Hakka singers Bobby Chen and Chen Yung-tao, and the rock band Shan Kou Ta have started to record Hakka songs in recent years. If they can combine Hakka folk music with rock and roll, the idea that Hakka culture is "cool" and worthwhile will rapidly catch on. Once that happens, says Chang Hsueh-shun, Hakka culture can become the "in thing."
近幾年，客籍歌手黃連煜、陳永淘及搖滾樂團「山狗大」等，開始將客語歌帶入流行歌壇，如果「山歌配上搖滾，採茶戲加強情節」，客家文化的流行感和價值感可以快速地創造出來。