After 6 years, Jay Chou released a new song "The Greatest Work". Within an hour after the MV went online, topics related to the new album quickly hit the Weibo hot search list. Among the top 15 topics on the entertainment hot search list, 11 are related to Jay Chou, among which # Jay Chou's Prelude# has shot to the top of the list.
Netizens expressed that after 6 years of waiting, Jay Chou is finally here. The imagination is still infinite, and the music is still fantasy. In his unconstrained MV, he transformed into a time traveler, leading us to travel to Paris in 1920 and meet many great artists.
Netizens exclaimed that they can’t understand the lyrics of Jay Chou without any knowledge. Below, let’s take a look at those classic moments when we met great artists.
The story takes place in the Samaritan department store in Paris. The company was established in 1870. It suffered losses after the 1970s and closed in 2005. It was later bought by the LVHM Group. After 7 years of renovation, it was finally reopened in 2021. The story took place in these two years.
Two Asians dressed as staff sneaked into a department store at night. They took off their work clothes, put on top hats, and stopped in front of an antique piano. One of them, who called himself "Brother", sat down and played the piano. With the sound of music and golden sand filling the surroundings, the two of them instantly traveled to a magnificent hall. A clown appears. In the brother's dazzling magic, the clown's red nose turned into a green apple. Magritte's "The Greatest Work" The famous masterpiece " Children of Men》. Through this painting, Magritte expressed his philosophy: "The things we see always obscure each other, and we always want to know what is blocked... This is not a simple matter of what is blocked. The question of what is not blocked... is a question of the difference in visibility between what is blocked and what is not blocked." Later, he also painted "The Pipe That Is Not a Pipe" and "The Man in the Top Hat". There is a pipe in the picture, but below the pipe, Magritte wrote a line of words in French : "This is not a pipe." Next, I stared at a bearded man in the restaurant. Under the surprised gaze of the bearded man, he used magic to bend the spoon in his hand. It turns out that the bearded man is also a painter. His name is Salvador Dali, and he is a Spanish surrealist painter. He once described himself like this: "I am Dali, and my beard is extraordinary. The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not a madman, and the only difference between me and a human being is that I am a madman. I love life and love To the point of being disgraceful." "The Greatest Works" by Dali (actor) "Salvador Dali" "The Eternity of Memory" Then, I changed my clothes again. Came to Chinese Painter Sanyu's studio. Sanyu is a famous modern painter in my country. He went to Paris in 1919 as a work-study student in France. He was familiar with Xu Beihong and Lin Fengmian, but his artistic views were different from theirs. He was indifferent. Fame and fortune, maverick, did not go to the Academy of Fine Arts to study, often in the cafe while watching "Dream of Red Mansions" or playing the violin while painting. Sanyu insisted on going his own way in art and pursued spiritual freedom . He experienced ups and downs and remained unknown and underappreciated throughout his life. Today, the West recognizes him as a world-class painting master and is known as the "Chinese-style Modigliani" ". "The Greatest Work" "Elementary School Student" and Sanyu "Elementary School Student" Sanyu especially likes bonsai and also likes to paint bonsai. In the MV, I once again used magic to make the bonsai in front of me bloom with colorful flowers. Sanyu was so happy that he gave his brother a painting on the spot. "Bonsai" of "The Greatest Work" "Fruit Tree in a Pot" Wu Guanzhong once commented on Sanyu, "Sanyu painted so many bonsais, and the bonsais bloomed with gorgeous flowers and were full of life. However... thick and rich The branches, leaves and flowers are often planted in extremely small pots that are obviously disproportionate. I think Sanyu himself is a bonsai..." The elegant legs of the flowers are a touch of the universe The nostalgia of crossing the sea is planted with the tenderness of nothing. In the lyrics, Jay Chou interpreted Sanyu's hobby as "nostalgia across the ocean."
In addition to painting bonsai, Sanyu also likes to paint women. He has been obsessed with the graceful figure of women all his life.
