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Release new album in August, changing to Russian style, Jay Chou hands in work, hears sound of money
by kelvin@multistars - 27th June 2004Jay bears the name of the different one in the Mandarin album circle, before he releases his annual new work, he always attracts a lot of fans to make inquiries about the new album's style direction, and there are even the instances of fake songs appearing. Recently he, who has been filming the movie "Initial D" in Japan, has already given the entire completed album to the company, and the company as usual has maintained high secrecy mode towards the contents of Jay's new album, but according to reports, continuing on from the last album's Italian style first plugged song, this album's first plugged song is to be Russian style, they have also filmed the MV in Russia.
The new album has been set to release on the 3rd of August, after Director Chou finishes filming in Japan, he is going to immediately fly back to Taiwan to do the publishing of the new album, shortly after there is a concert on the 2nd of October, Jay's schedule is already full to the beginning of next year, apart from concerts in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, at the moment he has already been arranged to have two sessions of concert in US East and West Coast.
The outside world are deeply concerned about Jay's new album style direction, he himself always says "No change", because Director Chou, who likes other people to praise him as diao, hopes to firstly lower everyone's expectation level, to avoid saying too much making people thinking it's not that good afterwards; and his new album's style direction, according to reports he still maintains his consistent music style and then get something different within, adding in the ethnical style element he likes, thus the MV has already been filmed when he went to Russia, of course the contents in the MV have Director Chou's views. And the love song part he is most expert in, According to reports it is "very different" from the past, making the company satisfied listening only once, like "hearing the sound of money".
Besides his music always making topics, Jay also bears the name of the male artist who has gone to the most places to film MVs and commercials in the country, all along, from Taiwan, Japan, France, Italy, US, this time he has gone to Russia, New Zealand, the only one who can be well matched is Taiwanese Song Goddess Long Qian Yu, who once went to France, Russia Moscow Red Square, Italy Venice and Japan to film MVs, standing in front of Arc de triomphe singing "Dash Dash Dash".
Besides composing the songs in the new album, he has written more lyrics than in the past, others are old partner Vincent Fang and Liu Geng Hong, actually Director Chou is quite superstitious, after the album sells well, he likes to continue to use old members, the same MV director, recording master, mixing master, that's why the people he always works with are these, he said smiling: "I'm scared if I change people than I can't win GMA!"