A hip-hop group known for hard-hitting verses today put out a new song skewering the state of Thai politics and expressing hope for the coming election.
Garnering more than 290,000 views in two days on YouTube, Only I Decide (rough translation) by Rap Against Dictatorship depicts the rappers as candidates encouraging the younger generation to get out and vote.
“I think people need some encouragement from artists or influencers. I think the music is working as encouragement,” rapper Dechathorn “Hockhacker” Bamrungmuang said in an interview. “We’re going into the election to change the country, to change the generation gap, to change the problems made by the old generation.”
On addition to Hockhacker, Protozua, Liberate P, and NLHz are featured in the video, which eschews pessimism to get out the vote days before Thais go to the polls Sunday. Like…
