"Have you listened to Jay Chou 's new song?" On July 6, Station B premiered Jay Chou's new song MV "The Greatest Work". Since this is his first new album in 6 years, it quickly attracted the attention of netizens. As of 19:00 on July 6, the "Greatest Work" MV has exceeded 8 million views on station B. B station also announced that it has reached a copyright cooperation with Jay Chou's Jewell Music . In the future, more song MVs from new albums will be released on station B. At the same time, Bilibili will soon launch the Hi-Res lossless sound quality function to provide viewers with a better audio-visual experience.
However, will you listen to music on station B?
"Brother is wearing a retro suit, holding a cane, playing magic music, walking in Samaritan, a time renovated by the years..." Jay Chou's new work "The Greatest Work" has been released for many times, and it is still It has a familiar melody and a familiar taste, and the song is packed with various elements such as piano, magic, and modern art, making it appear to be quite thoughtful. This song is composed by Jay Chou, with lyrics written by Huang Junlang and Xie Di. The lyrics connect the artist with the spirit of his works through time and space travelers. According to incomplete statistics, painters such as Magritte, Salvador Dali, Sanyu, Van Gogh, Matisse, Munch, and Monet were mentioned or imitated in lyrics or pictures. The poet , Xu Zhimo , etc. have a lot of information. Jay Chou explained the reason for the name: "Anyway, this work has powerful musicians such as Lang Lang and Ray joining in, as well as these great artists mentioned in the lyrics. To me, it is the greatest work!" "
After the MV for "The Greatest Work" was released, it quickly dominated the charts and swept the screen. Many topics such as "Jay Chou's prelude", "Jay Chou rap", "Jay Chou's new album figure", etc. were on Weibo's hot searches, and all the WeChat Moments were also searched. It's a song forwarded by netizens. "The familiar Jay Chou is back!" Some netizens lamented.
Jay Chou's new songs have become popular in the past few years. On May 20th and 21st this year, Jay Chou's two concerts were re-screened online, which also became a hot topic of discussion that day.
"The Greatest Work" is the album released by Jay Chou after "Jay Chou's Bedside Story". It is also Jay Chou's 15th solo album. It has been 6 years since the release of the last album. In the past 6 years, he has released several songs in the form of singles such as "说好不看" and "Mojito". Although the reviews have been mixed, he is still capable of playing. On QQ Music , "Say Good or Not Cry", a collaboration with Mayday Ashin , sold more than 8.93 million copies; "Mojito" sold nearly 7 million copies. At present, the single "The Greatest Work" has been clicked more than 10 million times on QQ Music, and the number of reservations for the album "The Greatest Work" has exceeded 7.43 million, and this number is still increasing.
Why is Jay Chou so popular after so many years of releasing music? "Nearly 20 years have passed since I first heard a male classmate playing Jay Chou's tape on a tape recorder in a primary school classroom. When I heard this new album's preview song and saw Jay Chou's 'Reunion after a Long Time', my first impression was It’s not a surprise, but it’s wrapped in an almost calm and natural feeling. The melody here feels familiar and also new.” Fan Anna said that as a long-time fan, facing a new song does not seem like a music review. People deconstruct and discover things like everyone else, but sit down comfortably, shake hands with old friends, and look at the old times tenderly. "The scene of Jay Chou and Lang Lang 'playing the piano' has a pleasant feeling of 'witnessing history'. It seems that Jay is still so confident in his piano skills."
"Listening to Jay Chou's songs has become a habit. Over the years, Ask me to choose a favorite song, I still can't choose it." Fan Xiao Yu dug out his playlist from the past year, Jay Chou's "Maple", " Fireworks are easy to cool ", " split ". " and so on. She has listened to each of them dozens of times. "The favorite singer of the year according to music software statistics every year is Jay Chou." In her opinion, the song "The Greatest Work" is enough to surprise people. "It has a familiar Jay Chou feel." The feeling that Len is back also makes me look forward to the new album, and I will support it as long as he continues to create."
In fact, the carnival started by Jay Chou also reflects to some extent the mentality of music fans who are "angry" towards the Chinese music scene . On major music lists, Jay Chou's songs occupy the top ten all year round, and many of them are in the top ten. Although it is an old song from more than ten years ago, it is partly due to its strong performance, but to some extent it also means that there are few successors in the Chinese music scene, and even Jay Chou himself has to face the challenge of competing with himself 20 years ago. situation. "After listening to the new song, I dreamed back to "The Seventh Chapter of Night ". "Many netizens also feel that "The Greatest Work" cannot be called the "greatest work". There are many shadows of Jay Chou's old songs in it, and it does not give people too many surprises.
is on station B, " The MV of "The Greatest Work" quickly became the focus of attention. The video exceeded 2 million in less than an hour, and it once showed that 200,000 people were watching it online at the same time. As early as July 2, Station B had a special form. Jewel Music has reached a copyright cooperation, and the two parties have launched in-depth cooperation from multiple dimensions such as music copyright. Users can watch the MVs of Jewel artists such as Jay Chou through the official account of Jewel Music. Currently, Station B has launched " "The Greatest Work", 4K version of "Daoxiang", 4K version of " Give me time for a song " and other MVs. At the same time, Bilibili creators can also use Jewell's genuine songs for video creation.
Previously, having the copyright of Jay Chou's songs has always been an important factor in attracting users of music software. Reporters learned from Bilibili that in addition to debuting Jay Chou's new song MV, Bilibili will also soon launch Hi-Res, the full name of Hi-Res Audio, a lossless sound quality function. That is, high-resolution audio. After users turn on this function, they will be able to hear clearer sound details and broader dynamics. In the past year, Bilibili’s music videos were played more than 34.3 billion times, and 130 million people watched music videos. , 950,000 new music UP owners have been added. After Hi-Res lossless sound quality is launched, Station B will support UP owners to upload lossless sound quality videos to further enhance the audio-visual experience of users.
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column: Shi Chenlu. Text editor: Shi Chenlu
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Source: Author: Zhang Yi Zhonghan
