Luckin Coffee Collaborates with Wutiaoren Band for "A Zhen Falls in Love with A Qiang"! Green Grape Latte Returns!

Luckin's Mystery Band Collaboration

Yesterday Luckin announced it would collaborate with a band whose name contains the character for "five," with the answer to be revealed on May 8.

The comment section went wild. Mention a band with "five" in the name, and the first name on everyone's lips is Mayday.

Whether or not it is Mayday, netizens are already worked up in the comments. Some even revived the recent meme in which a crowd of netizens collectively "PUA'd" Luckin, joking: if it isn't Mayday, we'll switch to Cotti.

Going by Luckin's past approach to choosing partners, though, Mayday is not very likely. Famous as the band is, Luckin usually picks people, things or events that have recently been hot topics or of high interest to netizens.

Other Potential Candidates

If not Mayday, could it be Wu Bai? Some netizens noted that Luckin loves a pun, so inviting Wu Bai on May 8 does not seem impossible. Others shot back in the comments that Wu Bai is not a band.

To which someone replied: you have clearly never been to a Wu Bai concert. The moment his guitar starts, the audience becomes the band - their voices louder than his. At every Wu Bai concert, Wu Bai is the only member of the audience.

All right, all right. Still, Wu Bai is essentially a solo artist, not a band, so his odds are low too.

With Mayday and Wu Bai eliminated, some netizens raised the difficulty for Luckin by suggesting Maroon 5, which is truly outrageous. Of course, that band is even less likely than Mayday.

Domestic Bands with "Five"

That leaves two domestic bands with "five" in the name: Wu Tiao Ren and Gao Wu Ren. Their names may be unfamiliar, but you have certainly heard their songs, and they are incredibly catchy. It is genuinely hard to read the lines below without falling into the rhythm.

Wu Tiao Ren's classic: "A Zhen Falls in Love with A Qiang." On a starry night, a plane flew overhead, and a meteor streaked across the sky.

Gao Wu Ren's classic: "The! Universe! Is! Interesting." I don't care at all! What I care about! Is your hand holding mine (voice cracking) and my chaotically beating heart (still cracking). Having you doesn't require magic - "A Bottle of Magic Potion."

Predictions and Clues

According to leaks, May 8 will bring the return of the green grape latte and serve as a warm-up for 520 Confession Day. Looking at the two songs above, "A Zhen Falls in Love with A Qiang" seems the better fit for that theme.

Judging by the sunglasses in the poster Luckin released, Wu Tiao Ren looks fairly likely, since their guitarist is especially fond of wearing sunglasses.

During the recent anniversary of the coconut latte, Luckin specially invited the Shanghai Rainbow Indoor Choir to adapt a birthday song. Who knows whether this "A Zhen Falls in Love with A Qiang" will get other versions too.

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