When Taiwan's economy took off in the 1980s, the growing wealth of society led to a tremendous increase in blue-collar workers 'disposable incomes. This in turn brought about a revival in the Taiwanese-language music scene, which was then still dominated by enka songs.
一九八○年代台灣經濟起飛，逐漸富裕的社會藍領人口消費力大增，傳統翻唱日本演歌為主的台語歌壇也再度活絡起來。