我的滑板鞋

What does 我的滑板鞋 mean?

我的滑板鞋 is a 2014 internet phenomenon disguised as a song. Its maker, 庞麦郎, sings in an unsteady voice about a young man who finally finds the magic skate shoes he dreamed of and dances on a smooth floor at night, rubbing them against it. Listeners shared it first for the wrong notes and the thick 陕西 accent, but many stayed because the hunt for the shoes, and that one perfect night of dancing, turned out to be unexpectedly moving. 魔鬼的步伐, the devil's footsteps, became a stock phrase of the year.

Where does 我的滑板鞋 come from?

The track drifted around the internet for a while before erupting in late 2014, when it jumped from music sites into the mainstream and reporters set out to find its author. By January 2015 the story had soured: China News Service reported on 2015-01-16 that 庞麦郎 was accusing media profiles of fabrication, while a column on Sina's history channel on 2015-01-15 pleaded with the public to stop hurting him. The song survives its maker's troubles as a shorthand for homemade fame.

How to use 我的滑板鞋

• 深夜商场门口，他哼着那句摩擦摩擦，像极了歌里的主角。
  Shēnyè shāngchǎng ménkǒu, tā hēng zhe nà jù mó cā mó cā, xiàng jí le gē lǐ de zhǔjué.
  Outside the mall at midnight he hummed that line, rub and rub, looking exactly like the song's protagonist.
• 室友循环播放了一整晚，第二天全楼道都会唱魔鬼的步伐了。
  Shìyǒu xúnhuán bōfàng le zhěng wǎn, dì èr tiān quán lóudào dōu huì chàng móguǐ de bùfá le.
  My roommate looped it all night; by morning the whole floor was singing about the devil's footsteps.