After the FIRE Ex. song "Good Night Formosa" became the unofficial anthem for the Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, organizers asked FIRE Ex to write them a new song. The Sunflower movement was in opposition towards a trade deal between China and Taiwan that had been rushed without real oversight from the Taiwanese legislature by the Kuomintang party, controversial part of the treaty remained classified which stoked fears that it would erode self determination in Taiwan by allowing Chinese influence in media and other sectors related to national security. The band obliged the organizers of and collaborated with them to produce Island's Sunrise. The song was widely embraced by the movement and remains a prominent protest song in Taiwan. The song remains banned in China as of this comment being written.
After the FIRE Ex. song "Good Night Formosa" became the unofficial anthem for the Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, organizers asked FIRE Ex to write them a new song. The Sunflower movement was in opposition towards a trade deal between China and Taiwan that had been rushed without real oversight from the Taiwanese legislature by the Kuomintang party, controversial part of the treaty remained classified which stoked fears that it would erode self determination in Taiwan by allowing Chinese influence in media and other sectors related to national security. The band obliged the organizers of and collaborated with them to produce Island's Sunrise. The song was widely embraced by the movement and remains a prominent protest song in Taiwan. The song remains banned in China as of this comment being written.