- 2026-02-10
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MUSIC
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Chinese American Bear Announces New Album “Dim Sum & Then Some”, Premieres New Song “All The People (所有人)” on BBC Radio 6
Seattle-based indie pop duo Chinese American Bear, consisting of Lingbo Anne Tong (vocals/keyboard) and Bryce Barsten (vocals/keyboard/guitar), has announced their upcoming third studio album “Dim Sum & Then Some” will be released on May 8, 2026 via Moshi Moshi Records.
It is their first album in two years, following the 2024 album “Wah!!!”
The album comprises 11 tracks and forms a positive and lighthearted collage of their life together, exploring food, small joys, Chinese-American upbringing, love, and fantasy.
From the album, the duo premiered a new song “All The People (所有人)” on BBC Radio 6 Music with Nick Grimshaw.
The song is the third single off of the album, following “Forever Lover (永远的爱人)” and “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)”.
It was written by Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten, who also produced the track.
The accompanying music video was directed by Bryce Barsten.
Bryce Barsten said of the song, “All The People (所有人) is probably my favorite song on the album. It's so fun, light, cool, and a little weird. It's a song for everyone. All the people. It has some fantasy vibes, musically and lyrically.”- Lingbo Anne Tong said, “When Bryce first showed me the sounds for 'All The People', it immediately reminded me of a fantastical setting with castles and fairies so I leaned in that direction with the lyrics. It was fun to write about a topic we hadn't explored much before. I've written a lot on our favorite foods and Chinese culture but hadn't explored much fantasy. We're actually both huge fans of fantasy in general (Bryce puts on the Lord of the Rings movies at least twice a month in our household, it's his comfort background noise). I also recently started getting into 'Romantasy' (A Court of Thorns and Roses, Fourth Wing, etc.) so I was also in that mindset.”
Bryce Barsten said of the video, “The original idea for this music video was to build giant costumes for people to wear, but that quickly became too ambitious of an idea, haha. Then it dawned on me one day to use puppets! It'd still have that tactile/physical feeling, and I could have multiple characters. I made it in my parents' basement actually, which feels hilarious to say. I felt like a little 12 year old gremlin, working every day in the depths of the basement.” -
He continued, “The 'La La' characters are all stop motion, frame-by-frame, and then hand puppets are filmed live. I honestly didn't even write out a script or anything for this. I just knew I wanted the puppets singing in a theatre, I wanted the 'La La' characters to be like these goofy squads of backup singers, and I wanted puppets to shoot beams of light out of their mouths that turn into a heart for the final build of the song. I had like two tiny lights my dad gave me to light the puppets, but mostly just used the overhead lights in the basement. The whole thing is real DIY, like most things we make, but I put a lot of love and time into giving it life. I think with the coming of AI, it feels even better to make things like this. To be hunched over in my parents' basement for hours, excited and inspired, using my hands, and brain.”
Photo by Eleanor Petry - source : BBC Radio 6
