{"id":673033,"date":"2025-06-02T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jackzebras-global-ennui\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:59:44","slug":"jackzebras-global-ennui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jackzebras-global-ennui\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: #c91b1b;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #c91b1b;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #c91b1b;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271086\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      GEN F: Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      A night at a frat house with the Chengdu r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er creating dreamy downer rap using the \u201cmagic\u201d of Mandarin.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tasbeeh Herwees<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"photographer\">Photographer <span class=\"credit_name\">Allan Potter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\"triple_gutter_left triple_gutter_right image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080006_oar3lw\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target='\"new\"' href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2025%2F06%2F02%2Fjackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=Jackzebra%E2%80%99s%20global%20ennui&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\"><br \/>\n    <!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271170\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>The FADER\u2019s longstanding GEN F <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> profiles the emerging artists you need to know right now.<br \/><\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271163\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\">On a Friday night in April<\/span>, the hottest show in California is at the house of UCLA\u2019s Sigma Pi Upsilon chapter. Teenagers with face piercings, ripped fishnets, and layers of studded belts slung over grommeted pants so baggy they pool at their feet are crowded in the backyard of the cavernous estate. They\u2019re all here to watch Chengdu plugg-cloud rapper Jackzebra make his debut headlining performance on the West Coast.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Cigarettes dangle awkwardly from fingers as people drift toward the stage enjoying the opening lineup including Harto Fali\u00f3n of the N.Y.C. alt-rap collective Surf Gang and digicore savant Lucy Bedroque. But it\u2019s clear who the star is. When Jackzebra finally appears \u2014 in a discreet black t-shirt and matching baseball hat, looking every part the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Jackzebra-untitled-lyrics\">regular guy<\/a>\u201d he claims to be on his 2024 mixtape <i>King of Kings<\/i> \u2014 the kids loitering on the front lawn stomp out their cigs and rush the stage. The mosh pit is remobilized and the walls of the Sigma Pi vibrate with bass as Jackzebra, who only raps in Mandarin, sings \u201c\u6211\u6c38\u8fdc\u7684\u5728\u64cd\u7740\u4f60\u7684\u5988\u201d (\u201cI\u2019m always fucking your mom\u201d) over and over again as he pogoes his body into the air.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <break><\/break>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-271087 {\n   background: #c91b1b;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271087\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080018_hh4rk1\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271164\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cI was very surprised because it was my first time performing in [Los Angeles],\u201d the 25-year-old Jackzebra tells me of the reception the next day. It turns out, it was also his first time in an American fraternity house. \u201cI did not expect that crowd. I was hype. It was crazy.\u201d He says the Western crowds he\u2019s performed for are different from his fans in China, who he describes as \u201cmore shy.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Over the last year or so, Jackzebra, whose real name is Zhang Zheng Kai, has experienced an organic groundswell of popularity as his SoundCloud mixes and songs of zealously Auto-Tuned slurring interlaced with atmospheric soundscapes that further distort lyrical meaning have gone viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>, the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, and across emo-rap communities online. Even Mandarin speakers have trouble understanding Jackzebra, but his music has transcended the need for translation for both his fans who are native Chinese speakers and those who don\u2019t understand a single word.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Falion\u2019s appearance on the bill wasn\u2019t a coincidence: Earlier this year, Zheng Kai secretly signed to Surf Gang, a fitting home for his restless sound. \u201cI was just stunned,\u201d Surf Gang\u2019s co-founder evilgiane says of hearing Jackzebra\u2019s music for the first time. \u201cOne minute, it\u2019s rap music, but then there&#8217;s also indie-sounding stuff, and a bit of electronic stuff in there. He&#8217;s always keeping people on the edge with what he&#8217;s gonna release.