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Jay Chou's new song, inspiration from Gui Lun Mei's catchphrase
by kelvin@multistars - 9th October 2007Source: Hito Radio
Heavenly king Jay Chou has changed! His latest song "Very Busy Cowboy" is going to be broadcast on the 10th of October on "Only Want to Listen to Music Hit Fm", the DJ that has heard the song said in disbelief: "It's completely different, really just too diao!" Towards the response of the DJ, Jay Chou expressed: "This is a new song style, I haven't tried it before in the past, don't say that I don't have any variation anymore, but I am still persisting with my style, the same unclear pronunciation." After finishing his explanation Jay Chou also thought it was funny and let out a few laughs. As for his good friend Will Liu, a few days ago he finished holding his wedding, Jay Chou, who is at the top of his career, has not been forced to think about marriage by the wedding, he also expressed that marriage should be something for his plans after he is 35 years old.
This time Jay Chou dressed up as a cowboy, singing America's country style, the composition is as always by himself, but for the lyrics he did not go for old partner Vincent Fang, instead he got Huang Jun Lang who he worked with on "In The Name Of The Father" and "Nocturnes", towards the collaboration this time A Lang frankly said it was both a painful and refreshing experience, he said, before Jay Chou had already tried Chinese style, classical, etc…, in the past in order to match his heavenly king status the arrangement of the first plugged song would be very epic, but this time he has taken a creative route, instead he is focusing on relaxation and happiness. A Lang said, this time's writing was a kind of challenge to him, he had gotten used to Jay Chou' style, now instead it carries a bit of humour, it has to have meaning within being funny, it was indeed difficult work, when the two went into the recording studio to tape the song, they made a few changes right there in order to get the best result, the good thing was that after listening to it, the two both felt the feeling of achievement.
The "Cowboy" in the lyrics is actually a character created by Jay Chou and A Lang, he has quite a lot of personality and takes from the real Jay Chou. The lyrics mention "in the bar only drink milk, why not drink beer", this is because Jay Chou usually loves drinking milk in real life, unless he gets into special circumstances, only then would he drink alcohol. The lyrics also mention: "the muzzle of the gun doesn't have any eyes, I once promised God, unless there was no other choice, I will try my best to just shoot rubber bands", the reason was because Jay Chou is privately a very tender, everyone knows he is filial, the people who know him know that he is not violent, from when he was little to when he was big no one has heard him ever using violence to resolve an issue, but people who know him know that if someone maliciously provokes him, Jay Chou will hit back appropriately. Jay Chou also mentioned the concept of being environmentally friendly in the lyrics, singing "I have a kind heart, I only wear fake leather, when I fall down I try not to crush the grass", this is also a reflection of what he does in real life.
The interesting thing is, the backing in this song gives people a deep impression, he constantly repeats "Don't bother about it, don't bother about it, don't bother about it, don't bother about it, don't bother about it", in fact this inspiration came from Gui Lun Mei. Jay Chou said, when he was filming the movie "Secret" with Gui Lun Mei, because it was the first time they worked together, they were very worried about slowing each other down on the set, they often asked a member of staff to go ask if there was anything Gui Lun Mei needed, including food and whether she needed a lift home after work, etc…, Gui Lun Mei always responded: "Don't bother about it!", one time there as a piano scene of the two, Jay Chou asked if they needed to adjust the piano, Gui Lun Mei responded: "Don't bother about it!" After this Jay Chou just out of interest sang with the words "Don't bother about it", he felt it was quite interesting and wrote it into the song, he even requested to A Lang that these few lines cannot be changed.
Due to the filming, Jay Chou and Gui Lun Mei established a good friendship, when he was doing his album commercial preparation, Jay Chou suggested they invite Gui Lun Mei to be the voice over for the commercial, the staff called and asked, Gui Lun Mei accepted straight away, and did it for free, due to the fact it was on the day Typhoon Krosa hit Taiwan, she was scared it would affect the commercial schedule, Gui Lun Mei braved the strong winds and rain to get to the recording studio just for the line "Even being busy, I have to listen to this song with you", she was very professional, it also shows that the friendship between Jay Chou and Gui Lun Mei is very deep.
Towards trying something completely new this time, Jay Chou said: "Generally in music writing, first comes the music then the imagery, but this time I did it the other way round, I had the idea of the imagery, the look was a bit more like Western retro, only then did I write the song, this is also a style I have never had in my albums before, I like it very much myself. I will try my best to make some challenges in music, like writing some cowboy songs, even though they are not mainstream, but I believe it will definitely become mainstream in the future, and can spur on pop, I am very willing to charge ahead." In his speech it reveals his confidence in his own creation of music style.
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