Lu’s conga drum stunt creeps out music lovers watching livestream

Lu’s conga drum stunt creeps out music lovers watching livestream

2025-10-20

Music lovers watching a livestream of Taichung’s jazz festival this past weekend were in for a shock after Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen took to the stage to play conga drums. It wasn’t that they were stunned at her impressive percussion skills. Rather, they were freaked out due to her looking like a character from a horror movie.

Lu was wearing a white shirt, which glowed green with the stage lighting, creating an eerie vibe. One netizen remarked that it looked more like a Halloween event than a jazz festival. Videos of the moment have been turned into memes. Some liken her to Jigsaw, the cruel mastermind in the “Saw” franchise. Others took screenshots of the moment to create posters advertising a blockbuster starring Lu, titled “Ghost Mama.” Taichung’s Cultural Affairs Bureau has responded saying that the stage lighting has different effects on everyone, and asked spectators to focus on the music.

#music #jazz #taichung #jigsaw #saw #scary #halloween #ghost #mama

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盧秀燕驚喜出席爵士音樂節燈光"打綠"如恐怖片

2025-10-20

台中市長盧秀燕，18日出席爵士音樂節，大秀苦練已久的康加鼓，不過演出時，卻讓收看網路直播的網友嚇壞。

盧市長一身白衣加上綠色燈光打下去，有網友說「以為來到爵士音樂節，沒想到是萬聖節」，畫面更被網友截圖重製，梗圖滿天飛，甚至還有人拿電影奪魂鋸對比，也有人做了鬼媽媽的電影海報。文化局表示，燈光打在每個人的效果不同，尊重網友的創意，也請大家把重點聚焦在音樂上。

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Even at night, this parkway is full of people. But lots of scooters cross it illegally anyway, angering pedestrians.

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You can’t drive scooters here. It’s dangerous for a scooter to suddenly drive across.

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No one is afraid of the fines. It’s too lax. Logically speaking, they should increase the fine. The police should enforce it more.

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