He once said, "Although this sofa in my studio has long been worn out, there have been at least one or two hundred women who deserved beautiful words sitting on it!"
Most of the women in Sanyu's works have a pair of perfectly shaped Disproportionally huge legs. Xu Zhimo once playfully described it as the "thigh of the universe". This detail is also paid tribute to in the later part of the MV.
"The Greatest Work": Sanyu's "Nude with Bent Legs"
"Nude with Bent Legs"
Later, I spent some time in Paris and met some painters, including French writer Matisse and Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch . Matisse created many classic paintings facing different coasts. windows and the scenery outside the windows became his inspiration muse .
"The Côte d'Azur outside the window"
The boat quietly goes to and from the coast of Matisse
The night under the stars is left to Van Gogh to light it
The dream is too short on the Munch Bridge Screaming
The excitement in this world comes from loneliness
Munch 's " "The Scream" is perhaps more famous. The artist used extremely exaggerated brushwork to depict a man who screamed until he was deformed, vividly expressing the extreme fear and loneliness of human beings. The red background originated from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau volcano in Indonesia.
"The Scream"
In addition, in the MV, I also met the long-term frustrated Dutch painter Van Gogh . It is understood that between 1886 and 1889 alone, he created more than 40 paintings "self-portrait".
Through these works, we can see a crazy, melancholy, but also extremely passionate and brave Van Gogh.
"Self-portrait"
" Starry Moon Night "
In the MV, Jay Chou adds magic to the tea cup of "Xu Zhimo", and Van Gogh's masterpiece "Starry Moon Night" can be vaguely seen.
In 1889, Van Gogh created this work in a mental hospital in Saint-Remy, France.The flowing brushstrokes and infinite sense of space in the painting leave endless inspiration to future generations.
Later, through Sanyu’s introduction, I met a fat man who could also play the piano, and the two of them had a battle.
Then I changed my clothes again, and this time I met Claude Monet, the founder and representative of Impressionism Claude Monet. In the lyrics "The sunrise comes and goes in the port of impression, the light awakens the sleeping flowers and leaves" , he pays tribute to Monet 's famous work " Sunrise·Impression " . This is the pioneering work of Impressionism painting, and the name "Impressionism" comes from this work.
"The Greatest Work" by Monet
Monet and his "Water Lilies"
"Sunrise·Impression"
Here, of course, brother's magic is also indispensable.
In 1883, the 43-year-old Monet decided to settle in the small town of Giverny and grow flowers and grass in his "Monet Garden". The water lilies in the pond, like elves, became the most important painting theme in his later years.
"Water Lilies"
After meeting with Monet, I came to a restaurant again, which was filled with Modigliani's works. When my brother was silently admiring the painting given to him by San Yu, he met the poet Xu Zhimo.
It turned out that Xu Zhimo was a good friend of Sanyu. He also wrote a collection of essays "Le Claws in Paris" specifically for Sanyu. includes " Feileng Cuishan Residence Gossip " and other masterpieces. He said that the story of the nude woman painted by Sanyu with "cosmic thighs" is also recorded in this work.
Xu Zhimo's handwriting "Cosmic Thigh" in "The Greatest Work"
The butterfly that stopped on the Cam Bridge flew to the emerald green by the midnight river
Regret was accidentally hidden in the poem page, and even the smile could not penetrate it. The world
The scaly claws of Paris, the sentimental grammar, I need to use music to read it
Under the lamp of the evening breeze, the traveler's scented tea, I changed it to coffee
After that, he fell in love with the complex word bitter
Because this is waving to the clouds The lyrics of "The Taste of Goodbye"
mention Xu Zhimo's most famous poem "Farewell Cambridge " :
Gently I left,
Just as I came gently;
I waved gently,
Farewell to the clouds in the western sky.
This was written by the poet on the return ship in 1928 after traveling to England again. While studying in Cambridge, he established his own outlook on life of "love, freedom and beauty".
At this point in the story, all the records on the notepad are basically correct. In the end, only the fat man playing the piano is left. So who is he?
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