A Soundtrack for China’s Gender-Bending Youth Culture
Though female fans refer to the other members of the band as "husband" — as in the sort of boy a girl would want to marry — they affectionately
refer to Ms. Lin as "wife" or "little sister." "My family has always thought that girls should look and act like girls," she said.
" Ms. An said, straddling a lounge chair — full manspread — during a break in rehearsal outside the studio.
that But I was born a girl, so my dad just thought, ‘Well, she’s young, so we’ll just dress her up like a boy,’
After a three-minute workout, the group’s leader, Lu Keran, breathlessly asked the band’s manager: "Now can I go to the bathroom?" It has been a hard
and fast ascent for Ms. Lu and her bandmates in Acrush — five young women who want nothing more than to show the world they can become their country’s biggest boy band.
"But I’ve always dreamed of doing this, so I’m very happy." Ms. Lin is the most feminine of the five bandmates
and cast by image makers as the ingénue — the small-town girl finding her place in the world.
" Ms. Lu, 21, said. that They think girls are supposed to work in an office and then go home,
But I guess they’re not really used to seeing a totally androgynous girl band." The group
was formed late last year after a nationwide search for members for a new girl band.
Acrush said that I thought she was a total scammer,
