🐯 Welcome to the Jungle: The Official Den of Johnny (Tiger) Tai

One of my favorite jokes is that Chinese people are the only people Chinese people are racist against. And before anybody gets upset, relax. I’m Chinese,  I was born Chinese, I grew up Chinese, my parents are Chinese, my relatives are Chinese. I’ve spent over forty years dealing with Chinese people; I think I’ve earned the right to bitch :) The funny thing is that whenever I make this joke, every Chinese person within hearing distance immediately starts nodding and chuckling. Not cautiously, not politely—just full recognition, like I’ve just said something everybody already agreed on but nobody wanted to say out loud. Now I’m not saying Chinese people are uniquely terrible. Every culture has its own internal chaos. But there is something uniquely funny about how a Chinese person can walk into a room full of Chinese people and immediately find twenty-seven reasons to dislike the other Chinese people in that same room. In the video attached to this post, I go into the ...

There are some songs you don’t just perform. You survive them. 掌聲響起 is one of those songs for me. Every time I hear the opening lines — standing alone on a stage, listening to the applause — my chest tightens. Not because of nerves, but because of memory. This song isn’t about fame. It’s about endurance. About what it costs to stay standing long enough for the applause to come. Image: Sparring-Johnny, wearing black gloves and shirt, stands with eyes closed, concentrating. Two men in the background practice boxing in a gym setting. [ ] As a blind and partially deaf musician, a martial arts champion, an athlete, and now a professional artist sharing work on the world stage, applause has never been something I expected. It’s something that arrived only after countless failures, endless waiting, and years of telling myself one simple thing: 忍耐 — endure. When the crowd claps, the words that echo in my mind are always the same: 經過多少失敗，經過多少等待，告訴自己要忍耐 How many failure...

有些歌，不只是用來唱的。 而是用一整個人生去撐住的。 《掌聲響起》對我來說，就是這樣的一首歌。 每一次站在舞台上，當掌聲慢慢湧起，我腦中浮現的，從來不只是榮耀，而是那些沒有人看到的歲月——孤獨、忍耐、失敗，還有一次又一次告訴自己不要倒下的瞬間。 我是一名盲人、重度聽損者。 也是一名音樂人、武術家、運動員，如今成為站上國際舞台的專業藝術家。 但這條路，並不是一開始就有人為我喝采。 我出生於台灣，後來移民加拿大。成長在一個破碎而充滿衝突的家庭裡，很早就學會獨立。青少年時期的我，因為身材圓潤、因為身體障礙，成為被嘲笑、被低估的對象。17歲那年，我離開家，一個人生活，一邊打工，一邊把自己送進大學。沒有退路，只有硬撐。 學武術、參加比賽、訓練身體、訓練心志。 跌倒、受傷、失敗，再爬起來。 在沒有人相信的時候，先學會相信自己。 所以當我唱到： 「經過多少失敗，經過多少等待，告訴自己要忍耐」 這不是歌詞。 這是我活過來的方式。 掌聲響起的那一刻，我會流淚。不是因為脆弱，而是因為終於可以放下防備。那些年一個人走過的路，那些沒人看見的夜晚，都在那一刻被溫柔地接住。 這支音樂影片，是我對這首歌的回應。 也是我對生命的致敬。 不是因為我「克服」了什麼， 而是因為我沒有放棄。 謝謝你願意聽。 謝謝那段無聲的等待。 也謝謝，當掌聲終於響起的時候。 🎥 音樂影片請見下方 更多關於我的故事、音樂與人生，請造訪 johnnytiger.com 想了解我的觸覺藝術與創作，歡迎前往 tigertactile.com #掌聲響起 #鳳飛飛 #JohnnyTiger #身心障礙藝術家 #盲人音樂家 #台灣移民 #生命故事 #忍耐 #堅持 #音樂的力量 #世界舞台