天子 Jay Chou new album Chinese style new song "Beauty as Frost", uses the famous opera "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" as the finishing touch of the whole work, and integrates the singing style of R&B and Peking Opera . In the MV released at noon today, Jay Chou collaborated with the famous American hip-hop dance troupe JABBAWOCKEEZ (Chinese name: Masked Dancer) to dance, which has a new visual interpretation and gives the Chinese style an innovative look.
, composed by Jay Chou and written by Fang Wenshan , kicking off with Guzheng , integrating modern R&B into the song, and when singing the lyrics "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix", it turns into a singing method that simulates the voice of Peking Opera, cleverly connecting the lyrics of ancient and modern times, as if seeing two lovers who travel back and forth through letters, witnessing the passing of emotions and condensation like frost.
MV also combines classical and modernity. Jay Chou is in a scene full of classical atmosphere and plays the strings of the guzheng, full of ancient charm; after a while, he and the JABBAWOCKEEZ dance troupe express this song in a neatly drawn modern style dance, which is refreshing.
American hip-hop dance group JABBAWOCKEEZ was founded in San Diego in 2003. It has won many dance competitions and is also popular in "America's Got Talent". It is well-known in the global dance world. White masks, white gloves, and coordinated dance steps are their characteristics. JABBAWOCKEEZ is the first time to collaborate with Asian singers. They have a deep understanding of this song for this purpose. They can find their intentions in the details of the dance design. For example, the dance moves to the lyrics of " Xipi Erhuang", which will have the figure and atmosphere of opera, which is full of new ideas. This cooperation is also a new attempt to invest in the performance of Chinese-style songs .
JABBAWOCKEEZ members are very honored to be able to cooperate with Jay Chou. Dance director Kevin Brewer is a fan of Bruce Lee . He has watched the movie "The Green Hornet" and admires Jay Chou's performance. He is very excited about this collaboration. He said: Jay played the role of Bruce Lee at that time, and he did not play according to the original Bruce Lee mode. He is a mysterious Kato, who is skilled and interesting. I admire his performance in the movie. This is also an important catalyst for us to participate in this cooperation. It is a great thing to be able to cooperate with Jay Chou!
Jay Chou laughed and said: This time the Chinese style can be danced! What’s fun is that I wear a mask in "The Green Hornet", and their signature is also a mask, but I don’t dance with Kato’s mask! ha! The MV is directed by American director Mike Ho. He has directed many well-known singer MVs such as Jennifer Lopez, Bunny, Nick Minaj, etc. This is his first time directing a Chinese song MV. Mike Ho said: "This song feels very different to me! I like its melody and music, it is a great song! I am a fan of Jay and JABBAWOCKEEZ, and I am very happy to be able to incorporate my past experience into this MV.
For American directors and dancers, this Chinese-style song is nice and full of freshness. I believe that with this collaboration, we can feel the charm of Zhou-style music in different languages. And this MV was kept secret after filming in the United States, in order to give fans the biggest surprise.
