8+9 (BāJiāJiǔ)

“8+9” is Taiwanese slang for wild, flashy youth — the kind riding scooters with a hot baddie on the backseat, hair bleached, tattoos out, gold chains glinting, weaving through temple parades. Tough and grungy on the outside, soft-hearted on the inside.

Originally used to mock chaotic, dropout teenage energy, it’s now an aesthetic:
part rebellion, part camp, part subcultural power.

8+9 is 台客 turned feral. A little reckless, a little spiritual, a lot alive.
It’s not about fitting in. It’s about taking up space with attitude.