This photo taken on March 5, 2023 shows Breezy, a Scandal music label member who is a legal professional by day, showing her DJ skills at a club in Shanghai. Breezy, a 27-year-old legal professional from Guangdong province who has contributed to a Scandal album, told AFP she was proud of the project's overtly feminist aims. But the feminist label can be a minefield for women trying to gain recognition as artists in their own right -- especially in conservative China, where women in the public eye often explicitly disavow feminism to avoid angering fans. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT / To go with AFP story China-music-women, FEATURE by Jing Xuan TENG
TIRED of Shanghai club nights dominated by men, where a woman’s appearance often matters as much as her musical skills, Eloise Fan has created an underground space where women DJs are free to shine.
On a chilly spring evening, dozens of young women in a packed basement bar crowded around music producer Fan as she stood at the mixer, demonstrating how to transition between tracks.
