The Devil Wears Prada inspires Chinese teen into internet fame with a song she wrote in 30 minutes

A 15-year-old girl in Shenzhen said she wanted to write a song for Anne Hathaway’s character because “I like her personality”

The video has been viewed 9.7 million times on the video-sharing platform Bilibili

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Teenager Vicky Zhang Yuxuan has found online fame after she wrote a song inspired by The Devil Wears Prada in about 30 minutes. Photo: Bilibili

Published: 7:00pm, 22 Apr 2021Updated: 7:00pm, 22 Apr 2021

A 15-year-old Shenzhen schoolgirl has won a legion of fans and earned one million social media likes for an English-language song she created in less than an hour.

The song, titled She, has skyrocketed to number one on China’s video-sharing website Bilibili after being viewed 9.7 million times and receiving 856,000 thumbs up emojis from fans.

Inspired by actress Anne Hathaway, who played Andrea “Andy” Sachs in the Hollywood blockbuster The Devil Wears Prada, Vicky Zhang Yuxuan began brainstormed the song in a mathematics class last month and wrote it at home in just 30 minutes.

Yuxuan brainstormed her hit song in math class. Photo: Bilibili

“I like [Anne Hathaway’s] personality, so I wanted to write a song for her,” Yuxuan told the Shenzhen Evening News. “I want to send out a message about girl power – that girls can be strong and independent but also cute.”

Online supporters were quick to comment, with one fan saying: “Young people of the current era are so awesome!”

Another online user wrote, “What a huge gap between her and me! Half an hour is the time I spend finishing a meal.”

A student at Shenzhen Arts School, majoring in violin, Yuxuan is also a vlogger at Bilibili with 1.2 million followers. She has uploaded 76 videos to the platform, including her own songs.

One of those videos is Dance Monday, a duet she sings with Allie Sherlock, an Irish singer and YouTube celebrity. The song has been broadcast more than two million times on Bilibili.