孤勇者

Originally the theme song for the game League of Legends' 2021 season in China, sung by pop star Eason Chan, 'The Lone Brave' exploded into a broader cultural meme when Chinese kids and adults alike adopted it as an anthem for anyone grinding through life alone — the overworked employee, the struggling student, the idealist nobody gets. If you're fighting a battle no one else sees, this song claims you.

Released amid intensifying '996' work culture debates and the 'lying flat' (躺平) movement, the song resonated because it voiced what many young Chinese felt: pressure to perform without recognition or reward. Its adoption by elementary schoolchildren went viral, adding an ironic tenderness — even kids knew the exhaustion of trying hard in a demanding system.

原为游戏主题曲，后被用来形容在生活重压下独自坚持、不被理解却仍努力的普通人。