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New album has old "tune" (Album to be out in November)
by kelvin@multistars - 13th August 2005"Common Jasmin Orange", "Ye Hui Mei", "The Eight Dimensions"...fans who are used to having their hearing entertained with Jay's new album the summer of every year, this year unavoidable they are waiting anxiously. Young heavenly king Jay Chou's 2005 latest album has been late with no sign of appearing, even to the point of having no related information revealed about it. Yesterday night, Jay appeared in Suzhou, he talked publicly about his new album for the first time, the cool Director Chou astonished with his first words: "Some songs in the new album will mock other people."
He hopes the fans will be even more passionate
Coming to Suzhou this time, Jay was promoting his "Incomparable" concert on the 17th of September in Suzhou. This is already the second time Jay has come to Suzhou. Recalling when he appeared in 2002 for the first time, Director Chou revealed, at that time he was performing on the same stage as other artists, it was also his first time in Suzhou, he was rather nervous. And this time's concert is completely his own stage, thus he is even happier. But, the young heavenly king has suggested something to the gracefully quiet nature of the Suzhou fans: he hopes the fans can be even more passionate.
Due to the fact Jay's image as a racing genius in "Initial D" is just too bright, some reporter asked if sports cars would be added to the concert. Director Chou denied it repeatedly; he exposed the fact that among the 12 collected cars he has in his home, he can't drive many of them, a lot of them can only be used for observation. And usually when he's driving he doesn't go very fast, "Driving slowly is still more safe".
Jay hopes to leave his name in music history
The coincidently thing is, yesterday night another R&B big star of the Chinese music industry David Tao was holding a concert in Shanghai. Talking about this artist who is older than Jay by 10 years, and often described as a "competing opponent", Director Chou who was wearing a cap immediately became serious. Recently David Tao expressed that because he's not satisfied with the music industry, he wants to retire at 40. Director Chou was "worried" about this: "A lot of people like this songs, it's a really a pity if he retires at such a young age." Comparatively speaking, Director Chou has even more plans for the future for his course in music: "My parents like my songs a lot, it illustrates the age levels of my fans are very broad, in the future I might do some covers of old songs."
Not long ago, Jay's "Snail" and Luo Da You's "72 Changes in Appearance" have both entered into Chinese teaching material. Being able to enjoy the same treatment as this "Music godfather" Luo Da You, Jay said frankly he was very honoured. This song "Snail" is a song about encouraging youngsters to climb up one step at a time and grab onto your own dream. Director Chou hopes his music can influence even more people; henceforth he can leave his name in music history.
New album maintains old "tune"
When will the new album of this year be out? Yesterday night Director Chou finally revealed a bit of information: the new album will be released in November this year. At the moment, the songs in the new album have already been written, but he's just too busy, he also has to write for S.H.E, so he still hasn't had time to do recording. Besides one or two songs that will have some new creativity, the style of the whole album will maintain his "tune". "These kinds of music are very interesting." Concerning about how the conflict between Jay and the paparazzi have been made big by the media, yesterday night Director Chou implicitly responded: "In the new album there is one or two songs that mock other people, for instance the paparazzi."
It seems in this way, you really have to look forward to Director Chou's new album. In the concert press conference the young heavenly king who is only 26 this year spoke his heart: he doesn't have any brothers or sisters, he hopes to make more friends. When he's busy, he really hopes there is another him, that can perform onstage for him and then he can hide in his house to write songs.