Local rappers LMF are back and you’d better be listening
LMF are returning to the stage for their second comeback tour. The band still has something to say, MC Yan tells Rachel Mok
Hong Kong rap-rock outfit LMF are returning to the stage for the "Neo Tribes" tour, their second comeback since they officially split a decade ago.
But as it's only been a few years since 2009's "The Wild Lazy Tour" , the influential - and sometimes controversial - band are under pressure to rally their fans and prove they still have something to say.
LMF have always been critical of Hong Kong society, and their thoughts on the current state of affairs in the city still aren't exactly positive. "Things are even worse than they were - our society has regressed," says chief lyricist MC Yan. It's an opinion expressed in the new single being used to promote the tour, Evil Century. This boasts lyrics such as "Get played like a fool by keeping silent/ Giving a chance to the scoundrels to take power" and "The sick and wealthy, will never be guilty/ Yet the poor are deemed guilty for life".
The song - originally titled The Anthem and written for Japanese hip hop crew Nitro Microphone Underground - is available as a free download. "The previous version was more about general freedom, rather than about Hong Kong, and we weren't that satisfied with it, so we put it aside. But with the things that have been going on here in the past 18 months, we decided to put our thoughts into the song," LMF vocalist Phat Chan says.