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <break><\/break>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-271088 {\n   background: #c91b1b;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271088\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064080012_lcvvgg\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271165\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Today, Zheng Kai has asked me to meet him at an H Mart in Koreatown near where he\u2019s staying in L.A. as he records tracks for his next project with evilgiane. Zheng Kai shows up in a uniform similar to the one he wore onstage, but the floppy exuberance he embodied is now gone. He sits with a rounded back, his hands stuffed into his pockets. At some point, I give up on making any meaningful eye contact.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            This observation should surprise no one who\u2019s gone out of the way to understand his lyrics. In his music, Zheng Kai depicts himself as a quiet loner, someone whose bombastic declarations (\u201cI am the king \/ the king among kings \/ arrogant and reckless \/ boundless and crazy\u201d) are written more like manifestations than statements of fact. In reality, Zheng Kai lives deeply in his head and, of course, the internet. \u201cI don\u2019t have many friends in real life,\u201d he tells me. \u201cI just have online friends\u201d \u2014 and his girlfriend, now fianc\u00e9e, an artist known as hpsb who\u2019s a regular feature on his Instagram and some of his tracks. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271167\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cI was just stunned. One minute, it\u2019s rap music, but then there\u2019s also indie-sounding stuff, and a bit of electronic stuff in there. He\u2019s always keeping people on the edge with what he\u2019s gonna release.\u201d \u2014 evilgiane<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271090\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070034_q40gew\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 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srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070023_mpzjwp\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 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Kai has known since he was 17 that he wanted to make music \u2014 and that he\u2019d be good at it. \u201cI didn\u2019t like studying,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve always just wanted to create something, to be an artist or singer.\u201d Growing up on a diet of Billboard-charting hits, his favorite musicians include Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, and M.I.A.; he wants to work with Justin Bieber someday. These tastes diverge radically from the kind of music he\u2019s making now, genres he encountered not on the charts but on Weibo, which he checks every day, and SoundCloud. \u201cI loved the beats and the visuals,\u201d he says about discovering rap music. \u201cI remember, when I was young, [I loved] watching A$AP Rocky videos.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In 2018, after watching YouTube videos, he set up his own bedroom studio where he still makes beats today. His earliest songs \u2014 which were actually freestyled in English \u2014 caught the attention of Bloodz Boi, a pioneer of the Chinese cloud rap scene who took him under his tutelage and invited him to perform live for the first time in Guangzhou in 2019. (\u201cI was wearing stupid sunglasses and a stupid hat.\u201d) Soon after, American producers started to DM him over Instagram, \u201cHey, Jack, do you want some beats?\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271169\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>\u201cI loved the beats and the visuals. I remember, when I was young, [I loved] watching A$AP Rocky videos.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-271092 {\n   background: #c91b1b;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271092\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/000064070008_fswemc\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/000064070008_fswemc\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 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sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-271168\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Despite their unintelligibility, Zheng Kai\u2019s lyrics are heavy in meaning. On his latest release, a 34-track mixtape titled <i>Above &amp; Beyond<\/i>, he writes of Gen Z ennui and urban alienation switching between being hypercritical of himself and audaciously confident. \u201cI don\u2019t know when I started to become fearful of other people\/ I don\u2019t know why my mind goes blank when I close my eyes,\u201d Zheng Kai admits on \u201c\u65e0\u75c5\u547b\u541f.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            He switched to Mandarin after finding English to be too rigid a language. \u201cMandarin [can have] many different meanings, just in one sentence. Mandarin is magic,\u201d he says, saying that the language has helped him express himself more meaningfully, to talk about what he calls, \u201cdeep stuff.\u201d \u201cIt&#8217;s like therapy. My lyrics support me.\u201d And despite the language barrier, they support a growing fanbase online and off.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cDid you know it would be like this?\u201d I ask, referencing the screaming fans, the wild moshing.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cYes,\u201d he says. \u201cI guess so.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-271094\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064070014_ittoz8\/jackzebra-king-of-kings-surf-gang-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Jackzebra\u2019s global ennui\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Tasbeeh Herwees<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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