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Jay Chou wins youth idol award
by kelvin@multistars - 20th January 2005When Jay came to Malaysia to hold a concert in 2003 he won the honour of being the "ambassador of tourism", this year he is coming again and he has won the youth idol award from Malaysia government, Jay is the first artist to win this award, Jay also brought his mother to Malaysia to appear at this press conference on the 27th of January.
Not only did Jay's image of not smoking, not drinking and being a filial son make his career better, it has also let him win an award from the Malaysian government for a second time, "Jay Chou 2005 Incomparable Malaysian Concert" is going to explode at Kuala Lumpur Merdeka stadium, when the main organisers were arranging a overseas call, they announced that Jay had won the model youth award, this award will be personally presented by the youth and the assistant head of the sports department.
When Jay found out, he asked the reporters if it was real? After he confirmed it, he smiled saying he will bring his mother and maternal grandmother to get the award together, he also smiled saying if he would need to speak English? When the reporters told him that the head was Chinese, he said: "I won't have to worry then!"
At the moment Jay is rehearsing in Taiwan for the "Jay Chou 2005 Incomparable Malaysian Concert" on the 29th of January, "I'm really looking forward to this time's Malaysia concert, in terms of music we will be playing with new things, there will be some change in the arrangement of the songs, before we have already toured a lot of places, in place of not good parts we will put some new things, I hope that at the end the entire concert will become better and better."
"In my concert there is a part where I sing other people's songs, the parts with good responses will be retained, (Will you sing New Year Songs as it is New Year?) probably won't, but we will select a Rasa Sayang song to sing, we are still choosing at the moment, (Is it Rasa Sayang?), maybe, we will choose again at that time, best if it's not too hard and easy to sing."
When talking about whether there will be anything special with the stage, Jay said there's never an emphasis on the stage in his concerts, he also believes the fans are not watching for the gorgeous stage, but instead pay more attention to the song arrangement and music, he smiled saying it is continued low key gorgeousness.
Even though Jay's speciality is not dancing, but for the fans he will be dancing more for the Malaysian fans to see, "I will perform my best."
For the "Jay Chou 2005 Incomparable Malaysian Concert" Nan Quan Mama and Landy Wen are the guests, even though the Malaysian fans are not familiar with Nan Quan Mama, but Jay believes the young fans will definitely accept them very soon, frankly saying listening to their songs will be very happy, it is a different feeling to listening to his songs, "I especially invited them to heat up the atmosphere!"
Of course, Nan Quan Mama member Yu Hao's piano accompaniment will be on in the "Jay Chou 2005 Incomparable Malaysian Concert".
As to whether he will come into close contact with the Malaysian fans, Jay expressed that his performance will be very impromptu, last time when he was performing in LA, he pulled a fan onstage to duet, he even praised the male fan for performing well, so will there be another fan pulled onto stage by Jay this time? Then we will have to see if everyone's performance is warm or not.
Jay just had his birthday, he spent the day before his birthday with his mother, on the day of his birthday he was with his friends, the reporters nosily asked him what friends, he smiled, "You don't know them, they are my classmates from the past, (Has Jolin Choi congratulated you?) yes, a lot of friends have congratulated me!"
Talking about the most meaningful present he received this year, Jay expressed that he received a lot of presents from fans, there have been model cars, also fans have made a leopard print photo album with photos from when he came out till now, afterwards there have also been diamonds, and the necklace cross his mother gave him, all these are the things he especially likes and cherishes.
It is just the start of the New Year, Jay's New Year wish is to win the best director award, "Before I directed Nan Quan Mama's "Family" MV, I am personally very satisfied with it, my maternal grandmother also appeared on camera, I hope that apart from getting affirmation in terms of music, being a director is also another kind of art."
At the end when asked what he had to say to the Malaysian fans, Jay said: "If everyone's bored, then come and see my concert!"