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Chinese Lady Singing or Old Chinese Woman Singing refers to a viral video and audio of an elderly Chinese woman with short grey hair singing in Chinese, which spread on TikTok in April 2026. In memes, the video is typically utilized as an exploitable template for brainrot videos, while the audio is used for various remixes with popular music.
Origin
On March 26th, 2026, TikTok user @yiyecanling posted a video of an older woman singing in Chinese, which received over 5.7 million views and 558,600 likes in about one month.
@yiyecanling农村人爱唱歌
On April 6th, 2026, the same TikTok account uploaded a similar video, this time with the audio sped up. The video went viral, garnering over 55.6 million views and 6.7 million likes in about three weeks.
@yiyecanling #过上了好日子红红火火 #过上了好日子 #农村人的快乐生活 #农村人爱唱歌 ♬ 原創音樂 – grandma yanSpread
On April 9th, 2026, the same TikTok account once again posted a video of the same elderly woman singing the sped-up version of the Chinese song, this time gaining over 24.9 million views and 2.7 million likes in less than three weeks.
@yiyecanling #农村人的快乐生活 #过上了好日子 #过上了好日子红红火火 #真情演绎 ♬ 原創音樂 – grandma yanThe various videos featuring this particular song continued to proliferate on TikTok. On April 17th, 2026, TikTok user @bigi9000 uploaded a video parodying the video while singing in Chinese, which received over 13 million views and 2.1 million likes in about ten days.
@bigi9000希望我的歌声能让你放松心情进入梦乡
The same day, TikTok user @blyatman.67 uploaded a video of the elderly woman doing the King Nasir Dance, which received over 4.3 million views and 441,800 likes in about 10 days.
@blyatman.67 king nasir x chinese lady👀 #kingnasir #dance #dancing #chinese #singing ♬ 原創音樂 – grandma yanThe song featured in the videos was also subject to various remixes. On April 19th, 2026, TikTok user @jamks.music uploaded a mashup of the Chinese song and "Feel Good Inc." by Gorillaz, which received over 3.4 million views and 462,100 likes in less than 10 days.
@jamks.music 【Mashups】Feel Good Inc. × @母夜叉 #gorillaz ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – JAMKS MUSIC 🇯🇵The next day, on April 20th, 2026, the same TikTok user uploaded a mashup between the song and "Humble" by Kendrick Lamar. The video received over 6.3 million views and 950,900 likes in about one week.
@jamks.music 【Mashups】Humble × @母夜叉 #kendricklamar ♬ オリジナル楽曲 – JAMKS MUSIC 🇯🇵On April 23rd, 2026, TikTok user @jauu_sc posted a video of a Tomodachi Life character made to resemble the elderly Chinese woman, which received over 1.5 million views and 424,000 likes in four days.
@jauu_sc #chinese #tomodachilife #singing ♬ 原声 – Chinese old lady
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