April 19, 2021 in Columns, Lifestyle
A nod to the California area code, “The 626″ is a song released in 2012 by the Fung Brothers, a Chinese-American duo, whose music video explores Asian culture and restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley. Photo from @fungbros on Instagram.
“So what we hang out / so what we drink tea,” sings the YouTuber duo Fung Brothers in their iconic music video “The 626.” “We just eating good / In the SGV.”
When I applied to USC as a transfer student, I watched YouTube videos about Los Angeles and the city’s surrounding areas, mainly the fun music videos by the Fung Brothers. Many of those included videos about the San Gabriel Valley (also known as the SGV), such as “The 626” or Al Jazeera’s “Inside the Chinese Food Mecca of Los Angeles.”