring it back guys. Just bring it back to the Hong Bao and family dinners and a little bit of the dancing man Let's just bring it back to that. Oh my goodness anyway, let's just get into the comment section Somebody said, you know for me, I just love Lulu a little more. This campaign is so relaxing unlike other brands Just slapping red everywhere and call it Chinese New Year So this was a little bit of her criticizing the other brands But bigging up Lulu lemon because there is a lot of Wing Chun Wing Chun in it and things like that Sure, I guess I guess this wasn't the worst ad Andrew Are you buying this Lulu lemon Wing Chun clothes because you do martial arts? I'm just saying they have a Wing Chun collection apparently in the color red for long Nian No, I don't think I'm gonna buy it. Um, some people were just talking about arguing Andrew The like basically some people were saying they love Lulu lemon that are Asian and other Asians were like what you're supporting a brand That is racist against Asians. Why would you do that and people are firing back and forth? Why do you think Asians ride so hard for Lulu lemon? But then some people are also like so on the anti Lulu lemon train and how did this end up being this way? Only Asians have this polarized in my opinion. I don't see any other groups fighting over Lulu lemon I don't know. I don't know if the Latino Americans are fighting over Lulu lemon like this I don't even know if white people are Somebody just said congrats people want to cancel everything and not give brands a chance to change their narrative Michelle is the ultimate ideal brand ambassador for a high-end fitness brand No, like I said Michelle. Yo is a great pick for this. I'm not falling for it though Right, of course people were questioning me out Michelle. Yo's decision Somebody came through and said Wing Chun has been practiced by Cantonese for centuries Why would you do this ad in Mandarin? This is out of context Lulu lemon has made a huge mistake Well, obviously he probably said in a canto accent to be honest And then of course this went back and forth everything is politicized nowadays Everybody was saying that Michelle. Yo sounds a lot better when she speaks Cantonese. Her Mandarin is a little stiff I do agree with that her Mandarin her Cantonese sounds better than her Mandarin Um, a lot of people were just like dude. Just what what's going on right now Andrew? Where do you stand on this? Where do you stand on this Lulu lemon Wing Chun ad? It was a good ad. I'm just not falling for it It was a well done ad It was it was a well done ad. It was well done. Um, ultimately made I'll just say this guys the consumerism around lunar new year Chinese new year It's out of control. Yeah, it's out of control. I mean, I think that really it's a time to honor your ancestors Your family if the products help you do that by all means I could see because I always say the modern mooncakes with the ice cream in the middle They make it more fun because you can like share it with your friends and with You know other people in a more universal way. Yeah, I'd like to see more restaurants do more lunar new year packages I would do that because I might not be You know what I mean? Like I want to eat a lunar new year dinner at a Chinese restaurant Like they need to have that special set. You know what it is if Godiva Andrew is going to release 600 sets of lunar new year chocolates. They can't they can't not just be gold red and jade colored How about the flavors inside of the chocolates have some chinese flavoring? Yeah, yeah, don't be lazy go come up Do some r&d come up with a new recipe come up with a new flavor Leachy flavor never wrong to go leachy never wrong like what if a little leachy new get and by the way I know that not only chinese people celebrate chinese new year or lunar new year You know a lot of vids for it for a Korean sale. Yeah, but I'm just saying, you know Let's be honest the companies is going for the chinese Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean I I do feel like I feel for some of the my viet friends who also celebrate lunar new year very hard That you know, but then the companies they're not they're not marketing to the viet's Because you think they're looking for like a lego version of the gambling shrimp game I mean guys, listen, let us know what you think in the comment section below for me I'm so over all the consumerism I used to buy a lot of the the year of the zodiac animals Nike's back one like no other companies were doing it Nike used to make the year of the rabbit air force one look like a rabbit Nowadays they might release 45 versions and just throw like a little rabbit on the heel There's just no more thinking that goes into it What was the last time you bought something lunar new year themed and then you got complimented on it after new years No, because usually they're ugly Like nine out of ten times All right, everybody let us know in the comments down below Are there any lunar new year chinese new year items that you are going to buy that are like, you know kind of You know just just you're just trying to spend money or are you sick of it too? And how are you going to celebrate it? Just maybe this traditional way maybe maybe back to tradition, man All right guys, uh, let me know what you think in the comments down below Check out some a la sauce dragon 15 for 15 percent off order right now and until next time we out. Peace