The Rap of China Season 7 Episode 1

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This is the acapella episode where contestants had to show their skills without any background music as a way of receiving a 'gold chain' to show that they were officially in the show. The contestants and judges this year are top-tier! At first, I was very skeptical about Wowkie Zhang especially with his performance, but he lightens the mood so much that he becomes a nice asset. FanChengCheng's Go Hard freestyle performance was so unexcepted, and I loved KeyNG's 罗马 too! Then there's the contestants. I'll be the first to honestly admit that the only one I knew beforehand was Ice Paper, due to his TikTok fame, and G.G. 张思源 from Youth with You - [spoiler] I was going to cry if Ice Paper didn't get a chain, and was disappointed that the Free Out members didn't stay together. But the show introduced all of them so well that I grew to love how the Free Out members came as a unit, similar to the NOUS UNDERGROUND's C2C duo that I love so much.

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