has been "prompted to update" for 6 years, Jay Chou finally released a new album. As early as late June, Jay Chou released the prelude documentary for his new album "'s greatest work ". Countless fans were ready for the "carnival" given by Jay Chou . At noon on July 6, the MV for the prelude to Jay Chou's new album "The Greatest Work" was released online. The number of likes on a certain platform exceeded one million in just one hour, and the number of views exceeded 150 million within 8 hours of being online. Fans exclaimed that "youth is back", "imagination is still infinite, music is still fantasy".
It is known that "The Greatest Work" is Jay Chou's 15th album. It has a total of 12 songs, including 1 short piano piece and 6 new songs. The digital album will be available for pre-sale on July 8th and July 15th. Online on the day.
MV is as retro and romantic as ever
old piano, opera house, station, and love story. As early as when the leading documentary was exposed, everyone knew that this time Jay Chou's new song would be as retro and romantic as ever. Until the MV for the prelude song "The Greatest Work" was released, everyone once again sighed: Jay Chou is still the same Jay Chou. In
MV, Jay Chou transforms into a magician and a pianist, travels back to the 1920s, and meets world-renowned artists. In terms of music style, it combines elements such as classical, hip-hop and pop, and the pictures also incorporate artistic expressions such as painting, literature, music, and video, presenting many of Jay Chou's musical fantasies.
In addition, the MV also reproduces the classic piano duel session in "The Secret That Cannot Be Telln", in which pianist Lang Lang appeared, showing off his superb piano skills. This is Lang Lang's second appearance in Jay Chou's MV after the "Dream Start" MV, and many netizens praised him for his "fairy friendship".
's new work has obvious "artistic" and "retro" labels, and the album title and lyrics have been hotly discussed, showing the "crazy" of the music king. Regarding the name of the new album, Jay Chou himself explained, "Anyway, this work has powerful musicians such as Lang Lang and Ray (violinist Chen Rui ) joining in, as well as these great artists mentioned in the lyrics, To me, it is the greatest work!”
Music critics praised “It is indeed Jay Chou”
Since Jay Chou promoted the news of his upcoming new album, news about the new album and Jay Chou have been frequently searched. Created a highly discussed music carnival. As of noon on July 7, the related topic of "Jay Chou's Prelude" has reached 1.07 billion views, the song has been played more than 18 million times on QQ Music , and the album has been pre-sold nearly 8 million, breaking the album pre-order record on the QQ Music platform.
's long-awaited new album has also attracted the attention of many music critics. When interviewed by the media, San Shiyi directly described it as "very nice, even great". He believes that this greatness is not only due to the rich arrangement and reasonable distribution of instrumental music in this song, but also because of Jay Chou's consistent aesthetic appreciation of music over the years. Online and undiminished greatness. He said, "With this song, I can already accept his laziness and sloppiness over the years." Music critic Lu Shiwei also commented, "It really still feels like Jay Chou." He said that at first listen to this song, it feels like listening to Yes, but it is actually reasonable, because Jay Chou has formed a very stable creative style, which is good and unmistakable. "Anyway, it is a new song that is very Jay Chou."
Fans have mixed opinions, and Douban gave a low score
Jay Chou His last album was " Jay Chou's Bedside Stories " released in 2016. Although times are changing and fans are constantly changing, Jay Chou's popularity seems to have never been shaken, whether it is releasing singles or online At the re-release concert, a large number of fans supported it.
In addition to all kinds of praise from musicians and fans, the response from fans is not overwhelmingly positive. Douban gave the lowest score of 5.3. (Some fans questioned that it was unfair for Douban to open the ratings in advance before the new album was released to the public. Currently, Douban has closed the ratings and cleared all ratings and comments.) After the premiere song of
was exposed, many netizens believed that the new song is more similar to Jay Chou's previous music. "It's no surprise, it's actually a bit ordinary." "It sounds ordinary at first, but after listening to it for a long time, it feels a bit special." "Anyway, we are here" "As soon as the music starts, my youth comes back."
There are also some netizens who doubt Jay Chou's creative talent. Those doubting voices are very similar. They all say that he is "resting on his laurels", "exhausted talents", "a big marketing player", etc. Some netizens say that Jay Chou has no inspiration. I started copying my own previous songs, and after listening to them, I just felt like they were just so-so. Some netizens even said that "The Greatest Work" should be renamed "The Most Arrogant Work".
(Text/Reporter Xu Shaona)
Source: New Express
