Rap Against Dictatorship released singles in the days before Thailand’s two most recent elections: 250 Bootlickers (250 สอพลอ) dropped two days before the 2019 election, and I’m the One Who Gets to Decide (คนที่ตัดสินใจคือฉันเอง) came out six days ahead of the 2023 election. Thailand held another election this year, on 8th February, and Rap Against Dictatorship have again released a new single, this time in the aftermath of the vote.
The band’s new song, คุณหนูประเทศไท้ย กับกกต.ทั้งเจ็ด (‘Thailand and the election commissioners’), criticises the Election Commission of Thailand, after allegations of irregularities in the election process. (Even two weeks after the election, only 94% of the votes have been officially counted by the ECT, and there have been protests over the use of QR codes and barcodes on ballot papers.)
The band’s new song, คุณหนูประเทศไท้ย กับกกต.ทั้งเจ็ด (‘Thailand and the election commissioners’), criticises the Election Commission of Thailand, after allegations of irregularities in the election process. (Even two weeks after the election, only 94% of the votes have been officially counted by the ECT, and there have been protests over the use of QR codes and barcodes on ballot papers.)
The song’s animated video was designed by PrachathipaType, with a hand motif inspired by the Saul Bass film poster for The Man with the Golden Arm. This is the band’s fourth collaboration with PrachathipaType, after Homeland (บ้านเกิดเมืองนอน), กอ เอ๋ย กอ กราบ (‘k is for krap’), and Budget (งบประมาณ).
The ECT were previously criticised over their apparent mismanagement of the 2014 election, when polling stations were understaffed. In fact, an ECT member was even quoted saying that the 2014 election should be cancelled, as it may lead to a coup (although admittedly his prediction was accurate). The 2006 election was invalidated by the Constitutional Court, which ruled that the ECT was biased in favour of the winning party, Thai Rak Thai.
Rap Against Dictatorship’s most famous single is the anthemic My Country Has (ประเทศกูมี). Their other tracks include Sunflower (ดอกทานตะวัน), Burning Sky (ไฟไหม้ฟ้า), Reform (ปฏิรูป), Ta Lu Fah (ทะลุฟ้า), and 16 ปีแล้วไอ้สัส (‘it’s been 16 years, ai sat’).
The ECT were previously criticised over their apparent mismanagement of the 2014 election, when polling stations were understaffed. In fact, an ECT member was even quoted saying that the 2014 election should be cancelled, as it may lead to a coup (although admittedly his prediction was accurate). The 2006 election was invalidated by the Constitutional Court, which ruled that the ECT was biased in favour of the winning party, Thai Rak Thai.
Rap Against Dictatorship’s most famous single is the anthemic My Country Has (ประเทศกูมี). Their other tracks include Sunflower (ดอกทานตะวัน), Burning Sky (ไฟไหม้ฟ้า), Reform (ปฏิรูป), Ta Lu Fah (ทะลุฟ้า), and 16 ปีแล้วไอ้สัส (‘it’s been 16 years, ai sat’).